The people of the lesser developed countries have suffered so much. But there are those who try to change this sad situation. I give thanks to WDM and its work.
Archbishop Desmond TutuWelcome to WDM Bristol group
Everyone is welcome to WDM Bristol group meetings which we hold every other month (venue and date subject to change at the moment so please email or telephone Phillada if in any doubt). We often have a guest speaker or presentation as well as planning and reporting on actions and coming events. In addition we hold public meetings, usually in other venues, and occasional demonstrations and publicity stunts.
Our current secretary and official contact person is Phillada Ware. You can contact her by telephone on 0117 924 1304 or by email on phillada@blueyonder.co.uk
Coming events
Our next meeting is on Wednesday 27th January 2010 at 7.30 pm, at our new venue, Horfield Quaker Meeting, 300 Gloucester Road, BS7 8PD.
The speaker will be John Madeley, a long standing WDM member who lives in Reading. His subject will be: Communicating Development Issues in Today's Climate How do we communicate development issues in a way that attracts more people to campaign to end the injustice of poverty? John has, in fact, written a novel which raises some of these issues. The following meeting will be the AGM at 7.30 on Tuesday 30th March, also at the Horfield Meeting House. It would be great to have new members of the group and of the committee. Subscriptions for 2010 are now due ( £5 waged/£3 unwaged) and are payable to Graham Davey at 29 Norton Road Knowle, BS4 2EZ or at the meeting. We will be delighted to see you at one or both of the meetings. .
More soon...
Photo gallery
Bristol WDM stall at the annual Amnesty Garden Party, August 2009
World Water Day publicity stunt, March 2008.
WDM Bristol members and friends learning about climate change
Bristol City Councillors: Dennis Brown, Derek Pickup and Charlie Bolton addressing climate change on 19th February 2008
Some 2008 events
21st October -Adrian Flint from Bristol University gave a talk on "Fair Trade versus Free Trade: How do we eradicate poverty?"
16th September - we had a talk from Sarah Cooke who had recently returned to Bristol after a year's VSO in Ghana.
3rd August - Bristol WDM ran a stall at the annual Amnesty Garden Party promoting our Trade and Climate Change Campaigns.
16th July - Vicky Cann, national WDM Policy Officer and trade campaigner, ran a workshop for the Bristol group on the new Trade Campaign. More information about this and how to join the campaign on the main WDM site.
4th April –
CLIMATE CHANGE CAMPAIGN
WDM Bristol joined with Friends of the Earth in a protest to mark the Climate Change Bill Week of Action. The focus was to influence MPs to include aviation in the climate change bill.
29th March –
WORLD WATER DAY PHOTO SHOOT
18th March -
'FAITH AND THE ENVIRONMENT: A MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN DIALOGUE ON SAVING THE PLANET'
Tuesday 19th Feb –
CLIMATE CHANGE: WHAT BRISTOL COUNCIL CAN DO
“Tackling climate change is a matter of social justice”
Meetings and Events in 2007
In May we heard from Richard Beya and friends about the appalling situation in the Congo and the hospital he is supporting. Our group meeting in September tackled climate change and led to our watching a film on the same subject in December.
We have been investigating marketing strategies, which have included working with other organisations. We held joint meetings with the Bristol Zimbabwe Association in June and in October, the second of which included the film, ‘Mugabe’s Reign of Terror’, and a discussion with its producer and presenter. Our monthly newsletter has advertised events organised by other groups as well as our own.
We held a public meeting on climate change in February with WDM speaker Leila Dean and took part in a workshop in April on the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade where we were reminded of the various ways in which the evils of that trade continue in the trafficking of women and the exploitation of children and vulnerable adults.
Stalls have been held at the University Latin America Forum, the Amnesty Garden Party, an Oxfam conference on climate change and an event at Redland United Reformed Church. In November we helped the national office host a campaigners’ gathering at St Werburgh’s Community Centre.
Individual members of the group have lobbied their MPs on the current issues and have spoken on behalf of WDM at meetings of other organisations.
Welcome to the new Bristol group page. We will add content this month!
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