Monday, December 20, 2010

Hackney Unites Forum: guest speaker Lee Jasper (Black activists Risng against the Cuts)

Hackney Unites are organising a joint meeting with the organisation Black Activists Rising Against the Cuts. Lee Jasper will be our guest speaker alongside local community activists. See Lee Jasper speaking against the cuts here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY-WoSet9AE

The meeting is from 2pm – 4pm on Sunday 23 January at the Open the Gate Black Cultural Cafe, 33 – 35 Stoke Newington Road, London N16 8BJ.
See http://www.openthegate.org.uk/ for the venue.

The meeting will consist of two sessions, a round table discussion about the impact of cuts on our communities and how we as Hackney Unites can work with groups such as BARAC to develop a strong united community response. Speakers in the round table will include, Lee Jasper, Andrea Enisuoh, and Arpita Dutt.

The second half of the meeting will be a set of workshops that will help us to explore ways that we can mobilise our communities.

There will also be a session of Hackney Unites' Workers Advice Project - for any workers requiring employment advice.

Please help make this event a success by:


• sending details of this event to friends, colleagues and neighbours to ensure that people know about it

• offering to leaflet your street, or a number of streets to publicise the event (mailto:info@hackneyunites.org.uk
• getting a poster displayed in your place of worship, on your union, tenants, or community centre noticeboard,


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