Campaigning for justice for the world's poor in Oxfordshire
The Jubilee Debt Campaign will be holding its annual conference on Saturday 29 March.
Speakers will include Rowan Williams, Ann Pettifor, David Graeber and campaigners from Kenya, Tunisia, and Egypt.
It will take place from 10am to 6:30pm at the School of African and Oriental Studies, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG.
To register, or for further information, telephone 020 7324 4722 or go to: www.jubileedebt.org.uk/lifebeforedebt
This event is not organised by WDM.
We know that climate change increases migration, as parts of the world become difficult or impossible to inhabit. But we don’t often hear from the migrants themselves. The Climate Outreach and Information Network (COIN) presents an evening of stories from people who have been displaced from their homes as a result of climate change.
Moving Stories will take place at the Oxford Quaker Meeting House on St Giles. It’s free but places are limited so you will need to register in advance.
This event is not organised by WDM.
Our April meeting will take place at Oxford Town Hall at 7:30pm. We’ll be in the Jury Room, which is wheelchair-accessible. (It’s upstairs, but there’s a lift.)
Non-members are always welcome to come along and find out more about Oxford WDM.
Alison Boulton will be speaking at Wesley Memorial Church on Tuesday 11 March on The Intoxication of
Power and the Role of the United Nations. 1pm. This event is not organised by WDM.
Our next meeting is at 7:30pm on Tuesday 11th March at Oxford Town Hall. Non-members are always welcome to attend our monthly meetings.
How do we escape the grip of the supermarkets on our food-buying habits? How can communities gain control of the food they eat? Most of our January meeting was dedicated to a screening of the film Best Before: the London Food Revolution. The film touched on topics such as the global impact of our consumption habits, the power of supermarkets and the advantages of small-scale, organic farming.
The film depicted three projects in London which aim to point the way towards a healthier, more sustainable, and socially just food system.
After the film, we watched part of an interview with a speaker from the NGO Focus on the Global South, and then we discussed some of the questions raised by the film in small groups.
The screening was part of WDM’s broader campaigning work on the issue of food sovereignty – the concept of communities taking greater control over the food they grow and consume.
