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Palestinian Rights: an anti-Apartheid campaign

In 2022, joint reports from Amnesty International and Israeli and Palestinian human rights organisations B'Tselem and Al-Haq stated that Israel was pursuing apartheid policies - a view long held by...
Speaker(s): Diala Isid, Amos Trust

Compassion

Many of our churches deliver compassion through programmes and networks. Dave explores what it means to live in compassion and to centre our churches on connection with our neighbourhoods. He will...
Speaker(s): Dave Andrews

Becoming A Weirdy, Beardy, Kind-Old Elder

I don't want to merely become 'older' but become an 'elder' - not simply 'age-ing' but 'sage-ing' - nurturing regenerative engagement in our world on the margins of my own religion and other...
Speaker(s): Dave Andrews

Faith for Give-a-shits

Repairing the world (tikkun olam) requires more than good ideas and cool theologies, it also needs spirituality, fire in the guts. Tikkun olam focuses on a reciprocal process of repairing ourselves...
Speaker(s): Dave Tomlinson

How do we finance goodmaking endeavors?

Does the world of philanthropy, impact investing and government procurement seem mysterious and inaccessible? But maybe it's the answer to getting your good idea off the ground. Ask the experts and...

Does reconciliation in Israel and Palestine address settler colonialism?

As popular culture deems reconciliation irrelevant in settler-colonial contexts, particularly in the Palestinian struggle for justice, Musalaha presents reconciliation from the position of the...
Speaker(s): Daniel Munayer

In The Body

What do our bodies have to do with the spiritual? What stories of alienation, neglect, and embrace, shape how we inhabit our physical selves? In a world that often demands we divorce our minds from...
Speaker(s): Cole Arthur Riley

The Sacred Live with Cole Arthur Riley

Join author Cole Arthur Riley and Elizabeth Oldfield in conversation for a live recording of The Sacred podcast. Brought to you by the think tank Theos, The Sacred explores the things people hold...
Speaker(s): Cole Arthur Riley

Everything Is Extraordinary

In the second of these two sessions, Cole helps us share our own stories, starting with a question: who is the most remarkable person you've ever met? Could be your Mum, could be a stranger or...
Speaker(s): Cole Moreton

Being/Not Being A Self-Righteous Bastard

All my life I've sought to be a 'righteous person', only all too often to be a 'self-righteous bastard'. For someone as combative, dominating and intimidating as me, the quest to 'be right' and 'do...
Speaker(s): Dave Andrews

Democracy isn’t working

Fewer people are voting. As we hurtle towards the next general election, how many of you will actually vote, believing your vote can make a difference? Come and hear from Extinction Rebellion's Clare...
Speaker(s): Clare Farrell

Time’s Running Out: How To Build A Climate Movement that can win

Wildfires, drought, flooding, crop failure, extreme weather. Climate change is here. And in response - Extinction Rebellion, youth strikes, Green New Deals, Just Stop Oil. But still it feels like...
Speaker(s): Chris Saltmarsh

Is talking climate change with my MP worth the bother?

The climate crisis is raging, people on the frontlines are experiencing loss and damage. What can talking to my MP possibly do about that? Come and explore the role of our local MPs when it comes to...
Speaker(s): Christian Aid

Julian of Norwich: mother, mystic, radical

14th century visionary, Julian of Norwich was not only the first woman, as far as we know, to write in English but her own story remains something of a mystery. Claire will speak about her own...
Speaker(s): Claire Gilbert

The History of Drag

The History of Drag is an explorative talk around the etymology, and cultural significance of transvestism. From the origins of drag through to the pop culture sensation of Rupaul's Drag Race, this...
Speaker(s): Barbara