Showing posts with label Brent Transformed. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brent Transformed. Show all posts

Sunday 8 November 2020

Brent Momentum meeting on radical council responses to the Climate Emergency: Decarbonising Brent

 

Brent Momentum, as part of the series of events under the Brent Transformed umbrella, have a well-timed event coming up as Brent Council consults on its Climate Emergency Strategy 


DECARBONISING BRENT
 
Municipal strategies for a radical response to the climate emergency
November 23rd 8-9pm 

How can we make a socialist Green New Deal work locally? What reforms and changes lie within the powers of Councils to combine social and environmental justice? And how can local people organise to realise these ambitions?

Speakers:

Sylvia Gauthereau (Brent Cycling Campaign)

Paul Atkin (Greener Jobs Alliance/Brent Momentum)

Sarah McKinley (Democracy Collaborative)

BOOK ON EVENTBRITE HERE

Sunday 6 October 2019

Momentum mounts event aimed at 'transforming' Brent - Saturday October 12th, Kensal Rise Library

Tickets: https://brent-transformed.eventbrite.com

Although I am a Green Party member I certainly agree that Brent needs to be 'transformed' although that has to be in the right direction (remember the Libraries Transformation project in which our Labour Council closed half our libraries!) Ironically the venue, Kensal Rise Library, is one of those the Council closed. It is run by volunteers after a long struggle to safeguard the building and raise funds.

The event has been mounted by Brent Momentum. This is the description of the event on the Eventbrite page. I will be contributing to a panel on the media and politics

An exciting day of interactive talks and workshops discussing the ideas and policies that can transform Brent for the many, not the few.

About this Event

Inspired by ‘The World Transformed’ festival held alongside the Labour Party conference since 2016, Brent Momentum is holding a day of discussion, debate, and organisation on practical ways to make Brent and the wider world more radically equal, just, democratic and sustainable.Brilliant panel members, including...

James Meadway (Former advisor to Shadow Chancellor)
Kerry-Anne Mendoza (The Canary)
Hilary Wainwright (Red Pepper)
Rebecca Newsom (Head of Politics, Greenpeace)
David Wearing (Author of Angloarabia)
Lara McNeil (Labour NEC Youth Rep)
Emma Dent Coad MP (Kensington)

A great set of topics, including...

Climate crisis and climate justice
Workers in the gig economy
Corbynism
Global Brent / Internationalist solidarity
Municipal Socialism
Media and politics
Youth politics
Inadequate, over-priced housing
Standing for office