Bristol

Event: Bristol Celebrates

When: Sunday 21 November 2010

Where: The City Academy, Russell Town Avenue, Lawrence Hill, Bristol, BS5 9JH

More Details: Bristol is home to a vibrant range of communities, each with their own unique customs, cultures, celebrations and history. The Bristol Celebrates festival will celebrate all the different cultures and faiths that make Bristol such a special place to live. There will be an exciting and diverse programme of workshops, guest speakers, music, performance, exhibitions, displays and food on offer throughout the day. It’s a chance to learn about others’ faiths and beliefs, and to make new friends.

Please see attached flyer at bottom of the page for more details

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Event: Human trafficking training day (part of the “International Global Ethics Association Bi-Annual Conference” to be held 30 June – 2 July at UWE, Bristol)

When: 9am-6pm on Thursday 1 July 2010

Where: UWE, Bristol (Frenchay campus)

More details: *see two attachments on this page.
The attendees of this particular strand will have the chance to listen to international as well as local experts on the topic from academic, law enforcement and practitioner backgrounds. Theattendees of this strand will be hosted by Trish Davidson of Unchosen, to facilitate group discussion about the role of the media with Dutch journalist Martijn Roessingh from 2-3pm and a general discussion on how the papers by the speakers are relevant to Bristol from 5-5.45pm.

The fee for the day is £75 (£30 concessions) including lunch and a free place at the public lecture by Dr Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize winner 2003 for her human rights activism in Iran. For more information see attached press release.The optional conference dinner can be booked separately.

To register please go to the trafficking training day box on https://store.uwe.ac.uk/catalogue/products.asp?compid=1&deptid=13&catID=...

The programme of the whole conference is attached and further information can be found on the UWE website

http://info.uwe.ac.uk/news/uwenews/article.asp?item=1783

Alternatively e-mail the conference organisers, Dr Christien van den Anker (UWE) globalethics@uwe.ac.uk

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Event: Education Without Borders (Community Engagement and Human Rights Conference) presented by UWE Refugee and Migrant Support Hub

When: 9am-4:30pm on 17th, June, 2010

Where: UWE Exhibition and Conference Centre, Bristol BS16 1QY

More details: The conference is organised to promote the basic human right principle of education for all to achieve the following four main objectives: Consciousness, Empowerment, Widening Participation, and workforce diversity.
http://www.uwe.ac.uk/hlss/faculty/news/0910/ewb-conference/index.shtml

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Event: Protection & Dignity- not Destitution (Human Rights Day)

Date: Thurs, 10, 2009

Time: 4pm

Location: Bristol Refugee Rights
Assisi Centre
St Nicholas of Tolentino
Lawford’s Gate
Easton
BRISTOL
BS5 0RE

The event is organised by Bristol Refugee Rights, Refugee Action, City of Sanctuary and St Nicholas of Tolentino.