Let’s leave London – Let’s go to the Hempen Farm!   

written by Lisa and Yasmine (9 years old SLRA member) In August, around 30 people – families and adults – made their way from crowded and busy London to the calm and beautiful countryside of Berkshire. We met in the early morning at our office to travel all together on a coach to Hempen organic farm.   Hempen is […]

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Action Day against the ‘Hostile Environment’

On the 16th of June, we joined the ‘Solidarity knows no Borders Network’s call for a nation-wide action week against the Hostile Environment which was declared ten years ago. Subsequent immigration acts cemented ever increasing harsh and racist policies and measures against migrant communities in the UK. We took the day as an opportunity to… (a) […]

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We want change

Blog entry written by Shatha – volunteer, community leader and active member of our women’s group; and Lisa On March the 12th we hosted in collaboration with The Feminist Library a day to celebrate International women’s day. On this day, we celebrated the collective achievement of the quilt and the Zine. The quilt was displayed […]

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Behind the Scenes: Interview with community leader Mary

Interviewer: Lisa, volunteer at SLRA; Interviewee: Marry Mary is an active member of our women’s group and joined our 4-Week Community Organising Course in February facilitated by CitizensUk. I interviewed Marry on the phone about her motivation to participate in the course, the impact the course had, and her hopes for the future. What is/was […]

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The Power of the WE  

Community Organising Course with Citizens UK  During February, around 30 people we work with, joined our community organising course facilitated by Abigal and Elsie from Citizens UK. Every Thursday morning the whole group met online for 2 hours to learn about what community organizing means, what different kinds of power and leadership there are, and […]

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