Julie Begum, chair of Swadhinata Trust will be discussing the following with a panel of speakers including Denise Jones (Brick Lane Books), Sanjida Alam (Tower Hamlets Local Library and Archives) and Vanessa Pike (ELCAF) at Publishing is Power at Brick…
Writeidea festival 2022
Bengal Famine project event
The Banglatown walk and talk is for anybody interested in Bengali migration and settlement in the East End of London Tue, 15 November 2022, 14:00 – 15:30 GMT Location Altab Ali Park Adler Street London E1 1HD Please click on…
SET OUR FEET IN GLORY Free two day workshop on intersectional stories from the US civil rights movement and the UK for 6th form & university students Thursday 24 th and Friday 25 th November 10 am to 4 pm…
BENGALI PHOTO ARCHIVE: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS + VOLUNTEERS Do you want be part of creating a new collection celebrating East London’s Bengali community life? We\’re looking for contributions to the archive as well as volunteers, with a variety of ways…
Today we\’re releasing the first of 5 short films combining oral histories by Bengali activists of the 70s with photographs by Paul Trevor Produced with @TRCdocumentary & volunteers, part of our Brick Lane 1978 project with @FourCornersE2 Watch…
2023 UPDATES! The exhibition is booked to tour at Mulberry School from 14-29 Jan, Osmani Centre from 1 Feb-1 May and Brady Centre from 4-29 May, which is very exciting, more info coming soon! PREVIOUS NEWS Brick Lane 1978: The…
Chris Tang Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and International Education School of Education, Communication & Society King’s College London and Julie Begum Chair Swadhinata Trust Talk about learning about Covid 19 in east London\’s Bangladeshi community, see link