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UFS National Creative Social Change Network
Monthly, every 3rd Wednesday, 17:00 - 19:00 BST | online
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UpFront Survivors (UFS) National Creative Social Change Network is a monthly 2 hour meeting for adult survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) who engage in creative changemaking and activism; a peer-led forum designed and facilitated by CSA survivors.
We know that there are amazing survivor artists and activists working across the country. This online group aims to connect the creative survivor activist community together so we can support each other's campaigns. The network will meet every 3rd Wednesday of the month, 5-7pm. Our guest speakers for the meeting on 15th May are Matthew McVarish, speaking about the Brave Movement, and poet and performer, tutor and trainer Clare Shaw, speaking about the campaign to Stop Calderdale Wind Farm: |
The Brave Movement, a global mobilisation of survivors and allies focused on creating transformational change to end childhood sexual violence, have been conducting in-person and online gatherings to engage survivors from all four nations of the UK, to build connections and alliances of survivors and their allies, amplify their impact, and formalise ‘Brave UK’. Unlike many parts of the world, the UK already has a vast and rich presence of survivor creatives, advocates and activists, many of whom are very vocal and visible online and in the media, but also many who prefer not to disclose publicly yet are still able and willing to contribute to catalyzing change. Brave has been focusing efforts to unite these formidable voices to strengthen networks and alliances. The Brave Movement’s mission is to end all forms of sexual violence against children and adolescents by elevating survivor voices and leadership, and encouraging aligned coordinated campaigns and advocacy. Brave UK is committed to ensuring survivor voices from all protected groups are included in our action, including survivors who may be neurodivergent, women and girls, men and boys, the transgender community and each of the UK minority communities, whose voices were underrepresented in the IICSA inquiry.
A Saudi-owned and Saudi-backed company calling itself Calderdale Wind Farm Ltd has announced a proposal to build the largest onshore wind farm in England on the Walshaw Moor Estate near Hebden Bridge in Calderdale. The development would consist of 65 turbines up to 200 metres tall (42 metres taller than the Blackpool Tower) covering more than 9 square miles of SSSI moorland and towering over the National Trust estate of Hardcastle Crags, Crimsworth Dean & Brontë Country.
www.stopcalderdalewindfarm.co.uk
A Saudi-owned and Saudi-backed company calling itself Calderdale Wind Farm Ltd has announced a proposal to build the largest onshore wind farm in England on the Walshaw Moor Estate near Hebden Bridge in Calderdale. The development would consist of 65 turbines up to 200 metres tall (42 metres taller than the Blackpool Tower) covering more than 9 square miles of SSSI moorland and towering over the National Trust estate of Hardcastle Crags, Crimsworth Dean & Brontë Country.
www.stopcalderdalewindfarm.co.uk
Restless Work-in-Progress Sharing
Wednesday, 11th July, evening
Morley College, Lambeth North, London Last October we shared a set of punk songs as part of our Restless project. Our next step is a writing retreat in Haworth, Yorkshire, and we'll be sharing work-in-progress results of this next stage of development in London in July.
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