East Cleveland WDM are pleased that we are not the only ones campaigning on global justice issues. Here are two articles from Talk of the Town about Justin York and the organisation, 4 People Not Profit, he helped found in Saltburn.
Public meeting with Fiona Hall MEP – 13th January 2012
You are welcome to join us when we meet Fiona Hall MEP to discuss the WDM food speculation campaign, on Friday 13th January, at 2pm in the Methodist Church Hall , Milton Street, Saltburn.
We will be looking at how food speculation affects the poorest in Third World countries. Basic foods that poor people rely on are being speculated on by traders to make profits, causing hunger and unrest around the world. Can and should the EU do anything to help to control this?
Group Meeting – 5th December 2011
Group meeting held to discuss arrangements and promotion of meeting with Fiona Hall MEP re food speculation in January.
Group meeting – 3rd October 2011
Join us for our group meeting from 8.15pm in The Marine, Marine Parade, Saltburn. If you missed Danny Chivers in July then come and watch the video of Danny in action and be inspired to campaign for change.
East Cleveland WDM Walk – 28th July 2011
Join us on our summer walk to Blue Lake in Guisborough Forest. We will leave the car park of The Voyager, The Avenue, Guisborough at 7.30pm. Bring a contribution to a vegetarian picnic. We aim to be back at the pub by 9.30pm.
Danny Chivers’ Evening – 20th July 2011
A book talk with a difference, featuring not just the latest science, politics and activism but also some unlikely good news on climate change, bits of slam poetry, and pub quiz questions, all geared towards figuring out our next steps in the struggle for climate justice.
“Feisty, thought-provoking and politically rounded…a seriously funny rising star” – New Internationalist Magazine
You can read the first chapter of the book for free online, here
and watch Danny in action here.
We had a brilliant evening with over 40 coming from different groups including from national WDM, Friends of the Earth, Co-op, Unison, church and workplace connections. The number of questions showed the level of interest. Looks as though we might end up with a few new members. It was good Danny sold out of his book.
Unfortunately the video files are too large to upload. So if you missed the event come and join us at our meeting on the 3rd October when we’ll have a look at the videos to remind ourselves what an inspiring evening it was.
