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A different kind of power: what does power have to do with theology, and why does it matter for community organising?

Power. This hotly-debated, sometimes keenly avoided, concept is central to community organising. We share the secret – and the theological basis – of a power based on relationships, not...
Speaker(s): Citizens UK

The real art of the deal: negotiating for the common good

Want your MP to change their mind on your issue? Looking for a living wage commitment from a local business? Our role-play scenarios will put you in the hot seat, on both sides of the table,...
Speaker(s): Citizens UK

Business as usual?

Almost 10 years on from the financial crash of 2008 and the resulting longest, deepest recession in living memory, it seems like the banks, the financial institutions (and those of us who use them,...
Speaker(s): Ann Pettifor, Vivian Woodell

Hot House: Religion leads to violence. It always has and always will

Since 9/11, and stretching back centuries before, the worst atrocities committed against humanity have been motivated by religious conviction and difference. And things don't seem to be getting...
Speaker(s): Salma Yaqoob, Clive Stafford Smith, Sahar Vardi, Origami with Lisa-Raine Hunt

Welcoming the stranger: a guide to community sponsorship of refugees

Want to support and welcome refugees coming to the UK? Learn how your congregation can take part in the community sponsorship programme championed by Citizens UK. With Neil Jameson, Citizens UK's...
Speaker(s): Citizens UK

All welcome! (Terms and conditions apply)

Jesus invited everyone to the feast, but the Church does not open its doors equally wide to everyone. Are we getting better? What is it like to be made unwelcome by Church? How can we change things...
Speaker(s): United Reformed Church, Rachel Mann, Savi Hensman, Niall Cooper

Hot House: The Truth. The Whole Truth. And Fake News

Join a panel of reporters, journalists and campaigners as they debate how to report, advocate and speak in a post-truth world – where everyone has an opinion to share, fake or legitimate. Free...
Speaker(s): Peter Oborne, Jack Monroe

Israel / Palestine: No Fit State

Two State? One State? Not fit state? What hope is there for a just peace in Israel-Palestine, when the world (and Israel) seems so content with the status quo? And might the brazenness of Trump...
Speaker(s): Peter Oborne, Robert Cohen, Sahar Vardi, Muhanad El Qaisy, Karen Chalk

So what does “The Common Good” even mean?

It's a phrase which sounds 'right' somehow. But what does it really mean? Where does the idea come from? And can it make a difference to our lives and our world? Join a panel of thinkers and...
Speaker(s): Luke Bretherton, Anna Rowlands, Karen Rooms, Ed Mayo

Two degrees of separation

Following the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, when the world committed itself to safeguarding a 'two-degree world' (not allowing global warming to rise by more than two degrees centigrade because...
Speaker(s): Natalie Bennett, Christian Aid, Most Revd Dr Winston Halapua, Mohamed Adow

Hot House: What makes for a good Brexit?

With remainer Natalie Bennett, Green Party, and leaver Sophie Sandor, Institute of Economic AffairsFor better or worse, the EU Referendum a year or more ago has exposed deep divisions in our society....
Speaker(s): Natalie Bennett, Cole Moreton, Sophie Sandor

Hidden in plain sight? Bringing black women into focus

Rozella Haydée White, Chibundu Onuzo and Saraiya Bah.The film Hidden Figures highlighted the wider truth about women of colour being largely invisible despite the crucial roles they have played in...
Speaker(s): The 9 Beats Collective: Rozella Haydée White, Chibundu Onuzo, Saraiya Bah

Towards a New Heaven, New Earth?

Darton Longman and Todd are proud to be at Greenbelt to launch a groundbreaking new essay collection: 'Reclaiming the Common Good.'In this panel session, editor Virginia Moffatt and three of the...
Speaker(s): Simon Barrow

Exchange The Future: where next to build a better business world

How we can make business better? What can we all be doing to help more enterprise to promote the common good? With Vivian Woodell, founder, the Phone Co-op, Joshua Brown, Renewables Manager,...
Speaker(s): Vivian Woodell, Joshua Brown, Cliff Mills

Women in Herstory

Herstory is a project that connects art, activism and education by using famous examples of feminist art to engage people of all genders with women's (often forgotten) history. Join founder, Alice...
Speaker(s): Alice Wroe