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Tuesday 13th November

For our November meeting, Sabina Alkire the Director of Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative, will be talking about measurements of poverty and the stories they tell.

This meeting is free and open to all. No need to book, just turn up.

8:00pm – 9:15pm, Oxford Town Hall, St Aldates

Sabina Alkire directs the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), a research centre within the Department of International Development, University of Oxford. In addition, she is a Research Associate at Harvard and Vice President of the Human Development & Capability Association (HDCA).

There will be a short business meeting of the Oxford WDM Group at 7:30pm.

Poster: Sabina Alkire

Saturday 17 November

10am-4pm. The 22nd One World Fair returns to Oxford Town Hall and after last year’s success, it promises to be as jam packed and full of interesting and eye-opening stalls as ever! Oxford WDM will be having a stall at the fair – do drop by and visit.

If you want to help out on the stall, contact oxwdm@phonecoop.coop.

Venue: Oxford Town Hall

 

This informal gathering is open to WDM local groups and to anyone interested in campaigning with WDM. The event will cover the following areas:

• WDM campaigns; where next
• How to grow your group using the web
• Skill-sharing and action planning
• Screening of ‘Growing Change’; a film charting the growth of food sovereignty in Venezuela

When: Saturday 1 September, 10.30 to 5.00
Where: Horfield Quaker Meeting House, 300 Gloucester Road, Horfield, Bristol
Please put the date in your diary and invite anyone from the area who you think would be interested.

Tuesday 10th July

7:30pm-9pm. Monthly campaign meeting, discussing upcoming campaigns and activities. Newcomers very welcome.

Venue: Oxford Town Hall

 

Tuesday 8th May

7:30pm-9pm. Monthly campaign meeting, discussing upcoming campaigns and activities. Newcomers very welcome.

Action planning: we will be planning the action that will take place on Sat 16th June, on the 20th anniversary of the first UN Climate Change Summit in Rio de Janiero.

Venue: Oxford Town Hall

Please keep this date free as we will be doing an action in Oxford. The activities for the action will be discussed at the May group meeting.