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:20160327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20161030T010000 END:STANDARD 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 END:VTIMEZONE 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 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181011T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181011T210000 DTSTAMP:20190411T165116Z CREATED:20181002T141717Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190411T165116Z UID:321-1539280800-1539291600@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:IMAGINATION FORUM\, GATHERING #4 DESCRIPTION:  \nWe’re delighted that the Imagination Forum – our platform for decolonising the arts in Wales – will continue to deliver another five events between now and June 2018\, with support from the Arts Council of Wales! \nWe kick start our second season of Imagination Forums at The Sustainable Studio. with Gathering #4 – a PechaKucha night of presentations from Welsh\, BAME and – BAME Welsh! – artists\, writers\, thinkers\, doers\, makers\, agitators. They will each focus on their reading of an aspect of ‘culture’ from a ‘decolonised’ perspective… \nWhat’s a ‘decolonised’ perspective? ‘Decolonised’ can mean many things\, specifically how we bring perspectives of structural power\, representation and coloniality to our experience and practice of culture. How do we reframe culture – centring and bringing issues of oppression\, race\, class\, gender\, ableism\, language etc – into our thinking? \nWe welcome an exciting line up of speakers\, presenting in a ‘PechaKucha’ style format (fast-paced presentations of twenty\, 20-second slides)\, with a line up that includes writers\, visual artists\, publishers\, spoken word performers\, community arts activists\, and more…. \nJoin us for an exciting evening of fascinating topics\, rich conversations\, even better company and shared community meal! \n  \n \n  URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/imagination-forum-gathering-4/ LOCATION:The Sustainable Studios\, 7 Curran Rd\, Cardiff\, CF10 5NE CATEGORIES:Imagination Forum END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180926T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180926T130000 DTSTAMP:20190220T232607Z CREATED:20190212T154032Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190220T232607Z UID:855-1537956000-1537966800@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:Bad Lucky Goat DESCRIPTION:A screening for women\nWe’re delighted to welcome all women to the Riverside Warehouse for another film screening with Gentle/Radical Film Club (formerly WOW Film Club). This is a fantastic film\, but also – easy to follow – whether you have first or second language English – or even no English at all! We want to make sure our films are accessible to all women in Cardiff who want to get together to watch films\, and meet other women for socialising and food! \nBAD LUCKY GOAT\nThis film tells the delightful story about brother and sister Corn and Rita\, who are always arguing about something. One day\, driving in their father’s car\, they get into yet another fight and accidentally kill a goat! BAD LUCKY GOAT is the hilarious story of their adventure (with the goat!) and their journey to try and become friends again. We invite you to join us for this wonderful comedy – the very first to be written and filmed entirely in Colombian Creole! \nThis event is FREE for asylum seeking women! URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/bad-lucky-goat/ 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:20180806T163000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180806T173000 DTSTAMP:20190220T233731Z CREATED:20190208T200344Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190220T233731Z UID:801-1533573000-1533576600@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:Gentle/Radical & Lumin In Conversation With The National Trust DESCRIPTION:Gentle/Radical will be teaming up with Sadia Pineda Hameed\, the co-editor of Lumin Journal to explore the hidden narratives across museum collections\, colonialism\, labour\, slavery and land. Repositioning the values associated with the colonial in Wales to the participation of Wales in the wider European colonial project\, they will map routes back to our modern-day experiences of the preserved country estates\, the picturesque and The Regency period. \nWhat does a post-colonial cultural program of reparation and resistance look like? \nWhat is Wales’s vision beyond Brexit\, austerity and disenfranchisement\, and who will author it? \n  URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/gentle-radical-lumin-journal-in-conversation-with-the-national-trust/ LOCATION:Bay Art\, 54 Bute Street\, Cardiff\, CF10 5AF CATEGORIES:Partnered Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180718T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180718T140000 DTSTAMP:20190220T215803Z CREATED:20190212T154032Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190220T215803Z UID:853-1531911600-1531922400@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:Ask The Sexpert DESCRIPTION:An Intergenerational Film Screening\nOn the back of our hugely successful screening for elders in May\, in July we’ve decided to combine our longest standing audience – women – with our newest audience – older people! Join us for a screening and get together that brings members of our community together – across cultures\, backgrounds and ages! \nThis is a hilarious and honest documentary about a 93-year old doctor\, who writes the weekly sex-advice column in the Mumbai Mirror. Sex is a taboo subject rarely talked about in public circles\, or even private ones. Every week\, the Mumbai Mirror receives hundreds of questions from people who are stuck\, shy or worried about their bodies or their sex lives. Ask the Sexpert is an award-winning documentary about Dr. Mahinder Watsa who offers readers friendly and funny advice in his weekly column. \nThis event is FREE for asylum seekers! \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n  URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/ask-the-sexpert/ LOCATION:Riverside Warehouse\, 56 Machen Place\, Cardiff\, Cardiff\, CF11 6EQ CATEGORIES:Film Club ORGANIZER;CN="":MAILTO:radha@gentleradical.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180701 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180702 DTSTAMP:20190221T182459Z CREATED:20181002T112930Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190221T182459Z UID:317-1530403200-1530489599@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:Decolonising Environmentalism DESCRIPTION:  \nA Gentle/Radical People’s Symposium\nFilm Screening // Invited Speakers // Presentations // Q & A + Discussion // Community Meal \nSKLP SAMAJ COMMUNITY CENTRE\nMardy Street\, Grangetown\, Cardiff CF11 6QT \nIn Wales we talk about global warming\, but have yet to experience its fullest impacts. For countless marginalized communities around the world\, it’s a different story. Climate change is radically affecting people’s lives in the global south. And those who suffer the most – and contribute to environmental degradation the least – are consistently silenced from speaking up. \nDECOLONISING ENVIRONMENTALISM is a community symposium that looks at climate justice from the perspective of global south communities\, as well as the relationship Wales has to its migrant communities locally and globally. The event will explore connections across environmentalism\, race\, class\, geography\, power and the persistent residues of colonialism. \nWe’ll also be screening THANK YOU FOR THE RAIN\, an extraordinary documentary about Kenyan farmer Kisilu Musya. When he meets Norwegian filmmaker\, Julia Dahr\, they decide to document the merciless impacts of climate change on Kisilu\, his family and community. \nSpeakers include:\nAsad Rehman (War on Want)\nSakina Sheikh (Platform London)\nJoshua Virasami (Black Lives Matter)\nSuzanne Dhaliwal (UK Tar Sands Network) \nOnce the greatest exporter of fossil fuels in the form of coal\, today Wales has the opportunity to press forward with a radical agenda on climate change and sustainability. Please join us at a community-focused event that asks how Wales\, as a small nation\, can lead the way with its ground breaking ‘Well Being of Future Generations’ legislation to model sustainable and just futures. \nThis event is FREE for asylum seekers! URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/decolonising-environmentalism/ LOCATION:Shree Kutchi Leva Patel Samaj CATEGORIES:People's Symposium END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180609T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180609T150000 DTSTAMP:20190220T181509Z CREATED:20190212T154034Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190220T181509Z UID:791-1528556400-1528556400@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:Women and War: An Un-silencing DESCRIPTION:  \nCurated by Gentle/Radical with The Open University\, in Wales\, as part of Festival of Voice 2018. \n‘‘The history of war is also a history of the unsaid – the story of unspoken experience’’ \nOverlapping hierarchies of patriarchy and capitalism have been producing wars for centuries. Within these frameworks\, women’s contributions and resistance to war are all too often silenced. And yet it is women – from Wales to the Middle East\, from the African Continent to Asia\, from India to the United States – who are left most disadvantaged when wars ‘are over’. \nOn 8 March 2018 Komalên Jinên Kurdistan (the Kurdistan Women’s Freedom Movement) issued a rallying cry to women across the world. Their exhortation – with its formulation of a future free of violence\, necessarily centring on women’s liberation – inspires this event looking at war and women’s voices. \nJoin us for an afternoon of talks by leading women academics\, activists and writers to chart a century of war and the continued unfolding of women’s struggles and resistance against the backdrop of imperial terrains. \nSpeakers : Angela Boskovitch\, Huda Amoori\, Suna Parlak\, Tatiana Garavito\, Malaka Mohammed & Jenny Mathers. With contributions from Cynthia Cockburn. \n  URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/women-and-war-an-un-silencing/ LOCATION:Jacob’s Market\, Canal Wharf\, Cardiff\, CF10 5DB CATEGORIES:Partnered Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180510T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180510T180000 DTSTAMP:20190411T165205Z CREATED:20190212T154032Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190411T165205Z UID:832-1525975200-1525975200@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:Imagination Forum #3 DESCRIPTION:  \nFor our third Imagination Forum\, Gentle/Radical are delighted to welcome invited guest speakers SANDRA SHAKESPEARE of MUSEUM DETOX & TEJU ADELEYE\, to present and share their thoughts on decolonising\, the arts and radical futures. \nBroadcaster and journalist Tej Adeleye is Programme Coordinator at Sound Connections\, having previously worked in a variety of social justice\, youth arts and media organisations. She is also a journalist and radio show host (you can tune in Sunday mornings to NTS Radio for her show ‘Floating Roofs’ for interviews\, jazz and worldwide folk)\, and most recently hosted a show for International Women’s Day in solidarity with the hunger strike at Yarlswood Detention Centre. \nSandra Shakespeare is a Clore Cultural Leadership Fellow with expertise in developing participatory programmes and events across the arts and heritage sectors. She has over 12 years’ experience delivering creative projects to engage public and diverse audiences\, including work for the Asiko International Arts School led by the Centre for Contemporary Arts\, Nigeria. Sandra is a member of MUSEUM DETOX – founded in 2014 by a small group of senior BAME museum and heritage professionals – and now a collective network of more than 100 BAME workers at major cultural and heritage institutions in the UK. \nPresentations from Teju and Sandra will be followed by Q and A and discussion\, including where and how we might want to take the Imagination Forum forward. URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/imagination-forum-3/ 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:20180308T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180308T200000 DTSTAMP:20190221T151715Z CREATED:20190212T154034Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190221T151715Z UID:796-1520532000-1520539200@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:Rethinking Riverside: a community conversation about place with Stephen Pritchard DESCRIPTION:  \nYou are invited to a presentation\, discussion and shared meal – on the future of Riverside. \n\n– What changes are afoot in Riverside?\n– What effects might the Central Square development have on the area?\n– How does a climate of austerity feed into these shifts and transformations?\n– Whose voices are heard; whose voices need to be heard?\n– What does gentrification have to do with it all?\n\nIn partnership with the Sustainable Places Research Institute. Part of the Cultural Participation Research Network \n  URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/rethinking-riverside-a-community-conversation-about-place-with-stephen-pritchard/ LOCATION:Riverside Warehouse\, 56 Machen Place\, Cardiff\, Cardiff\, CF11 6EQ CATEGORIES:Partnered Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180304T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180304T190000 DTSTAMP:20190220T183027Z CREATED:20190212T154033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190220T183027Z UID:829-1520175600-1520190000@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:Imagination Forum #2 DESCRIPTION:  \nYou are invited to the second of three Gentle/Radical Imagination Forums – a brand new platform and networking space for discussion\, events and activities which explore the cultural sector in Wales from a decolonising perspective. \nAt our first event\, we explored what the radical imagination looks like and how it might inform our ideas of the future. We discussed the differences between the terms – and practices – of ‘diversfiying’ versus ‘deconolonising’. And we articulated new visions for what emancipated futures might look like in Wales. \nAt the next Forum\, we’ll continue our exploration of the dynamics of structural inequity as it shapes our cultural and social systems\, with a specific focus on power\, privilege and oppression. \nThings to bring: \nA writing pad (if you forget\, we’ll have paper)\nA table lamp\nA book that has influenced you URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/imagination-forum-2/ 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:20171112T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20171112T180000 DTSTAMP:20190220T174438Z CREATED:20190212T154032Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190220T174438Z UID:834-1510495200-1510509600@gentleradical.org SUMMARY:Palestine\, Partition and Parallels Across the Colonial Terrain DESCRIPTION:  \nGentle/Radical are delighted to host their first ‘people’s symposium’\, bringing together archival films\, invited speakers and panel discussion around two key footnotes in British colonial history: the Partition of India in 1947\, and the Palestinian ‘Nakba’ (‘Catastrophe’) of 1948. \n2017 marks the 70th anniversary of Indian Independence\, and the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration. On the afternoon of Remembrance Sunday\, this symposium invites you to remember less visible tragedies in our colonial history\, as they relate to South Asia and the Middle East. \n1947 in India\, and 1948 in Palestine\, were both marked by violent displacement\, dispossession from land\, and colossal trauma afflicting regions and their inhabitants. We will explore the parallels across these two events\, and the dynamics of violence\, loss and imperialism in Palestine\, India\, Pakistan and Bangladesh. \nThis is a COMMUNITY-WIDE EVENT\, to include screenings of breath-taking film footage; contributions from invited speakers MIKO PELED\, SAMAYYA AFZAL\, FATIMA RAJINA and others; panel discussion; Q & A; and an evening meal at 6pm (food included in the ticket price). \nWE WARMLY WELCOME EVERYONE – whether knowledgeable about these histories or wanting to find out more – to join us for an exciting and enlightening event. \nThis event is FREE for asylum seekers! URL:http://gentleradical.org/event/palestine-partition-and-parallels-across-the-colonial-terrain/ LOCATION:Shree Kutchi Leva Patel Samaj CATEGORIES:People's Symposium ORGANIZER;CN="":MAILTO:radha@gentleradical.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR