Events in London

- 3 May : Football for Unity. 

Football match for the Bolivian community and friends in London, a celebration of solidarity before the illegal referendum. 3pm at Bugess Park, Albany road 5Elephan and Castle)

- 10 May: War on Want will be joining the mass rally in Central London to mark 60 years of injustice, poverty and the abuse of the Palestinian rights. 

More on: waronwant

- 12 May: Public meeting with delegation of Colombian social movements

Representatives of the Women's Popular Organisation, National Indigenous People's Organisation, 3african Footprints" (African Descendent Organisation), and the movement of Christians for Peace with Justice and dignity. 7pm, Amnesty International, UK's Human Right Action center, 17-25 Inn Yard (Old street). 

- 12-13 May: Responsible business summit

- 15 May: Free event People for the forest

Filmic insight into the plight of forest-reliant communities. The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), in conjuction with Handcrafted Films, presents a free evening of photographic displays, short films and talk at the Royal Geographic Society. 

More on: eia-international

- 20 May: Campaign Against Immigration Controls campaign meeting - 7pm. (Zoe)
More on: Indymedia

- 21-23 May: EU conference on "Solar Innovations and Investment, Accelerating innovation in solar markets".
More on: Euroactive

- 20-29 May: Festival Mosaique, 10th festival of world culture, French Institute

This might goes to the Culture section after the article is published in news.
More on: French Institute
(Zoe and Sarah)

- 22-30 May: Dalai Lama in UK (Sarah)

- 25 May: Africa Day on Trafalgar Square
Free one-day festival celebrating the positive contributions of London's African communities to life in the capital.

- 29 May: Hackney green drinks
More on : Hackneyenvironment

- 1-7 June: Stop the arms trade week

- 3 June: Day of action on Food ad climate change. 

More on: daysofclimatechange

- 4 June: Carnival against the arms trade (Sarah)

- 6 June: Seminar, London 21, Environmental Justice Project.
Part of the London environmental weeks
More on: London 21

- 7 June: Second General Assembly of Ecuadorians in the UK. 

Discussions with MPon the new immigration laws, representatives of Justice for cleaners on the minimum salary and the current project of the national government of Ecuador. 

1pm SOAS, 10 Thornaught Street, Rusell Square. (Ali)

News Features ideas

- Cardboard citizens: UK's only homeless people's professional theatre company and the leading practitioner of Forum Theatre in the UK (Ali)

- 40th anniversary of May 1968 in Europe (Sarah)

welcome!

Hi every one,

here is another blog to gather our ideas for news stories, news feature, etc. So we'll always know who does what.

You also can find a calendar with the forthcoming events in London which might be a source of ideas for our articles. If you are particularly interested in a story you would like to cover, just write your name beside it.

Up to you now to update and fill it regularly ! It will be a very convenient tool when we will be in the forthnight production rush.

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