Saturday, February 14, 2009
Action Day 2009: what’s happening?
Action Day 2009 is on Thursday, 26th February. This is your chance to take action in support of the Let Them Work campaign, calling for the right to work for people seeking asylum.
What you can do
- ask your MP (by letter or meeting) to write to Phil Woolas, Immigration Minister, either expressing support for entitlement to work or raising their concern as a constituent
Download our template letter to MP - sign the campaign pledge online and get your friends and MP to do the same
What’s happening around Action Day…
Here is a list of some of the main events organised by STAR groups around the UK:
Thursday 26th February
Bristol
Event: Stall – petitioning and raising awareness
Venue: Outside the library, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol
Time: 12pm onwards
King’s College London
Event: Photography exhibition of Turkish photographer, Vehbi Koca’s work
Venue: Boland House, Guy’s Campus, St. Thomas’ Street, SE1 9RT
Time: 10-4pm (with an introduction to the campaign at 12pm)
Event: Documentary showing of Turkish filmmaker, Hulya Ozturk’s film Refugee followed by a discussion forum
Venue: The Stamford Street Lecture Theatre, Stamford Street, Waterloo
Time: Starts at 5.30pm
Manchester
Event: Performance of the play Asylum Monologues
Venue: Fuel Café and Bar, 448 Wilmslow Road, Manchester, M20 3BW
Time: Starts at 7.30pm.
Plymouth
Event: Sleep out
Venue: University of Plymouth Students’ Union, Drake Circus Plymouth, PL4 8AA
Time: Starting at 9pm.
Southampton
Event: Stall – petitioning and raising awareness combined with a visual display of workers being bound and unable to work
Venue: Southampton University Highfield Campus, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ – the stall will be on the main concourse outside the Students’ Union
Time: 9am-3pm
Warwick
Event: Documentary showing and Question Time style debate
Venue: Documentaries are being shown in R113, the debate will be held in S0.20 (Social Studies) University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL
Time: 1pm start, Debate 3-4pm
Friday 27th February
Manchester
Event: Protest
Venue: outside the Students’ Union
Time: 12pm onwards
Southampton
Event: Sleep-out
Venue: Students’ Union, Southampton University Highfield Campus, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ
Time: 9pm – morning!
Saturday 28th February
Cardiff
Event: Demonstration – petitioning and raising awareness with local MPs, refugees, asylum seekers and activists invited to give speeches
Venue: Cardiff city centre.
Time: early afternoon
Event: ‘Refugee Rhythms’ – a night of music, food from around the world, poetry workshops and a Capoeira show
Venue: “CF10”, Cardiff Students’ Union, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3QN
Time: 7pm-1am
Oxford
Event: Awareness raising stall
Venue: Cornmarket Street, Oxford
Time: 11am-2pm
Sussex
Event: Busking throughout the city centre for signatures on the petition
Venue: Brighton City Centre, meet at the Pavillion Gardens
Time: Meet at 3pm – busking will continue until around 4.30pm
Need help or advice?
The national office team would like to support your groups in any way we can, whether this be by providing you with materials, contacts, or ideas and advice, so please do stay in touch and communicate your thoughts/plans to us.
Get in touch with us and we’ll be happy to help.
Posted by STAR team on 14/02/2009 at 05:00 PM
