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Why Support Fairtrade?
Photo: Fairtrade Foundation. Ever wondered what this Fairtrade business is all about? Richard, one of our Peace Hub volunteers, finds out: Martin Luther King once said: “before you’ve finished your breakfast this morning, you’ll have relied on half the world”. In the modern world, with its interconnected series of trade relationships spanning the globe, that…
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Sneak Peek at 2017
We’re nearly at the end of 2016, and what a year it’s been! Now we look ahead to exciting plans for the year ahead. We’ve mapped out our focus themes for 2017 and are looking forward to sharing ideas with you about them, and standing together to take action. If any of these topic catch…
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Peace Day Celebrations a Success!
Peace Hub joined up with our sister organisation Peacemakers to celebrate International Peace Day in style! Peacemakers (West Midlands Quaker Peace Education Project) invited local schools to join in workshops exploring the Sustainable Development Goals. These 17 goals, set by the UN, were the focus of this years’ Peace Day as ‘the building blocks for…
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Get Equal: Ways to Take Action
Look out for the Living Wage and Fair Tax marks. More equal societies do better at the things we all care about: health, education, quality of life. By thinking global and acting local, we can help make our economy work better for everyone. And there’s lots of ways that you can take action! Tax Justice…
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Act Local: Birmingham Pound
Image: Mock up of a Birmingham Pound. Brixton, Bristol and Totness already have their own local currencies – and Birmingham could be next! You’d initially get your ‘Birmingham Pounds’ by buying them for £1 Sterling each – as notes, or on a debit card. Then you’d be able to spend your Birmingham Pounds in local…
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Think Global: Sustainable Development
21st September is International Peace Day! The theme for 2016 is “The Sustainable Development Goals: Building Blocks for Peace.” The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were agreed by the UN in 2015, and set targets for the world to “end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all” by 2030. These goals are seen…
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Coming Soon: Think Global, Act Local, Get Equal
Photo: LinkedIn Throughout September & October 2016 our theme will be Think Global, Act Local, Get Equal: let’s make our economy work for everyone! Here’s a sneak preview: More equal societies mean better lives for everyone – but how can we make sure the benefits of the economy get shared out fairly, when globalisation puts…
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Building a Progressive Future
5 (draft) Principles An initiative in the West Midlands, called #ProWhat!, has involved an informal network of people from a wide range of groups and with very different starting points – community action, faith-based, political, single issue campaigns and many others – coming together to set out shared Progressive Principles. The outcome is these 5…
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Pro What? Part 1 a success!
Thanks to everyone who took part in session 1 of ‘Anti-Austerity, but Pro-What?’ last night. The event brought together around 60 people took part from a range of backgrounds, to explore what our alternatives to austerity and neoliberalism are (hence ‘Pro What?’) In particular, we’re looking for an alternative to neoliberalism’s ‘big 5’: free markets,…
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Workshop: Anti- Austerity: But Pro What?
Anti-Austerity: But Pro What? 18 & 25 February @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm At Impact Hub Birmingham,Walker Building, 58 Oxford Street, Digbeth, Birmingham B5 5NY Want to see a fairer society, here in the UK and around the world? Feel like you’re constantly firefighting against things you don’t agree with? Fed up of media…