Fyi - and there is also a protest being organised against Donald Trump's visit to Scotland later this month - cheershttps://www.facebook.com/events/804224783048147/ Convoy to Calais – Saturday 18 June 2016 Register at www.convoytocalais.org The humanitarian crisis spreading from north Africa and the middle east is beyond desperate. Last weekend over 700 refugees drowned in the Mediterranean. Hundreds of thousands of people are still fleeing war and persecution with tens of thousands of children stranded from their parents or missing altogether. The refugees welcome movement in Britain is playing a crucial role in putting pressure on the government to accept refugees, and we must keep that pressure up. The Convoy to Calais on the 18th of June is both an expression of solidarity with refugees in the Calais camps and a message that Britain must do more to provide refuge for some of the most vulnerable people in Europe. Here’s what you can do to get involved: Come on the Convoy. We need every last lorry, van, bus, car, motorbike or scooter that can come to be with us. Let us know you’re coming by registering, and do make a donation to help with the costs. Even if you have to peel off at Dover and cant make it all the way. Collect. We need material, and money. Collect in your workplace, union, community, place of worship or just among your friends. Every bit counts. Download: Desired Donations List Download: Convoy Information Pack Download: Directions - Ferry Port to Camp Download: Convoy to Calais Flyer Even if you haven’t collected anything do come on the Convoy. We need hands to unload and a massive show of solidarity. Report: Major Rally with Alf Dubs brings together Refugees Welcome campaigners to say Racism out of the Referendum A month before Britain goes to the polls for the EU Referendum, around 200 people packed the NUT’s Mander hall to send a powerful message that Britain must play it’s role in providing sanctuary for those fleeing war, and that refugees and migrants must not be the target of scapegoating in the referendum campaign. First to speak was Alf Dubs, the Labour peer leading the campaign in Parliament to force the government to accept child refugees. He said that public support had been crucial in getting the government to make a U-turn on his amendment, and that we must get rid of the stigma of being a refugee... Read the full report and watch videos of the speeches on the Stand Up To Racism Website The People’s Refugees Summit: No to Racism, Islamophobia & Anti-Semitism Saturday 8th October Friends Meeting House, 173-177 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ 10.30am – 4.30pm Major national conference bringing together speakers, organisations and activists from anti-racist campaigns Speakers include: Diane Abbott MP Kate Osamor MP Claude Moraes MEP Owen Jones, Journalist at The Guardian Maurice Wren, Refugee Council Chief Executive Talha Ahmad, Muslim Council of Britain Mark Serwotka, PCS Gen Sec Kevin Courtney, NUT Deputy Gen Sec www.standuptoracism.org.uk @antiracismday SUTR Facebook Powered by YMLP