events – Occupy Sheffield https://occupysheffield.org.archived.website We are the 99% Tue, 21 Nov 2017 12:24:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.1 Rally for the 99% https://occupysheffield.org.archived.website/2012/01/20/99-rally/ https://occupysheffield.org.archived.website/2012/01/20/99-rally/#respond Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:54:52 +0000 https://occupysheffield.org.archived.website/?p=696 As part of the weekend’s 3rd National Occupy Conference being held in Sheffield there will be a rally 1pm-2pm – on Saturday 21st January 2012 in front of Sheffield Town Hall.

A voice for the voiceless – A Rally of the 99% to raise awareness of the issues of people without a voice.

The rally will be introduced by Richard Brown and the following people will be speaking:

  • Tom Redfearn (occupy Sheffield)
  • Jillian Creasy (Green party) to speak up for Surestart
  • a speaker for Defend Council Housing (yet TBC)
  • Colin Hampton (Derbyshire Unemployed Workers Centre)
  • Tom Whittaker (Speaking Up for Advocacy) SUFA, on the volunteer sector
  • Dawn Hunt (Socialist party) speaking up for people with additional needs
  • Alan Thorpe (entrepreneur with a visual impairment)
  • Barry Biddulph (trade unionist)
  • Maxine Bowler (Sheffield Anti-cuts Alliance)
  • Alistair Tice (Socialist party) on a Socialist alternative
  • Julia O’Dwyer on the threat of extradition to the USA faced by her son, see her website and follow @jrodwyer on twitter

This will be followed by a open mic space for as long as people appear interested to contribute.

]]> https://occupysheffield.org.archived.website/2012/01/20/99-rally/feed/ 0 Billy Bragg to sing at Occupy Sheffield and other events this week https://occupysheffield.org.archived.website/2011/11/13/billy-bragg-to-sing-at-occupy-sheffield-and-other-events-this-week/ https://occupysheffield.org.archived.website/2011/11/13/billy-bragg-to-sing-at-occupy-sheffield-and-other-events-this-week/#respond Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:59:34 +0000 https://occupysheffield.org.archived.website/?p=152 Events at Occupy Sheffield this week include talks about the campaign against the arms trade with Israel organised by the Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign with speakers from Smash EDO, on Monday at 1pm and 7pm. A visit and songs from Billy Bragg on Tuesday at 12 noon. On Thursday there will be a talk from the Sheffield Equality Group on “You can buy happiness – how closing the wealth gap would help everyone” at 7:30pm.

More details of these events can be found on our wiki. If there is an event or talk you would like to see happen at Occupy Sheffield then please get in touch, organise it, add it to the wiki timetable and make it happen!

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