Black History Month 23
Celebrating our Sisters, Saluting our Sisters, and Honouring Matriarchs of Movements #WEMATTER
The year’s theme highlights the crucial role that black women have played in shaping history, inspiring change, and building communities and there’s plenty of inspiration for activities and events on the offical BHM website.
Join us to help plan BHM 23. All ideas welcome. Meetings will include a shared meal and we’ll publicise all activities on the North Somerset BHM website.
BMH Planning meetings
- Tuesday 12 September, from 5.30pm
- Tuesday 19 September, from 5.30pm
- Tuesday 26 September, from 5.30pm
All meetings will take place at The Other Place, 81-83 Meadow Street, BS23 1QL
In the meantime, do check out the Insights & Ideas resource produced by Race Equality Network. This was compiled from dialogue gathered during their previous Get Ready for Black History Month event in July. Lots to discuss when we meet!
Our next exhibition will be for Black History Month
We’d love to display and promote the work of local Black Artists, Designers and Craftspeople, and celebrate local black businesses. If you are interested, please do get in touch
Get Ready for Race Equality Week 2024
Thurs 21 Sep, 12.30pm to 13.45pm
A Watch Together Event
Join us for a lunchtime session, to begin planning for 2024. Lunch will be provided.
For more information see the Race Equality Matters website. You can also register to watch separately (if you’re joining us, you don’t need to register).
Far from Home
Wed 27 Sep, 4.30pm to 7.30pm
Hear from Ahmad Alazani, one of the artists in our current exhibition, Migration Stories.
Ahmad is a Syrian-born artist and designer who has exhibited in the UK, Germany and Switzerland.
- 4.30pm: Exhibition viewing.
- 5.30pm: Online talk by Ahmad Alazani and curator Qamar Ayoubi and open discussion.
- 6.30pm: Shared supper
FOUR MIGRATION STORIES
FOUR EXHIBITIONS
FAR FROM HOME
WEAVING JOURNEYS
NEW UNION FLAG
WINDRUSH 75
10am to 5pm, Mon-Fri
@ The Other Place
Racism & the Environmental Emergency
Tuesday 12 September, 4.30 – 5.30
Join us for a Watch Together event at The Other Place
Click here for more information, but if you’re joining us you don’t need to book.
This event will be followed by supper and a Black History Month Planning meeting and you will be welcome to stay for either or both!
Get Ready for Black History Month
Join us to explore possibilities for BHM with Race Equality Matters. Lunch will be provided.
Registration is appreciated but not essential.
➡️ Hear from REW’s expert speaker, Angela Collins, Community and Social Infrastructure Lead Strategy and Partnerships and Co-Chair of Brent Cultural Diversity Network.
➡️ Share ideas and hear from others what organisations are planning or could be doing during Black History Month.
➡️ Find out how Race Equality Matters ‘ready to go’ solutions can support your activity plan.
The Great Big Green Week is the UK’s biggest ever celebration of community action to tackle climate change and protect nature. This year it runs from 10th to 18th June.
Come celebrate with us at The Other Place! No booking needed.
TUES 13TH JUNE
Green Project Networking
10am to 2.30pm
Find out what’s happening locally and join us for a vegan lunch. Free strawberry plants!
TUES 13TH JUNE
Film, The Need to Grow
3pm to 4pm
An inspirational film that follows pioneers of cutting edge technology as they fight to localize sustainable food systems and regenerate Earth’s dying soils.
WED 14TH JUNE
Weston Remakes It
10am to 2.30pm
Find out more and see how you can upcycle clothing and other items.
SAT 17TH JUNE
Film, Smog of the Sea
2pm to 4pm
A 1 week journey through the Sargasso Sea that discovers the fog of microplastics that is permeating the world’s oceans.
Self Discovery Channel
Tuesday 13th June, Wed 14th June, Thurs 15th June
Timings 6pm to 8pm daily
Interested in meditation, what is mind and the goal of life? Want to understand yoga? A talk by Swami Anubhavananda, a global educator, with a vegetarian supper to follow.
UN World Refugee Day
Tuesday 20th June
Timings 10am onwards
Join us as we mark this annual celebration of the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee their home country with an informal drop-in day of films, food and discussion.
Claiming the city, claiming a home
Thurs 4th May
Timings 7pm to 9pm
Join us to hear from an outstanding panel of speakers and for a discussion on how this hidden history relates to our housing crisis today.
BIW Launch: Unapologetically Black
Tuesday 9th May
Timings 10am to 11.15am
Join us to watch the launch of Black Inclusion Week with David McQueen and explore this year’s theme ‘Together in Action’.
Community Climate Workshop
Tuesday 9th May
Timings 6pm to 9pm
A scientific, collaborative and creative workshop to learn about climate change in a fun way and prepare for action!
Fireside Chat with John Amaechi
Thursday 11th May
Timings 4pm to 5pm
Join us to watch a fireside chat with Aggie Mutuma and John Amaechi as they discuss the importance of Black inclusion..
Creating an inclusive story of us
Wednesday 24th May
Timings 7pm to 9pm
A taster session from Ella Baker Scholl of Organising’s new training ‘Asylum Narratives’ to help counter current divisive narratives.
Ist Anniversary Celebration
Friday 31st March
Timings 3pm to 8pm
Celebrating 1 year since the launch of The Other Place. Drop-in at any time to share good company, good food and new ideas.
Come tech with us!
Every Friday afternoon
Timings 12.30pm to 3pm
Finding it difficult to connect online? Phone not working well? Free drop in sessions with friendly digital champions every Fri.
St Patrick’s Day Celebration
Friday 17th March
Timings 12.30pm to 4pm
Join us to celebrate St Patrick’s Day with a vegan lunch, quizzes, arts and crafts and tech support and advice available on the side!
St Patrick’s Day Celebration
Sunday 19th March
Timings 2.30pm to 5.30pm
Awaken & nurture your mind, body and spirit as we emerge from winter and embrace the spring
Fantastic Fungi
Tuesday 7th March
Timings 6pm to 8pm
An exceptional opportunity to watch and discuss the acclaimed film, Fantastic Fungi, courtesy of the Food Revolution Network.
#ItsEveryonesBusiness
Tuesday 7th February
Timings 12.15pm to 1.45pm – Webinar.
1.45pm to 2.45pm – Discussion. Lunch will be available throughout.
The Big Collaboration Event
Thursday 9th February
Timings 12.15pm to 1.45pm – Webinar.
1.45pm to 2.45pm – Discussion. Lunch will be available throughout.
Race Equality Week Closing Event
Friday 10th February
Help us plan for what happens next!
Timings 12.30pm to 1.15pm – Webinar. 1.15pm – 2.30pm Discussion and lunch.
Sustainable Living Conversation
Effective Composting
Wednesday 25 January, 5.30pm to 8pm.
Please register on Eventbrite.
A presentation and open discussion on effective composting, including:
- What it is and why do it?
- How to do it well
- Q&A
The talk will be followed by a Burns Night Supper with Vegan Haggis, Neeps and Tatties.
For more information about Garden Organic see https://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/
#ItsEveryonesBusiness
Tuesday 7th February
Timings 12.15pm to 1.45pm – Webinar.
1.45pm to 2.45pm – Discussion. Lunch will be available throughout.
The Big Collaboration Event
Thursday 9th February
Timings 12.15pm to 1.45pm – Webinar.
1.45pm to 2.45pm – Discussion. Lunch will be available throughout.
Race Equality Week Closing Event
Friday 10th February
Help us plan for what happens next!
Timings 12.30pm to 1.15pm – Webinar. 1.15pm – 2.30pm Discussion and lunch.
Race Equality Week Opening Event
Monday 6th Feb
Timings 10am to 10.45am – Webinar.
10.45am to 12pm – Coffee & discussion, 12pm to 1pm – Lunch.
We’ve been working on a community AI for Weston, an open source version of Alexa that we can programme and that will keep data secure. It’s not quite ready yet, but we have the dev version ready for community testing, so come and meet Mycroft on Friday 18th, 5pm to 7pm and relax with supper and chat in our public living room.
November is Islamophobia Awareness Month and this is the theme of our main exhibition this month.
We share the vision to see our communities free from Islamophobia in all of its forms and RENS is supporting this campaign with a number of activities.
Join us and support this important campaign.
As the home of RENS we promote Race Equality Week (REW) events that can be attended here. ‘Get Ready for REW2023 (6-12 Feb, 2023)’ is a virtual meeting with the organisers (Race Equality Matters) and we will be streaming this event at The Other Place. Feel free to come and join us as we watch together, or watch from wherever you are.
