Get Involved : Local action for Global change 27/28th March Sherborne Dorset

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~ Get Involved! ~
Local action for Global change!
A two day Forum Saturday and Sunday, 27th and 28th March. at
The Sherborne School Sixth Form Centre.
Dorset
9.30am to 5.45pm

Speakers including:-Bruce Kent,George Galloway,
David Taylor,Vijay Mehta...and more!
Debates, Discussions, Workshops, Connections
Issues from the Local to the Global
Including:-Asylum, Wind Turbines, Affordable Housing
Depleted Uranium,Co-operatives,Personnal Communication and much more!
Get Involved Now!

Explore our potential as individuals in creating peace and security in our comunities as well as on the world stage.


GET INVOLVED!
Saturday March 27th


9.30am Arrival and Coffee


9.45am Workshops


A: Living, Working and Trading Co-operatively


Upstart


or


B:Spheres of Government - Reclaiming our voice


David Taylor - Green Party


11.15am Coffee


11.30am Wind Turbines - The Great Debate


Campbell Dunford and Dee Worlock: Save the Vale


Mike Birkin: Regional Coordinator of Friends of the Earth


1.00pm Lunch


2.00pm Workshops


A: Non Violent Communication


Jenny Edwards - NVC


or


B:Depleted Uranium


Paul Connelly - Civilian Gulf War 1 Veteran


and Dai Williams


3.30 pm Tea


3.45 pm to 5.15pm


Where Now for the Stop the War Movement?


George Galloway MP (The Unity Coalition)


David Taylor (Prospective Green Party MEP)


Including YOUR contributions from the floor!


5.45 pm Finish


Sunday March 28th


9.30am Arrival and Coffee


9.45am Workshops


A:Affordable and Sustainable HousingFor Local People


James Armstrong


Simon Fairlie - Chapter 7


or


B:Local Trading Schemes in the Southwest


How you can participate- Upstart



11.15am Coffee


11.30am: Myth Busting-Why Do People Flee?


The reality and the myth of seeking asylum in modern Britain


Kathy Bogan - Refugee Action


1.00pm Lunch


2.00pm Workshops


A: Inter-Faith Dialogue


Representatives of the main world religions speak on the role of religion in peace and conflict resolution


or


B: National & International Legal Action Against the Invasion of Iraq


Chris Coverdale - Legal Action Against War


Vijay Mehta - INLAP, WDC & Peacerights


George Fairbrother - Peacerights and Sussex Peace Alliance


3.30pm Tea


3.45pm to 5.15pm


What Lessons Can the Peace Movement Learn From the Iraq Conflict?


Bruce Kent


Bruce Kent is one of the longest serving and best loved voices of the Peace Movement



5.45pm Finish


To Book


The building has disabled access. Do you have any other special requirements that we can help with?


Fee: £12 per day or £20 for the weekend


Concessions available -please contact Luci Carolan on 01963 370175 or write to:


GET INVOLVED!


c/o North Dorset Green Party Office, 1st. Floor, 14 High Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 8JG


How to find us


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Tea and coffee will be provided, but there are no catering facilities for lunch. However, there are several excellent pubs, sandwich bars and cafes in the town centre, within easy walking distance.



Sherborne is on the Waterloo - Exeter St. Davids Rail line, with frequent trains. The station is a short walk from the School.



Parking - There is a car park attached to the School Sports Centre, reached from Acreman Street. It will be signposted. People walking in from Abbey Road, please follow the signs from the Bursary.



Sherborne is an ancient and historical country town which attracts tourists throughout the year, and is well equipped to provide overnight accommodation. For further information, phone the Sherborne Tourist Information Office on 01935 815341.



If you wish to have a stall at this event or to distribute leaflets, please contact the organisers.



If you wish to carry on discussions with people, we will be gathering in The Half Moon, Half Moon Street at the end of the day.



~ Get Involved! ~