INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S WEEK in Tower Hamlets 2019 4-10 March Women’s groups and community organisations across the Borough will be celebrating with a wide range of events and activities following this year’s theme of ‘GENDER EQUALITY’. Groups and organisations involved include…
Photography walks, creative writing, local history, oral histories, filmmaking This creative community project brings people together to explore Aldgate East, Whitechapel and Spitalfields past and present. It is free and open to anyone who lives or works in the local area. In 2019…
Directory launch for dealing with online & physical threats;- You are invited to the launch of a resource for dealing with online & physical threats to assist secular activists (online & hard copy) To attend you must register at…
Scarabeus Aerial Theatre, Parliament Hill School + Sharna Jackson presents We Are The Granddaughters Of The Witches You Could Not Burn – Launch Book now Wednesday 6 June Main Space free In a nutshell Join us at the launch event for…
1-Day Symposium at the LSE (including Keynote by Professor Anoop Nayak, University of Newcastle) Wednesday 6 June 2018, 10.30 – 5.00 (exact times TBC) In May 1978 a young Bangladeshi man, Altab Ali, a textile factory worker in…
2018 sees the return of the Boishakhi Mela to Weavers Fields, highlights of which will include an amazing main stage programme, spectacular parade, Mela Family and Arts Zone and a tantalising array of food, crafts and goods. This annual community…
Julie Begum, Chair of Swadhinata Trust with be participating in Amnesty’s #StillMarching Festival on women making history, on Sunday 20th May 2018 at Amnesty International. We are very pleased that the festival will be hosted by Shon Faye and Olivia…
Explore Bengali history in and around Brick Lane OBJECT The walk starts in Altab Ali Park, named after a Bengali leather garment worker who was murdered in 1978. The racially motivated killing took place on Adler Street,…