Category Archive For "Event"
Day 11 #16DaysOfActivism
Welcome to Day 11 of #16DaysOfActivism from across the Parallel Lives Network. Today I interviewed Sarah Reilly, Disability Rights Advocate and Co-Founder & Director of the Women’s Research Centre. The Women’s Research Centre, founded in September 2020, is based here at Leicester’s Doc Media Centre. It brings together social justice researchers, activists, and practitioners who are …
Day 10 #16DaysOfActivism
Welcome to Day 10 of #16DaysOfActivism from across the Parallel Lives Network. You may already know we have a Researcher in Residence – Dr Paul Reilly at the Documentary Media Centre. He is a great advocate for our work and always engages in our events like the latest #16DaysOfActivism – you can watch our interview …
Day 9 #16DaysOfActivism
Welcome to Day 9 of #16DaysOfActivism from across the Parallel Lives Network. The Lyme Museum is a small independent online museum exploring, sharing, and amplifying the voices of individuals with invisible illnesses and disabilities. It explores the intersection of arts, humanities and medical sciences and challenges museum and societal representations of the chronically ill. I’m …
Day 8 #16DaysOfActivism
Welcome to Day 8 of #16DaysOfActivism from across the Parallel Lives Network. Interview with Ashy Gosai, Domestic Abuse Case Worker at the Zinthiya Trust in Leicester. The Zinthiya trust provides one-to-one empowerment support to survivors of domestic abuse and those struggling with issues caused by historic abuse. They can help individuals create a life in …
Day 7 #16DaysOfActivism
Welcome to Day 7 of #16DaysOfActivism from across the Parallel Lives Network. I was invited back to De Montfort University to give a talk on the Parallel Lives Archive to Year 2 students taking the Media Discourse: Events module. Thanks to Prof. Stuart Price for the invitation. It was an opportunity to explain how the …
Day 6 #16DaysOfActivism
Welcome to Day 6 of #16DaysOfActivism from across the Parallel Lives Network. When planning this #16DaysOfActivism programme I reached out to many contacts both here in the UK and across the global south, asking them to participate. Several of them did not immediately relate or see themselves as taking part in activism! The definition is….the …
Day 5 #16DaysOfActivism
Welcome to Day 5 of #16DaysOfActivism from across the Parallel Lives Network. It was good to have some time to catch up with Rupal Rajani about our project to mark the 50th anniversary of the Ugandan Asian journey in Leicester from 1972-2022. The Uganda 50 Archive project involves the Documentary Media Centre working with Rupal (BBC Radio …
Day 4 #16DaysOfActivism
Welcome to Day 4 of #16DaysOfActivism from across the Parallel Lives Network. As this week marks 10 years since the ‘flag protests’ of his research, it’s a good time to catch up with Dr Paul Reilly about his book published on 19th January 2021 titled, ‘Digital contention in a divided society‘ – Social media, parades and protests …
Day 3 #16DaysOfActivism
Welcome to Day 3 of #16DaysOfActivism from across the Parallel Lives Network. Earlier this week I met online with 2nd Year Journalism student Delta to discuss Trans activism. Ever since Delta joined the Documentary Media Centre’s DocFolio Mentoring Programme they have been busy…..involved in writing for the recent HAZ We Got News For You newspaper …
Day 2 #16DaysOfActivism
Welcome to Day 2 of #16DaysOfActivism from across the Parallel Lives Network. Following on from the ‘train the trainer’ workshop delivered by Tina Barton earlier in the year, I’m pleased to say we have made great steps in expanding the reach of the Bear Earth CiC period poverty training. Of the 12 Global Health Masters …