BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Gentle Radical - ECPv6.17.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Gentle Radical X-ORIGINAL-URL:http://gentleradical.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Gentle Radical REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20170326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20171029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20180325T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20181028T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20190331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20191027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20200329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20201025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231202T103000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231202T130000 DTSTAMP:20231123T003844Z CREATED:20230928T144813Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231123T003844Z UID:2819-1701513000-1701522000@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:"Slowness as a Bridge" Creative Writing Workshop\, with Elgan Rhys DESCRIPTION:Tickets can be booked here. \n\n\n\n“If your grief was a river\, how fast would it flow? Are you sitting by this riverbank\, listening?”(Rithika Pandey\, “Questions from your Emissary Moth”) \n\n\n\nThis autumn/winter\, gentle/radical is running a series of creative writing workshops\, as part of our Slowness as a Bridge project. \n\n\n\nSlowness as a Bridge is a project working with 7 artists across Riverside\, to include visual artist/painter Rithika Pandey. Rithika has created a brand new painting for Riverside\, and her project invites residents across the neighbourhood to collectively host and steward this painting\, household by household\, a fortnight at a time\, for months and years to come. As different households host and engage with the artwork in their own homes\, the idea is for the painting to become a catalyst for conversations\, gatherings\, and creative explorations between neighbours. \n\n\n\nRithika’s PublicationAlongside her painting\, Rithika has produced a small printed publication titled Questions from your Emissary Month\, touching on themes of grief\, mourning\, loss\, memory\, ancestry\, the body\, the earth\, our human and non-human ecologies\, and the healing potential of our present\, and our future. \n\n\n\nCreative Writing Workshop with Elgan RhysSaturday 2nd December\, 10.30am – 1pmThrough a series of creative prose writing prompts\, this workshop will invite participants to consider the relationship between grief and friendship\, via themes both in Rithika Pandey’s publication\, as well as through the sharing of Elgan’s own work.Book tickets here \n\n\n\nLOCATION\n\n\n\nBangladesh Centre\, Machen Place\, Riverside\, CF11 6ER URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/slowness-as-a-bridge-creative-writing-workshops/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231121T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231121T200000 DTSTAMP:20231110T160856Z CREATED:20231110T160435Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231110T160856Z UID:2862-1700589600-1700596800@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:THINGS WE DON'T KNOW YET: DESCRIPTION:An evening with artist Ian Nesbitt\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat feels uncertain in your life right now?What do you wish you knew?If we don’t know what the future holds\, can we be hopeful?How do we become more comfortable with the unknown? \n\n\n\nArtist Ian Nesbitt has been inviting Riverside residents to talk about things we don’t know yet\, things we don’t have answers for…from not knowing how climate change will play out\, to what futures our children will experience\, to what happens when we die…and more…Out of these conversations\, Ian is developing a pack of Things We Don’t Know Yet question cards\, in collaboration with Riverside residents. The aim of the cards will be to help us gather more comfortably in conversations around ‘not knowing’; and as a neighbourhood to find ways of coming together\, to talk about the unknown. \n\n\n\nYou are warmly invited to join Ian on Tuesday 21st\, to share food and be part of a conversation that will shape the next stage of the Things We Don’t Know Yet cards. The final version of the card pack will be launched in February 2024. \n\n\n\nFood served from 6pm. Event starts at 6.30pm.Bangladesh Centre\, 1\, Machen Place\, Riverside\, CF11 6EP URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/things-we-dont-know-yet/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231014T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231014T163000 DTSTAMP:20231003T144739Z CREATED:20231003T144733Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231003T144739Z UID:2850-1697292000-1697301000@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:Sonia Hughes: Reclaim the Lane DESCRIPTION:“I’d like to get to know my neighbours beyond accepting parcels…” \n\n\n\nAs part of gentle/radical’s Riverside project SLOWNESS AS A BRIDGE\, artist Sonia Hughes has been working with neighbours on De Burgh Street. Sonia’s been asking what it means to be a neighbour. She hasn’t come up with any hard and fast answers. But she has found out that the back lanes are a bit of a problem\, where they used to be a place for meeting\, playing and sharing.On Saturday 14th October Sonia and some of the neighbours are going to RECLAIM THE LANE by hanging artworks of their memories\, hopes and desires. Come and enjoy the banners\, some neighbourly hospitality\, cups of tea\, snacks and a chat. And maybe even a conversation about what could happen in the lanes in your area.All are welcome. From Riverside and beyondEntrance is by the lane gate on De Burgh Place URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/sonia-hughes-reclaim-the-lane/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230517T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230517T203000 DTSTAMP:20230421T233355Z CREATED:20230421T184821Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230421T233355Z UID:2696-1684348200-1684355400@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:Riverside Cookery Night DESCRIPTION:Join us in Riverside to learn how to make Sudanese donuts!\n\n\n\nRiverside residents have been asking to learn more about traditional foods being cooked on our doorstep. And if anyone made it to our Sunday Breakfast Club last October they might have tasted the delicious Sudanese donuts made by local resident Arafa Ali.\n\n\n\nIn the first of our Riverside Cookery Nights\, we’ll be finding out how to make our own Sudanese donuts\, with Arafa on hand to show us how. We’ll supply the ingredients\, and we’ll make enough donuts to taste\, and also to take some home. \n\n\n\nTickets are FREE\, but please book in advance as space is limited. \n\n\n\nThe Riverside Cookery Night will take place at 94 Neville Street (formerly the Inroads Building on the roundabout opposite Mrs Madhavs). Everyone is welcome\, both residents from Riverside and beyond \n\n\n\nFor further information\, contact hello@gentleradical.org\n\n\n\nReserve tickets here \n\n\n\n* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * \n\n\n\nVenue: 94 Neville Street CF11 6LS URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/riverside-cookery-night/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230511T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230511T210000 DTSTAMP:20230421T181145Z CREATED:20230421T181100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230421T181145Z UID:2694-1683831600-1683838800@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:Gentle Ways into Creative Writing\, with Durre Shahwar DESCRIPTION:“Writing has often been a means of bearing witness\, allowing us to capture and record events or moments of personal significance” \n\n\n\ngentle/radical are delighted to host a creative writing workshop for Riverside residents\, led by writer\, editor and co-founder of the ‘Where I’m Coming From’ spoken word collective – Durre Shahwar. \n\n\n\nA relaxed and gentle workshop\, Durre will be drawing on alternative approaches to creative writing (such as note taking\, diary journaling and other techniques) with the aim of supporting participants to feel freer and more creative with words; to explore writing without the pressure of having to end up with a finished poem or piece of prose. \n\n\n\nThe workshop is open to everyone\, regardless of experience\, and we encourage those who haven’t tried writing before – to come along and give it a go. Through different exercises\, Durre will help us explore themes of belonging\, identity\, memory\, the natural world\, and the workshop will also include some gentle reading together to inspire us/get us started (but no pressure to read – you can just sit back and listen!). \n\n\n\nThe workshop will be led in English\, but you are welcome to write in a language of your choice. \n\n\n\nWhile open to ALL (over 18) regardless of writing experience\, places are limited\, and booking in advance is advised!Tickets & A note on cost This is a pay-what-you-can event. If you need to attend for free\, please do so. And if you can make a contribution\, to sustain our activities\, we very much welcome this too. \n\n\n\nBuy tickets here \n\n\n\n* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  \n\n\n\nLOCATION\n\n\n\nBangladesh Centre\, Machen Place\, CF11 6ER URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/gentle-ways-into-creative-writing-with-durre-shahwar/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230430T103000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230430T163000 DTSTAMP:20230421T233318Z CREATED:20230420T101222Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230421T233318Z UID:2672-1682850600-1682872200@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:Slowness as a Bridge: Project Launch & 'Meet The Artists' event DESCRIPTION:MEET THE ARTISTS EVENT\n\n\n\nWelsh\, Arabic & Bengali translation below \n\n\n\nJoin us for the launch of our new artist-residency project taking place on our South Riverside doorstep\, that sees artists paired with streets and their residents\, across our neighbourhood this spring and summer… \n\n\n\nThe first group of artists to deliver projects in Riverside are: Bernie Bakari and Sonia Hughes\, Felix Taylor\, Hanan Issa\, Ian Nesbitt\, Kandace Siohban Walker\, Rithika Pandey and Tom Goddard. At this afternoon launch event\, they’ll be sharing their practice and introducing the projects they’ll be developing locally in Riverside… \n\n\n\nWe’ll be serving (cross-cultural) afternoon tea (think Indian sweets\, Middle Eastern Baklava\, Welsh cakes and more)…why not join us for a chance to meet the artists\, hear about their projects and\, if you’re a local resident – find out how you can get involved… \n\n\n\nSunday April 30th \n\n\n\n10:30am – 1pm OR 2pm – 4.30pm \n\n\n\nFor more information and to book\, follow this link or contact us at hello@gentleradical.org \n\n\n\nThis project is made possible through funding from the Arts Council of Wales URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/slowness-as-a-bridge-project-launch-meet-the-artists-event/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://gentleradical.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Slowness-As-a-Bridge-cover-image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221201T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221201T213000 DTSTAMP:20221109T194113Z CREATED:20221109T194113Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221109T194113Z UID:2632-1669919400-1669930200@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:"Estate\, A Reverie": A Riverside Neighbourhood Screening DESCRIPTION:Join us for a screening of the extraordinary documentary by Andrea Luka Zimmerman – ESTATE\, A REVERIE – a deeply moving portrait documenting the final years of a community struggling to survive in a boarded-up London housing project. \n\n\n\nFilmed over seven years whilst the film maker themselves lived on the estate\, the film is a spirited celebration of extraordinary everyday humanity\, revealing the resilience of residents who are profoundly overlooked and profoundly stereotyped\, by both the media and society. Zimmerman’s film immerses us in a dreamlike lost-world of misfits and survivors whom she films with love and aching tenderness. \n\n\n\nA lyrical and gripping vision of the loneliness and disempowerment that haunts life in one of the world’s wealthiest cities\, this film invites us to ask how we might resist being framed exclusively through class\, race\, gender\, ability or disability\, and even through geography… \n\n\n\nThe screening will start with food at 6.30pm prompt\, tickets include supper and post-screening discussion! \n\n\n\nTickets (to include supper):£5.50 / £3.50 / £1.50Space is limited so please book in advance via Ticket Tailor: bit.ly/3sZHSdAOr by emailing hello@gentleradical.org Or texting 07442 376974 Whilst this is a screening aimed at Riverside neighbours primarily\, we welcome people from outside the neighbourhood\, do join us! Bangladesh Centre\, Machen Place\, Riverside\, Cardiff\, CF11 6EP \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYmunwch â ni am ddangosiad o’r rhaglen ddogfen ryfeddol gan Andrea Luka Zimmerman – ESTATE\, A REVERIE – portread hynod deimladwy yn dogfennu blynyddoedd olaf cymuned sy’n brwydro i oroesi mewn prosiect tai wedi’i bordio i fyny yn Llundain. \n\n\n\nWedi’i ffilmio dros saith mlynedd tra oedd y gwneuthurwr ffilmiau ei hun yn byw ar yr ystâd\, mae’r ffilm yn ddathliad bywiog o ddynoliaeth feunyddiol ryfeddol\, gan ddatgelu gwytnwch trigolion sy’n cael eu hanwybyddu’n ddifrifol a’u stereoteipio’n ddifrifol\, gan y cyfryngau a’r gymdeithas. Mae ffilm Zimmerman yn ein trochi mewn byd coll breuddwydiol o oroeswyr a misffitiaid y mae hi’n eu ffilmio gyda chariad a thynerwch dolurus. \n\n\n\nMae’r ffilm hon\, sy’n weledigaeth delynegol a gafaelgar o’r unigrwydd a’r teimladau \n\n\n\ndi-rym sy’n poenydio bywyd yn un o ddinasoedd cyfoethocaf y byd\, yn ein gwahodd i ofyn sut y gallem wrthsefyll cael ein categoreiddio’n gyfan gwbl trwy ddosbarth\, hil\, rhyw\, gallu neu anabledd\, a hyd yn oed trwy ddaearyddiaeth… \n\n\n\nBydd y dangosiad yn dechrau’n brydlon am 6.30pm gyda bwyd\, ac mae’r tocynnau’n cynnwys swper a thrafodaeth ar ôl y dangosiad! \n\n\n\nTocynnau (gan gynnwys swper):£5.50 / £3.50 / £1.50 Nifer cyfyngedig o leoedd sydd ar gael felly archebwch eich tocyn ymlaen llaw drwy Ticket Tailor: bit.ly/3sZHSdANeu drwy e-bostio hello@gentleradical.org Neu anfonwch neges destun at 07442 376974 Er mai dangosiad yw hwn sydd wedi’i anelu at gymdogion yng Nglan-yr-Afon yn bennaf\, rydyn ni’n croesawu pobl o’r tu allan i’r gymdogaeth\, ymunwch â ni! \n\n\n\n Gyda diolch i Ganolfan Ffilm Cymru. URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/estate-a-reverie-a-riverside-neighbourhood-screening/ LOCATION:Bangladesh Centre\, Machen Place\, Cardiff\, CF11 6EP\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221129T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221129T130000 DTSTAMP:20221109T193937Z CREATED:20221109T193737Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221109T193937Z UID:2639-1669716000-1669726800@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:"Mustang" - A Riverside Neighbourhood Women's Screening DESCRIPTION:A FILM SCREENING FOR WOMEN IN RIVERSIDE (and beyond!) \n\n\n\nMUSTANGIn our continuing series of Riverside neighbourhood film events\, we invite women\, and those identifying as women\, to a screening of the extraordinary film MUSTANG. This powerful and moving film follows the story of five free-spirited sisters growing up in rural Turkey\, and their growing solidarity in the face of conservative community elders\, and the male-dominated world they are growing up in. \n\n\n\nGENTLE/RADICAL’S WOMEN’S SCREENINGSFor over 15 years\, the gentle/radical Film Club has hosted warm\, friendly\, welcoming spaces for women to meet\, watch films and share food together. These spaces have become a cultural haven and source of connection for so many over the years. This will be our first women-only screening since before lockdown. Join us to connect with other women\, watch a powerful film\, and share lunch together. \n\n\n\nWhilst this is a screening aimed at women living in Riverside\, we welcome women from outside the neighbourhood\, do join us! \n\n\n\nTickets (to include lunch):£5.50 / £3.50 / £1.50 Space is limited so please book in advance via Ticket Tailor: bit.ly/3h6cyqR Or by emailing hello@gentleradical.org Or texting 07442 376974 Bangladesh Centre\, Machen Place\, Riverside Cardiff\, CF11 6EP \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDANGOSIAD FFILM I FENYWOD YNG NGLAN-YR-AFON (a thu hwnt!)  \n\n\n\nMUSTANGYn ein cyfres barhaus o ddigwyddiadau ffilm i’r gymdogaeth\, rydyn ni’n gwahodd menywod\, a’r rhai sy’n uniaethu fel menywod\, i ddangosiad o’r ffilm ryfeddol MUSTANG. Mae’r ffilm bwerus a theimladwy hon yn dilyn hanes pum chwaer rydd eu hysbryd sy’n cael eu magu yng nghefn gwlad Twrci\, a’u cydsafiad cynyddol yn wyneb henuriaid cymunedol ceidwadol\, a’r byd lle maen nhw’n tyfu i fyny sy’n cael ei ddominyddu’n bennaf gan ddynion. \n\n\n\nDANGOSIADAU GENTLE/RADICAL I FENYWODErs dros 15 mlynedd\, mae Clwb Ffilm gentle/radical wedi cynnal mannau cysurus\, cyfeillgar\, croesawgar i fenywod gwrdd\, gwylio ffilmiau a rhannu bwyd gyda’i gilydd. Mae’r gofodau hyn wedi dod yn hafan ddiwylliannol ac yn ffynhonnell o gysylltiad i gynifer dros y blynyddoedd. Hwn fydd ein dangosiad cyntaf i fenywod yn unig ers cyn y cyfnod clo. Ymunwch â ni i gysylltu â menywod eraill\, gwylio ffilm bwerus\, a rhannu cinio gyda’n gilydd. \n\n\n\nEr mai dangosiad yw hwn sydd wedi’i anelu at fenywod sy’n byw yng Nglan-yr-Afon\, rydym yn croesawu menywod o’r tu allan i’r gymdogaeth\, ymunwch â ni! \n\n\n\nTocynnau (gan gynnwys cinio):£5.50 / £3.50 / £1.50 Nifer cyfyngedig o leoedd sydd ar gael felly archebwch eich tocyn ymlaen llaw drwy Ticket Tailor: bit.ly/3h6cyqRNeu drwy e-bostio hello@gentleradical.orgNeu anfon neges destun at 07442 376974 \n\n\n\nGyda diolch i Ganolfan Ffilm Cymru. URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/mustang-a-riverside-neighbourhood-womens-screening/ LOCATION:Bangladesh Centre\, Machen Place\, Cardiff\, CF11 6EP\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221030T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221030T123000 DTSTAMP:20221107T131637Z CREATED:20221017T124937Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221107T131637Z UID:2626-1667124000-1667133000@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:Riverside Community Breakfast Club DESCRIPTION:“I went to the gentle/radical breakfast morning\, and I came back so elated and excited…! Nothing really happened\, we just ate food\, and I met other people from Riverside…I talked to people from my neighbourhood\, people I was living around the corner from maybe for five years\, but had never spoken to. And all that\, for me\, is what I’m on about…a space for that to happen\, where people can feel safe” Helen-Marie\, Riverside resident/Doorstep Revolution participant. \n\n\n\nIn late 2019\, we began a community breakfast club in Riverside. Local residents cooked Jamaican\, Bangladeshi and Palestinian breakfasts\, we gathered\, ate\, met\, and it was a joy. Alongside other activities\, Lockdown forced us to put our community breakfast gatherings on hold…but now… \n\n\n\nWe’re relaunching the Riverside Breakfast Club! \n\n\n\nEveryone in our South Riverside neighbourhood is welcome – come on your own\, bring your family\, come with your housemates. Alongside the chance to chat and eat\, we’ll also be showing a small selection of short films and trailers\, so Riverside residents can help us choose films to screen locally in the future. \n\n\n\nThe Breakfast Club is free\, but places are LIMITED. You can turn up on the day\, but to ensure there’s a breakfast for you\, please book with us in advance.\nTo book your free place/s contact: \n\n\n\nhello@gentleradical.org \nOr text 07442 376974 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Es i fore brecwast gentle/radical\, a des i nôl mor hapus a llawn cyffro…! Fe wnaeth ddim byd digwydd mewn gwirionedd\, dim ond bwyta bwyd wnaethon ni\, a chwrddais i â phobl eraill o Lan-yr-Afon… siaradais â phobl o fy nghymdogaeth\, pobl roeddwn i’n byw rownd y gornel oddi wrthyn nhw ers pum mlynedd efallai\, ond erioed wedi siarad â nhw. A dyna’r peth\, i mi\, hyn rwy’n sôn amdano… lle i hynny ddigwydd\, lle gall pobl deimlo’n ddiogel” Helen-Marie\, trigolyn Glan-yr-Afon/cyfranogwr y Chwyldro Garreg Drws. \n\n\n\nAr ddiwedd 2019\, fe ddechreuon ni glwb brecwast cymunedol yng Nglan-yr-Afon. Bu trigolion lleol yn coginio brecwast o Balesteina\, Jamaica a Bangladesh. Fe wnaethom ddod at ein gilydd\, bwyta\, cwrdd\, ac roedd yn bleser. Ynghyd â gweithgareddau eraill\, fe wnaeth y Cyfnod Clo ein gorfodi i ohirio ein digwyddiadau brecwast cymunedol…ond nawr… \n\n\n\nRydym yn ail-lansio Clwb Brecwast Glan-yr-Afon! \n\n\n\nMae croeso i bawb yn ein cymdogaeth yn Ne Glan-yr-Afon – dewch ar eich pen eich hun\, dewch â’ch teulu\, dewch gyda’ch cyd-letywyr. Ynghyd â’r cyfle i sgwrsio a bwyta\, byddwn hefyd yn dangos detholiad bach o ffilmiau byr a rhagluniau\, fel y gall trigolion Glan-yr-Afon ein helpu i ddewis ffilmiau i’w dangos yn lleol yn y dyfodol. \n\n\n\nMae’r Clwb Brecwast yn rhad ac am ddim\, ond mae lleoedd yn GYFYNGEDIG. Gallwch alw mewn ar y diwrnod\, ond i sicrhau bod brecwast ar gael i chi\, cadwch eich lle gyda ni ymlaen llaw. \n\n\n\nI gadw eich lle/lleoedd rhad ac am ddim cysylltwch â: \n\n\n\nhello@gentleradical.org\nNeu anfonwch neges destun at 07442 376974 URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/riverside-community-breakfast-club/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220604T143000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220618T213000 DTSTAMP:20220516T110859Z CREATED:20220516T081924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220516T110859Z UID:2503-1654353000-1655587800@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:Beyond Punishment & Control: Film\, Conversations & Reimagining Ways of Being Together DESCRIPTION:“Abolition is about presence\, not absence. It’s about building life-affirming institutions.” Ruth Wilson Gilmore“We are seeding the future\, including our next systems of justice\, with every action we take…our smallest choices today will become our next norms.” adrienne maree brown \n\n\n\nHow do we begin and continue a discussion together about abolition in Wales? What do activists mean when they say\, abolish the police? Can we imagine beyond the need for policing\, prisons and punishment? What can we learn from justice systems rooted in restoration rather than punishment? And how do we go about building the life affirming institutions that Ruth Wilson Gilmore speaks of? Can we re-imagine ways of being together? \n\n\n\nJoin us for three events in June\, exploring themes of abolition: \n\n\n\nSaturday 4th Jun\, 2.30 – 7.30pm: Short films & Invited Speakers:Bangladesh Community Centre\, Machen Place\, Riverside CF11 6EPWe’re delighted to be welcoming Amahra Spence of Maia Group\, Adeola Dewis of Laku Neg\, and Tony Hendrickson of gentle/radical\, to help us explore abolition – its contexts\, its lineage\, its implications\, and what abolitionist practices might look like in every daily life. An afternoon of incredible speakers\, short films\, discussion\, and food.Saturday 18th Jun\, 10.30am – 2.30pm: Exploring Transformative Justice: Short Films & Introductory WorkshopWyndham Street Centre\, Machen Place\, Riverside\, CF11 6DQTransformative Justice is a process that aims to equip communities with the tools to prevent and transform harm. This workshop will be an introduction to some of the principles around Transformative Justice\, and a chance to explore and discuss together some of the issues connected to this key tool of abolitionist practice. Refreshments included. Lead by Ali Tamlit\, founding member of Resist & Renew\, and one of the Heathrow 13\, Dr Joey Whitfield of Cardiff University and other contributors\, this workshop is open to anyone interested in finding out more about Transformative Justice.Saturday 18th Jun\, 6.00pm – 9.30pm: Film Screening of ‘The Prison in Twelve Landscapes‘Bangladesh Community Centre\, Machen Place\, Riverside CF11 6EPA screening of Brett Story’s The Prison in Twelve Landscapes\, a film revealing the prison’s myriad manifestations in twelve unexpected scenes across the US. With post-screening discussion and food.TICKETS FOR ALL THREE EVENTS CAN BE BOOKED HERE URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/beyond-punishment-control-film-conversations-reimagining-ways-of-being-together/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://gentleradical.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/E377F048-C241-4E3A-AF64-11568500312B-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210513T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210513T210000 DTSTAMP:20210506T184450Z CREATED:20210422T102657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210506T184450Z UID:2385-1620932400-1620939600@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:The Sound of Capital Being Grounded DESCRIPTION:Join Gentle/Radical for a round up of animal videos circa spring 2020\, film shorts that explore human and non-human relationships\, and post-screening discussion with two extraordinary speakers.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis time last year\, with the first lockdown fully underway\, we started to notice the effects of urban life\, being interrupted. With flights grounded\, traffic halted\, and noise pollution stilled whilst we Stayed. At. Home\, we began to see and hear things long banished from our urban landscapes. Wildlife sightings rocketed. Birdsong was vivid and audible. People talked about nature ‘returning’. And then…the proliferation of YouTube videos. From wild boar roaming Italian plazas\, geese strolling the Las Vegas strip\, to mountain goats chomping residential hedges in Llandudno. \n\n\n\nMuch was written about this moment in 2020 by countless commentators. Some interpreted the shifts as visions of recovery\, renewal\, resurgence. What we do know is\, the resurgence did not last. Arundhati Roy talked about a ‘portal’ that – if only we could step into with courage – might take us elsewhere. \n\n\n\nCentral to our fascination with animals in cities is a long-standing perception of humans and nature – as separate categories. The dualism plays out spatially in the way we think of cities as places for humans\, whilst designated green space\, rural areas or national parks\, as places for ‘nature’. Contemporary town planning reinforces urban space as fundamentally human-centric\, determining where and how ‘nature’ can be ‘fitted in’\, which species get to survive\, thrive\, belong or be banished.  \n\n\n\n‘The Sound of Capital Being Grounded’ references Joshua Virasami’s reflections on London Black Lives Matter activists’ shut down of City Airport in 2016\, protesting environmental racism. Speaking at Gentle/Radical’s ‘Decolonising Environmentalism’ symposium in 2018\, Virasami recalled: “A 90 year old resident of Newham whose quality of life is but a negative externality in the quest to fly more planes\, messaged us and said she was deeply moved by the silence that morning. She couldn’t remember silence. I believe that quiet is the quiet of a new world being born\, and the sound of capital being grounded.” \n\n\n\n‘The Sound of Capital Being Grounded’ takes us back to a moment in 2020 – of animals\, of cities\, of silence\, of portals\, and of possibility that now feels lost in the obscenity of 127K deaths\, the Sewell Report\, 40 billion for Trident\, 1% for the NHS…and more. \n\n\n\n“Who could not be thrilled by the swell of birdsong in cities\, peacocks dancing at traffic crossings and the silence in the skies” Arundhati Roy\, ‘The Pandemic is a Portal’. \n\n\n\nOUR INVITED SPEAKERSWe’re delighted to be joined by two wonderful guests\, Joshua Virasami and Spud Knowles\, who will be helping us draw out the themes of this event. \n\n\n\nJoshua Virasami is an artist\, writer and political organiser whose work and activism intersects a number of political struggles and campaigning organisations. He is a key organiser with Black Lives Matter UK\, and author of How to Change It\, a Penguin publication on lessons for successful campaigning. \n\n\n\nSpud Knowles is a researcher\, artist\, carer and Co-founder of One Fox Lane (Cardiff) a co-working and studio/arts space. Interested in just transitions\, urbanism\, food\, plants\, and relationships\, their PhD research focused on sustainability and grassroots social practices in relation to urban based food growing. \n\n\n\nTickets are £5\, £3\, £1 and can be booked at Ticket Tailor: https://buytickets.at/gentleradical/509648 \n\n\n\nFor any further information\, please contact divya@gentleradical.org \n\n\n\nPRACTICALITIES & ACCESSThis will be an online Zoom event and films will be subtitled.Please do get in touch with us to discuss any further access supportLook out for Zoom details nearer the time. \n\n\n\nThis event will be live captioned and films will be subtitled. URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/the-sound-of-capital-being-grounded/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201115T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201115T183000 DTSTAMP:20201008T160353Z CREATED:20201008T160343Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201008T160353Z UID:2354-1605448800-1605465000@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:Anthologies of Care DESCRIPTION:Anthologies of Care :: (since I hold the universe within me\, my soul is a legacy) \n\n\n\nAnthologies of Care is an\nevent about self-care…or maybe it’s about healing…resistance through\nchannelling the divine feminine…or finding our way home…Anthologies of\nCare is interested in our potential wholeness\, our radical wellness\, how we\nweave cosmic connection to self\, or make a pilgrimage\, inwards. \n\n\n\nWhat we know is that different modes of identity and power impact an\nindividual’s ability to do the work of self care. What we know is that\ndifferent kinds of violence built into our systems impact also. We know that\nliving within spaces and societies where inequality is the norm\, is connected\nto how we can care for ourselves\, and are cared for.  \n\n\n\nPerhaps our event is located less within the words or the discourses\,\nand more within the experience we want to share together. What we know\, is that\nwe have some coordinates: \n\n\n\nadrienne maree brown explaining that “it is healing behaviour\, to look\nat something so broken and see the possibility and wholeness in it” \n\n\n\nAudre Lorde reminding us that caring for ourselves is not self-indulgence\,\n“it is self-preservation and that is an act of political warfare.”  \n\n\n\nBayo Akomolafe calling to us that “the times are urgent\, so we must slow\ndown” \n\n\n\nKaren Larbi unfolding that\, “since I hold the universe within me…my\nsoul is a legacy” \n\n\n\nAnthologies of Care is curated\nby Roseanna Dias\, Rabab Ghazoul and Holly Muse\, with a line up of very special\ncontributors: Karen Larbi\, Adeola Dewis\, Will Taylor\, Zahra Ash Harper\, Tony\nHendrickson\, Mary Anne Roberts and others.  \n\n\n\nJoin us online for an afternoon of short films\, spoken word and\nin-conversations around self care\, restoration and reparation. Together we’ll\nexplore the potential of healing justice work across individual\, collective and\ninter-generational spaces.  \n\n\n\nPracticalities/Access: This is\na weekend afternoon event\, lasting 4 and a half hours. We’re organising these\nexplorations in a way that we hope will leave us feeling nourished and gently\nenergised. So there will be breaks\, elements of participation\, moments of\nreflection\, invitations to step away from our screens\, to rest\, and to restore\nourselves. Look out for more information\, we’ll be adding more detail in the\ncoming weeks. \n\n\n\nTickets are £6\, £3\, £1 and can be booked at Ticket Tailor: bit.ly/2GHNm82 \n\n\n\nWe are asking people to pay what they can afford for this event\, bearing\nin mind we are committed to paying our contributors properly for their time/\ninput\, and to ensuring this event is accessible as possible. Your contribution\nwill help us realise these commitments. \n\n\n\nFor any further information\, please contact divya@gentleradical.org URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/anthologies-of-care/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200827T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201001T203000 DTSTAMP:20200907T163904Z CREATED:20200822T210556Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200907T163904Z UID:2265-1598554800-1601584200@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:Emergent Strategy Reading Group DESCRIPTION:We’re running a reading group! D’you like books? Social change? Are you interested in how naturally emergent patterns connect to how we might build our social justice movements? \n\n\n\nIf yes\, then join us for a new Gentle/Radical reading group\, featuring adrienne maree brown’s epic 2017 publication\, ‘Emergent Strategy.’ \n\n\n\nStarting Thursday 27th August\, 7.00pm\, we’ll meet (a mixture of weekly and fortnightly) to dive into this text\, hold a space for its invitations and wisdoms\, and discuss what it means to practice its principles – in our communities and projects here in Cardiff. You don’t have to be based in Cardiff to attend\, but we actively encourage those living in the city\, and seeking to make changes locally\, to join us. Above all\, we want to find ways in which to practice radically different frameworks of change\, beyond talking about them\, and support and encourage each other to do the work that our times demand. \n\n\n\nIdeally you’ll commit to participating in all seven sessions and arriving to each session having read the assigned pages (see schedule below). Different facilitators will lead each session and some\, no doubt\, will emerge. \n\n\n\nIf you’re interested in signing up\, please email rabab@gentleradical.org and we’ll send relevant Zoom links nearer the time. You can buy your own copy of Emergent Strategy\, or we can send you a link to relevant PDF sections we’re reading as we go along – let us know in your email. \n\n\n\nREADING GROUP SCHEDULE:August 27: Welcome/Introductions\, p. 1 – 39September 3: p. 41 – 82September 17: p. 83 – 121October 1: p. 123 – 165October 15: p. 167 – 190October 22: p. 191 – 211October 29: p. 213 – 274 Close \n\n\n\n“Inspired by Octavia Butler’s explorations of our human relationship to change\, Emergent Strategy is radical self-help\, society-help\, and planet-help designed to shape the futures we want to live” \n\n\n\n“I think it is healing behaviour\, to look at something so broken and see the possibility and wholeness in it.” \n\n\n\n“Many of us have been socialised to understand that constant growth\, violent competition\, and critical mass are the ways to create change. But emergence shows us that adaptation and evolution depend more upon critical\, deep\, and authentic connections…Dare I say love” URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/emergent-strategy-reading-group/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200620T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200620T210000 DTSTAMP:20200904T145805Z CREATED:20200822T211423Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200904T145805Z UID:2272-1592677800-1592686800@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:Rethinking The Harvest DESCRIPTION:“Revolution is based on land. Land is the basis of all independence. Land is the basis of freedom\, justice\, and equality” Malcolm XOur food systems are built upon racism\, colonial realities\, and the exploitation of the Earth and her peoples. For people of colour in the UK\, issues of food security\, health inequality\, environmental injustice and disconnection from nature – persist and blight the lives of communities who have long histories of disenfranchisement from land.How do we begin to dismantle structures we rely upon for our survival\, but which destroy so much in their wake? What would it mean to radically rethink – and transform – these systems? How do we place access to land\, our capacity to grow food\, and the prioritising of food sovereignty – at the very heart of our considerations in a post-Covid and Covid-ongoing world? And what are the implications of these issues for Wales\, and for communities of colour in our nation? During this online screening event\, we’ll be sharing three short films – The Arc of Justice; Who’s Afraid of Ideology; and Berta Didn’t Die\, She Multiplied – to contextualize how issues of racism and colonialism have led to land relationships born out of theft\, labour exploitation and corporate agriculture. Following the screening\, there’ll be a discussion and Q and A with invited guest speakers Josina Calliste and Ọlá Ayòrindé of LAND IN OUR NAMES (LION); Philip Henry\, community educator\, artist and beekeeper; Alice Taherzadeh\, community organiser and activist engaging with issues of ecological and social justice; Javier Sanchez Rodriguez\, director of Braich Goch in mid Wales\, a residential centre and community hub for refugee and migrant groups; and Iwan Brioc\, a theatre maker whose work celebrates the indigenous culture and language of Wales as a call to revive an ecological society. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nImages from our screened films: The Arc of Justice\, by Helen S. Cohen & Mark Lipman; Who’s Afraid of Ideology\, by Marwa Asianos; and Berta Didn’t Die\, She Multiplied\, by Sam Vinal\n\n\n\nSelected recordings from the Rethinking The Harvest event:\n\n\n\nRecording 1\, to include a grounding\, and introductions from the speakers to the themes\n\n\n\nRecording 2\, to include responses to our films\, and Q & A URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/rethinking-the-harvest/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200319T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200319T213000 DTSTAMP:20200303T203058Z CREATED:20200303T203007Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200303T203058Z UID:2251-1584642600-1584653400@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:International Women's Day Screening DESCRIPTION:Screening of KNOCK DOWN THE HOUSE followed by panel speakers and discussion \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWith guest speakers Cllr Bablin Molik\, Dawn Butler MP\, Shahien Taj OBE and Uzo Iwobi OBE6.30pm\, Thursday 19th MarchUniversity of South Wales (Atrium Building)86-88 Adam StreetCF24 2FNFREE SCREENINGTickets are free\, but must be booked in advance.Visit the Eventbrite page to book your tickets here \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nWhat does it mean for women to break down barriers in politics? Who gets to do that\, and what are the struggles women face to get there? Join us for a screening of the award-winning documentary ‘Knock Down the House\,’ the story of four women – passionate yet inexperienced Democrats – trying to make it in US politics. With neither corporate finance nor backing\, they fearlessly take on the political establishment in the American Primaries\, building a grassroots movement ready to challenge the succession of powerful male incumbents in congress. \n\n\n\n50/50 by 2020 The Wales ‘50/50 by 2020’ campaign is aimed at increasing the number of women in decision making positions to 50% by 2020. Whilst the political landscape may have shifted for some\, there is much to do before this becomes a reality for women of colour in Wales. \n\n\n\nJoin our screening and panel speakers to explore what it means for BAME women to knock down barriers\, and transform who gets to be in politics. \n\n\n\nThis event is a joint collaboration between Gentle/Radical\, the University of South Wales\, the Henna Foundation\, WEN Wales\, BAWSO\, Women Connect First and Unite. URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/international-womens-day-screening/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191030T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191030T140000 DTSTAMP:20191014T192903Z CREATED:20191014T192811Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191014T192903Z UID:2214-1572433200-1572444000@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:Half-term Halloween Screening and Workshop! DESCRIPTION:Young people\, children\, families and elders are invited for a special Halloween screening. Join us for spooky snacks plus the chance to design your own trick-or-treating bag! An exciting film\, workshop and lunch! £5.50/£3.50 and £2.00 (children) URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/half-term-halloween-screening-and-workshop/ LOCATION:Riverside Warehouse\, 56 Machen Place\, Cardiff\, Cardiff\, CF11 6EQ\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://gentleradical.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/October-Events-Facebook-Header4.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191029T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191029T190000 DTSTAMP:20191014T192802Z CREATED:20191014T192305Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191014T192802Z UID:2208-1572372000-1572375600@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:Work Under Capitalism: A Community Discussion DESCRIPTION:We’re told zero-hour contracts and in-work\npoverty are ‘normal’ – but can we imagine a better system? Join Rabab Ghazoul\,\nartist and Gentle/Radical founder\, for a talk and discussion about what\nresistance looks like within our punishing work culture. URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/work-under-capitalism-a-community-discussion/ LOCATION:Wyndham Street Centre\, 3-5 Wyndham Street\, Cardiff\, Cardiff\, CF11 6DQ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://gentleradical.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/October-Events-Facebook-Header4.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191025T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191025T203000 DTSTAMP:20191014T191122Z CREATED:20191014T191102Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191014T191122Z UID:2187-1572028200-1572035400@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:Riverside Film Night DESCRIPTION:Join us for our first Film & Food Night\, which in October celebrates Black History Month (15+). After years of Gentle/Radical screenings\, this will be the first where audiences get to choose the film title. We’ll offer a selection of 3 inspiring films on Black History – and you get to vote on the night! URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/riverside-film-night/ LOCATION:Wyndham Centre\, 3-5 Wyndham Street\, Riverside\, Cardiff\, CF11 6DQ\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://gentleradical.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/October-Events-Facebook-Header3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191020T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191020T180000 DTSTAMP:20191014T185349Z CREATED:20191014T185346Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191014T185349Z UID:2181-1571587200-1571594400@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:Poetry and Spoken Word Afternoon DESCRIPTION:We’re delighted to be hosting the Where I’m Coming From collective – a group of diverse spoken word artists and writers from in and around Cardiff. They’ve been hosting spoken words events and readings for over two years\, and they’ll be coming to Riverside for the first time in October. Come and join them at the Wyndham Centre and hear the voices of talented minority ethnicpoets/writers\, sharing their thoughts on everything from identity to love\, politics to belonging\, nature to outer space! URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/poetry-and-spoken-word-afternoon/ LOCATION:Wyndham Street Centre\, 3-5 Wyndham Street\, Cardiff\, Cardiff\, CF11 6DQ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://gentleradical.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/October-Events-Facebook-Header2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191020T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191020T120000 DTSTAMP:20191014T184635Z CREATED:20191014T184632Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191014T184635Z UID:2152-1571565600-1571572800@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:Multi-Cultural Breakfast DESCRIPTION:What does an Indian\, Welsh\, Somali or Palestinian breakfast taste like?As part of our AL MISH’AAL project\, join us for our first Multicultural Breakfast Club where we get to try breakfasts from around the world\, representing the rich cultures in our city – and on our doorstep!For our first event\, we invite you to sample two very different kinds of breakfasts – Palestinian and Jamaican! This will be a family friendly\, inter-generational\, inter-cultural get together at the Wyndham Street Centre\, bringing together food\, conversation and a chance to meet and make friends over the first meal of the day. Sharing breakfast together is an amazing way to meet new people\, find out about them\, share what we eat\, what we do\, what we love… URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/multi-cultural-breakfast/ LOCATION:Wyndham Street Centre\, 3-5 Wyndham Street\, Cardiff\, Cardiff\, CF11 6DQ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://gentleradical.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/al-mish-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190528T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190528T140000 DTSTAMP:20191014T143153Z CREATED:20190509T070702Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191014T143153Z UID:1982-1559041200-1559052000@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:Inter-generational screening event: A Suitable Girl DESCRIPTION:Last year\, with the support of Age Cymru’s Gwanwyn Festival\, the Gentle/Radical Film Club launched its first screening for older people\, we’ve been hosting more since. This May we’re celebrating the one year anniversary of our focus on older people – with a fantastic inter-generational event. \n\n\n\nWant does the word ‘inter-generational’ mean to you? \n\n\n\nOn Tuesday May 28th we invite everyone – men\, women\, older\, younger – to join us for a screening of A Suitable Girl. A documentary following three Indian women\, struggling to live their lives amid intense pressure to get married\, the film examines these women’s complex relationships to marriage\, family and societal and cultural expectations. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/inter-generational-film-screening-a-suitable-girl/ LOCATION:The Riverside Warehouse\, 56 Machen Place\, Cardiff\, Riverside\, CF11 6EQ\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190504T103000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190504T143000 DTSTAMP:20190624T151615Z CREATED:20190411T171601Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190624T151615Z UID:1929-1556965800-1556980200@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:Imagination Forum #5 DESCRIPTION:The Imagination Forum is back and this time we’re exploring ALLYSHIP. \nWhat makes a good ally? How is allyship connected to power and privilege? How does it inform personal and professional relationships? How do we get better at practising it? \nTo help us learn more about this concept we’re delighted to be welcoming back Joshua Virasami (who joined us at our ‘Decolonising Environmentalism’ symposium last year). Artist\, musician\, film-maker and leading activist with Black Lives Matter London\, Joshu is an inspiring and influential campaigner around climate justice\, environmental racism\, and the power of culture to inform radical change. \nWe’ll also be hearing from some brilliant Wales-based voices\, and exploring the implications of good allyship for the arts sector in Wales. How might good allyship inform new models of partnership working that are born out of transparency\, equity and parity\, instead of what can often be extractivist and colonial practices. \nJoin us\, so we can figure out how to build this work\, in Wales\, together. \nThis event is free for asylum seekers! URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/imagination5/ LOCATION:Riverside Warehouse\, 56 Machen Place\, Cardiff\, Cardiff\, CF11 6EQ CATEGORIES:Imagination Forum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:http://gentleradical.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Screen-Shot-2019-04-11-at-17.58.45.png ORGANIZER;CN="":MAILTO:radha@gentleradical.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190327T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190327T150000 DTSTAMP:20190508T131407Z CREATED:20190221T181430Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190508T131407Z UID:1676-1553680800-1553698800@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:International Women's Day Screening & Celebrating 15 Years of The Film Club!! DESCRIPTION:A screening for women\n“I don’t know anywhere else in Cardiff where this takes place. Or in the UK.” \n\nIn 2019\, the Gentle/Radical Film Club celebrates 15 years of film activity! That means we’ve been running inclusive\, open and safe spaces for women (and men\, elders and young people) to come together and watch films since 2004!\n\nIn the month of International Women’s Day\, we invite women to celebrate their power\, passion and resilience at our anniversary celebration event!\n\nJoin us for a day of exciting activity to include short films\, spoken word poetry\, talks\, workshops and lunch.\n\n \n\n \n\n  URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/international-womens-day-screening-celebrating-15-years-of-the-film-club/ LOCATION:Samaj Community Centre\, Mardy St\, Grangetown\, CARDIFF\, Cardiff\, CF11 6QT\, United Kingdom ORGANIZER;CN="":MAILTO:radha@gentleradical.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190213T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190213T213000 DTSTAMP:20190402T110757Z CREATED:20190124T130745Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190402T110757Z UID:657-1550084400-1550093400@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:Love & Desire in Palestine DESCRIPTION:LOVE AND DESIRE IN PALESTINE \nAn evening of short films with Gentle/Radical \nWhat – and where – is love? To coincide with Valentines\, Gentle/Radical invite you to explore love and desire through the lens of the Palestinian occupation. \nThis evening of short films and discussion will examine what love means in a country where people are torn apart by war\, forcibly separated by prisons and borders\, and where physical interaction itself is prohibited. Curated by Cinema Palestino and Creative Interruptions\, these films look at romantic love\, love of family and love for homeland – from a Palestinian perspective. \nGuest speakers include Shahd Abusalama and others to be confirmed. \nShorts include: \nBonboné by Rakan Myasi\nCondom Lead by Ahmad & Mohammed Abou Nasser\nGaza Calling by Naheed Awad \nThis screening is a partnership with Creative Interruptions and Sheffield Hallam University\, and is supported by Film Hub Wales\, Arts Council of Wales and Ffilm Cymru. \nThis event is FREE for asylum seekers! \n  URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/love-desire-in-palestine/ LOCATION:Shree Kutchi Leva Patel Samaj CATEGORIES:Film Club,Partnered Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:http://gentleradical.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Bonbone1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190208T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190208T170000 DTSTAMP:20190624T151452Z CREATED:20190212T154032Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190624T151452Z UID:836-1549612800-1549645200@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:Adventures in (Old)er Age DESCRIPTION:Gentle/Radical are delighted to be taking part in GWANWYN this May – a month-long Wales-wide festival celebrating creativity in older age. In a world which increasingly ignores our older population\, we invite you to an afternoon of short films where we ask: What is beautiful about ageing? What does the future hold for older people? How do we celebrate older age and how does film\, in particular\, highlight it? How do we see older people and how do they see themselves? \nJoin us for an afternoon of films for older people and a discussion about these topics with food\, refreshments and a raffle! \nThis event is FREE for asylum seekers! URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/adventures-in-older-age/ LOCATION:Riverside Warehouse\, 56 Machen Place\, Cardiff\, Cardiff\, CF11 6EQ CATEGORIES:Film Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://gentleradical.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/32281058_1979794192093117_1788736553162375168_o.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190128T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190128T160000 DTSTAMP:20190220T235004Z CREATED:20190212T154032Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190220T235004Z UID:861-1548680400-1548691200@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:Paa Joe & The Lion DESCRIPTION:A film screening for men and women over 55\nOur Film Club for older people returns this New Year with another exciting documentary! Paa Joe – once an acclaimed ‘artist’ in Ghana’s fantasy coffin trade – now watches the world go past his small roadside shack. His son dreams of helping his father return to his glory days and learning the tricks of the trade. In this poetic and heart-warming documentary\, we follow their four-year journey as father teaches son to conquer love and death\, and the apprentice becomes the master! \nThis event is FREE for asylum seekers! URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/paa-joe-the-lion/ LOCATION:Riverside Warehouse\, 56 Machen Place\, Cardiff\, Cardiff\, CF11 6EQ CATEGORIES:Film Club ORGANIZER;CN="":MAILTO:radha@gentleradical.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190127T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190127T180000 DTSTAMP:20190411T165033Z CREATED:20190212T154033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190411T165033Z UID:825-1548601200-1548612000@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:Imagination Forum #1 DESCRIPTION:  \nAll are invited to the Gentle/Radical Imagination Forum – a brand new networking space for discussion\, ideas\, collaborations\, speaker events\, PechaKucha nights\, sharings\, talkings\, meetings and food… \nThis Platform is open to all practitioners from minority ethnic/diverse backgrounds – AS WELL AS ALLIES – anyone interested in exploring what a decolonised cultural sector might look like in Wales is welcome.  The impact of colonial structures on the imagination\, the body and cultural expression continue to inhibit the lives\, careers and contributions of diverse artists\, who have yet to find themselves included or sufficiently embedded within mainstream cultural spaces. \nGentle/Radical does not want the future to look like the past. \nFor those affected by the structural violence of discrimination and exclusion\, one of the hardest but most necessary things is to be able to imagine emancipatory futures. \nWhat would a future free of prejudice\, racism\, and White privilege look like in Wales? And by association\, what would an arts and cultural sector look like which truly reflected the diversity of its citizenry? \n  URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/imagination-forum-1/ LOCATION:Riverside Warehouse\, 56 Machen Place\, Cardiff\, Cardiff\, CF11 6EQ CATEGORIES:Imagination Forum ORGANIZER;CN="":MAILTO:radha@gentleradical.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190111T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190111T143000 DTSTAMP:20190212T154033Z CREATED:20190212T154033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190212T154033Z UID:805-1547211600-1547217000@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:Scoring in between the spaces DESCRIPTION:As part of the Artes Mundi 8 exhibition\, Gentle/Radical will be hosting a writing workshop responding to the themes of Otobong Nkanga’s incredible sculptural and tapestry works. Through conversation and transcription of live dialogues and written materials\, we will generate a communal verbal score that will be shared at the end of the process. URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/scoring-in-between-the-spaces/ LOCATION:National Museum of Wales\, Cathays Park\, Cardiff\, CF10 3NP CATEGORIES:Partnered Events ORGANIZER;CN="":MAILTO:radha@gentleradical.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181201T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181202T183000 DTSTAMP:20190220T235848Z CREATED:20190212T154033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190220T235848Z UID:808-1543656600-1543775400@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:Conflict Resolution Training with Alternatives to Violence Wales #2 DESCRIPTION:  \nOur Conflict Resolution Training is BACK! \nGentle/Radical are delighted to be teaming with the ALTERNATIVES TO VIOLENCE (AVP) Project Wales\, once again. Whilst our first conflict resolution course created a safe space for women\, this time we’ll be opening out the training to EVERYONE in Cardiff\, this December. \nOver a weekend\, AVP will train people in powerful and effective ways to deal with conflict in daily life – from work situations\, to family tensions\, to inter-personal relationships. Whilst the AVP Workshop Leaders will do some talking\, this will mainly be an interactive workshop\, with participants invited to talk in pairs\, and small and large groups as part of a series of group activities and exercises. \nWHAT DO WE MEAN BY ‘CONFLICT’?\n‘Conflict’ means those times we don’t agree with someone\, or get annoyed or upset because we’re not getting what we want; or not getting what we need. By conflict\, we don’t just mean wars – conflict is part of everyday life and involves struggles with ourselves as much as with each other. Learning how to handle conflict and communicate better is important for all of us\, so we can have stronger relationships with friends\, family members\, colleagues\, comrades – and even those we don’t know! \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n  \nReflections \nUnsanctioned Journal : Striving For  A Less Violent Society URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/conflict-resolution-training-with-alternatives-to-violence-wales-2/ LOCATION:YMCA\, Shakespeare St\, Cardiff\, CF24 3ES CATEGORIES:Partnered Events,Training Courses END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181029T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181029T140000 DTSTAMP:20190220T233440Z CREATED:20181002T112703Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190220T233440Z UID:313-1540810800-1540821600@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:Boy and the World DESCRIPTION:  \nWe are delighted to announce our most inclusive screening yet – open to all generations across Cardiff to include children\, young people\, men\, women and elders! \nWe kick off half-term with a screening of enchanting film BOY AND THE WORLD. All the way from Brazil\, this extraordinary tale follows ‘Cuca’ – a curious boy who gets swept away by a gust of wind into a faraway world\, ruled by machines and unkindness. In a clash between rich and poor\, machine and animal\, right and wrong\, Cuca discovers the world’s amazing beauty\, its man-made dangers\, and leads us through a journey of hope\, uniting and healing people through song. \nWithout any language (apart from a strange version of Portugese – backwards!) – this entire animation is told through music\, sound and song – therefore is completely accessible to EVERYONE – perfect for children\, people with second language English\, or NO English. \nFree crèche is available\, and after the screening\, we will enjoy a shared lunch. \nDon’t miss an incredible film event to melt the hearts of adults\, children and bring the whole community together! \nThis event is FREE for asylum seeking families! \n  URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/boy-and-the-world/ LOCATION:Samaj Community Centre\, Mardy St\, Grangetown\, CARDIFF\, Cardiff\, CF11 6QT\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Film Club ORGANIZER;CN="":MAILTO:radha@gentleradical.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR