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21st MAY 2025 - CHANGEMAKERS LONDON
21st MAY 2025 - CHANGEMAKERS LONDON

The Ella Baker School of Organising will be introducing Changemakers, radical strategies for social justice organising at the Friends Meeting House in London on Wednesday 21st May.

Join the book's authors and organisers from across different social justice movements to dig into how we become more effective Changemakers from 6 pm (doors at 5.45) until 7.30 pm in the Library at the Friends Meeting House, before heading to The Quaker Bookshop to continue the conversation (and buy the book) with refreshments 7.30 - 8.30 pm. 

Will be a 10% discount on the books sold on the night.

 

The panel will include:

  • Emmanuelle Andrews - a Human Rights, Social Justice, Abolition and Queer Liberation Campaigner with particular expertise in the over-policing of racialised minority communities. Emmanuelle specialises in political education, community organising, and strategising creative public and grassroots campaigns.
  • Taranjit Chana - a grassroots community activist fighting for liberation, justice and equity for all. A life long changemaker.
  • David Braniff Herbert - an award-winning Equality & Trade Union Organiser, David is currently the National Organiser for LGBTQ+ at the National Education Union. His focus is on developing volunteer-led strategies, mass mobilisation campaigns, and liberation structures.
  • Jane Holgate - author of ‘Arise: Power, Strategy and Union Resurgence’ and more recently 'Changemakers: Radical Strategies for Social Movement Organisers'. Jane is a long-time trade unionist and community activist, and Professor of Work and Employment Relations at the University of Leeds. Jane is a strong advocate of peer-to-peer teaching and political education, and co-founded the Ella Baker School of Organising.
  • John Page - John is a long-term community, trade union and anti-racist organiser, and a founder-member of the Ella Baker School of Organising. He is co-author of the book: 'Changemakers: Radical Strategies for Social Movement organising'. When not organising, John is an open water swimmer, and plants trees at every opportunity.

 

Together we will explore: key themes within the book; how those themes interact with the knowledge and experience of organisers from different social justice movements; and how we go beyond protesting to resolving wrongs.

 

Join us in London on Wednesday, 21st May at the Friends Meeting House , Euston Road.

 

Doors open at 5:45 pm, with a pm formal start, followed by refreshments and informal networking from 7.30 - 8.30pm in The Quaker Bookshop, Friends Meeting House London, 173-177 Euston Road.

 

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May to July 2025 - RIVERBANK of GRIEF - An exhibition by Margot Elke Schiemann
May to July 2025 - RIVERBANK of GRIEF - An exhibition by Margot Elke Schiemann

"In ‘Riverbank of Grief’ I explore predicaments of the human condition through artwork and writing.  I am dealing with quandaries and opposing forces in illustrating a journey that can lead from darkness towards the light." Margot Elke Schiemann

Margot Elke Schiemann is an artist, psychotherapist, and group analyst who divides her time between making art and her private practice.

 

Exhibition
Friends House
173-177 Euston Road
London NW1 2BJ
20th of May to 20th of July Open Mon -Fri 8:30 am to 5 pm

Email: margotschiemann@gmail.com

www.margotelkeschiemann.com

Meet the Artist
Saturday, May 24, 3:00–7:00 pm (YM weekend)
Thursday, May 29, 2:00–5:00 pm

22nd of April - Thread of Life – A Powerful Family Memoir by Jennifer Kavanagh
22nd of April - Thread of Life – A Powerful Family Memoir by Jennifer Kavanagh

We are delighted to announce the launch of Jennifer Kavanagh’s new book, Thread of Life.

 

Thread of Life is a moving portrait of the 20th century, told through the lives of three generations of Jewish women. From the tragedy of the Riga Holocaust to a life spanning 102 years, their stories weave a rich tapestry of memory, identity, and resilience.

Jennifer Kavanagh traces her family’s journey across continents and through history, exploring themes of motherhood, music, exile, and belonging. A deeply personal yet universal tale of love, loss, and legacy.

 

Date and time

Tuesday, 22nd of April 2025 - 06.00 to 7:30 pm

Location

Library and Quaker Bookshop at Friends House 173-177 Euston Road London NW1 2B