The local action group that was called Cambridge World Development Movement has today unveiled a new name and logo. The newly renamed group Global Justice Cambridge will continue its usual operations, including holding regular meetings, running stalls, lobbying local MP Julian Huppert, and organising protests.
Global Justice Cambridge is one of 45 local groups operating as part of the Global Justice Now network, whose central office is in London. For more than 40 years the World Development Movement had campaigned against the root causes of poverty and injustice in the world, with campaigns encompassing a variety of issues from trade, to food and energy. In September 2014, members of the World Development Movement from around the country voted to change the name of the organisation to Global Justice Now.
Aidan Baker, co-secretary of Global Justice Cambridge, said:
“For many years, we’ve brought Cambridge residents together who are concerned about global injustice to campaign for a fairer world. As Global Justice Cambridge, we’ll continue to act in solidarity with activists, civil society organisations and social movements in the global south and campaign for economic justice and an end to global inequality.”
Nick Dearden, the director of Global Justice Now, said:
“This isn’t about changing our values, but expressing them more effectively. About building a bigger movement and running more high profile campaigns which can really start to change the world. Global Justice Now will continue to stand with communities around the world facing injustice, and we hope to mobilise larger numbers of people for a better, more equal, more democratic world.”
Global Justice Cambridge continues to meet on the third Wednesday of the month, usually in members’ homes. Anyone interested in joining the group should contact globaljusticecambridge@gmail.com .
For more information, contact globaljusticecambridge@gmail.com / 07940 543019.
http://groups.globaljustice.org.uk/cambridge
