UK Feminista Summer School coming to Birmingham! Birmingham Feminists are excited that UK Feminista have chosen to have their summer school in Birmingham. The event is on 13 and 14 August. It’s over a weekend so most of us can make at least part of it. It’s free to register and attend which is also brilliant.
Feminista are expecting over 400 budding activists to converge on the University venue. All are welcome. We’ve had a sneak preview of the line up and it looks amazing. The Summer School will feature talks and workshops by:
- Mozn Hassan (Nasra for Feminist Studies, Egypt)
- Nesrine Malik (the Guardian)
- Hannah Pool (UK Feminista)
- Emma & Abi Moore (Pink Stinks)
- Rosalind Miles
- Shahida Choudry (Women’s Networking Hub)
- Cath Elliot (Too Much to Say For Myself)
- Estelle Hart (NUS Women’s Campaign)
- Louise Jenkins (Eaves)
- Tamsin Omond (Climate Rush)
- Kat Banyard (UK Feminista)
- Anna Bird (Fawcett Society)
- Chitra Nagarajan (GAPS & Black Feminists)
- Matt McCormack Evans (Anti Porn Men Project)
- Kate Nustedt (Women for Women International)
- Adam Ramsay (People and Planet)
- Darinka Aleksic (Abortion Rights)
… and we are doing a session on everyday activism!
More details about the event are available at
http://www.ukfeminista.org.uk/events/all-events/3-ukfeminista-event/398-summer-school-2011.html
Finally, sadly, although the event is free, we are still raising funds to support it. If you can help, even just a tiny bit, please do. You can come to our fundraiser on the 4 August at the Sunflower Lounge (more details to follow). Or, you can click the button at the top right of this page and donate your preferred amount to PayPal. Once you are in paypal, there is an option to add a note, use this if you want your money to only be used for the UK Feminista Summer School 2011. We will use your cash for security costs, hire of audio-visual equipment and rooms, publicity and similar essential costs.
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