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SUMMARY:Emergency protest - Stop the persecution of Muslims in India
DESCRIPTION:Citizenship rules have been changed in India by the ruling Hindu Nationalist Party. The amendments made give preferential treatment to certain religious groups\, explicitly barring Muslims\, to gain citizenship in India. All this has led to communal violence against Muslims\, who have had their homes\, businesses\, mosques and families targeted\, most recently in Delhi. \nIt is important that the international community stands in solidarity with Muslim communities against this persecution and the recent spate of deadly violence in Delhi\, before it escalates even further.   \nJoin us at this emergency protest this Saturday 29 February outside India House/ the Indian High Commission in London. Medact staff members will be in attendance from 4:30-6:30pm – and we would love it if members joined us. Address details can be found below.  \nThis protest has been called by South Asia Solidarity Group\, SOAS India Society and South Asian Students Against Fascism \nIf you are planning on joining us at this protest\, you can call us on the day to find out where we are – 07851 325 817
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/emergency-protest-india/
LOCATION:India House / India High Commission\, Aldwych\, London\, WC2B 4NA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Actions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190920
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190928
DTSTAMP:20260704T214410
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SUMMARY:Showing that the health community supports the Student Climate Strikers - September Actions
DESCRIPTION:Millions of children and young people from around the world have been striking on Fridays in an urgent call for action to address the climate crisis. They have called on adults to stand in solidarity with them for a giant week of action on 20th – 27th September. \nMembers of the healthcare community have been organising actions to support the students in different parts of the UK; use our database of health actions to check if an action has been planned near you. \n\nClick here to find your nearest action\n\nMedact members and other healthcare workers will be attending the London student march on 20th September as a group. We’ll meet beforehand in the Medact offices at 9.45am – and then travel to the march together. You would be very welcome to join us earlier\, from 8.30 am\, for breakfast and banner making; just email deirdreduff@medact.org so we have an idea of numbers. Our full address is The Grayston Centre\, 28 Charles Square\, London N1 6HT \n \nIf a health action has not been planned in your area\, there is still time to plan one! There will be student climate demos taking place all over the UK on 20th September. So we’re asking members of the healthcare community to organise a healthcare presence at your local student demo/march on 20th September (local student demos/marches are listed here). And/or to organise an alternative action\, to show your support for the students\, in your workplace.  \nSee our action guide on how to organise your own local health events to support the students.  \nIf you’re interested in getting involved\, in either an “attending only” or an “organising a local action” capacity\, then please RSVP below. This will let us be in touch with further details; we can provide you with support to organise and advertise your local actions.  \nFinally\, it’s important to stress that we are not calling on the healthcare community – and especially patient facing healthcare workers – to strike on the 20th-27th September. Rather we are asking you to use your break periods and/or your days-off to take action to show solidarity with the student climate strikers while keeping patients safe.  \n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/showing-the-health-community-supports-the-student-climate-strikers-september-actions/
CATEGORIES:Actions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190907
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190909
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SUMMARY:AGM Weekend 2019
DESCRIPTION:Medact’s 2019 Annual General Meeting will take place in London on Saturday 7th September. \nThe AGM is a chance to come together to review the work we’ve done together over the past year\, to meet with other members\, staff and the Medact Board\, to propose motions on Medact’s governance and to elect new Trustees. \nIn addition to the AGM\, we are planning exciting activities for both the Saturday and Sunday to make a full weekend of Medact \nAGM + DSEI Action – Saturday 7th September – 11.30 – 5pm (approx.)\nOn the Saturday\, the business part of the AGM will be followed by an opportunity for attendees to take part in a family-friendly action aimed at the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair taking place in London the following week. A preparatory talk will ensure everyone is ready to take part\, as well as providing some context for Medact’s work on the health impacts of the arms trade and the wider medical peace movement. \nAGM Papers are now available to download as follows:\n\nAGM 2019 – Agenda\, Resolutions & Nominations [PDF]\nAGM 2018 – Draft Minutes for approval [PDF]\nMedact Accounts FY18-19 – for approval [PDF]\n\nTraining Day – Sunday 8th September – 9.30 – 4:30pm\nOn the Sunday we will be hosting a training day for members to get support with the skills\, connections and resources you need to effectively advocate for change on the issues you’re passionate about. The main focus of this training day will be on speaking to power. Through a series of exercises we will learn tips and techniques for speaking to decision makers about different campaign issues – thinking about how might we change our language and tactics for engaging local politicians as well as the decision makers who hold the power in our hospital trusts\, and other places of work. As part of this you will gain a wider understanding of how Medact campaigns for health equality\, how you can take part in this work and what different tactics we can utilise alongside speaking to decision makers to push for the change we want to see. \nWe will be based at the Medact Office in The Grayston Centre\, 28 Charles Square\, London N1 6HT on both days. Lunch will be provided – but please RSVP below so we know numbers for this!\n\nClick here to Register \nAGM Papers\n  \n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/agm-2019/
LOCATION:Medact Office\, The Brick Yard\, 28 Charles Square\, London\, N1 6HT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Actions,Meetings,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190820T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190820T210000
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SUMMARY:Welfare Not Warfare: DSEI banner-making and pizza evening
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of pizza and banner-making in preparation for raising our voices against the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) – the world’s largest arms fair – taking place in September in London.\nDSEI sees weapons and technology manufacturers from across the world come to the ExCeL Centre in London to exhibit their products to representatives of governments and regimes across the world\, including Saudi Arabia\, Turkey and Egypt. \nWe will be attending the protests against DSEI on the 7th of September 2019\, to raise our voices against the devastating health and humanitarian impacts of war and the global arms trade. \nDuring our banner-making and pizza evening\, you will learn more about DSEI and why the health community must campaign against the arms industry which profits from the perpetuation of war and violence. \n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/welfare-not-warfare-dsei-banner-making-and-pizza-evening/
LOCATION:Medact Office\, The Brick Yard\, 28 Charles Square\, London\, N1 6HT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Actions,Social
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190511T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190511T160000
DTSTAMP:20260704T214410
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LAST-MODIFIED:20190507T093658Z
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SUMMARY:Palestine National Demonstration - join our health justice bloc
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Saturday 11 May in London for National Demonstration for Palestine to mark the 71st anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba (Catastrophe). \nThe Nakba saw the forced expulsion of over 700\,000 Palestinians from their homes\, forming the largest refugee population in the world at that time\, as well as several massacres across the country in cities such as Deir Yassin. Each year\, this date is marked by vigils and demonstrations around the world\, as well as in Palestine. \n(click to enlarge)\nWe will be joining the UK-Palestine Mental Health Network and the Palestine-UK Social Work Network to form a health and social justice bloc of the protest. \nBefore we begin marching to Whitehall\, our meeting point will be: \nSouth-east corner of Portland Place and Duchess Street (near the top of the BBC building) \nLook out for the Medact banner and the banners of the other two organisations.  \nYou can RSVP below so we know to expect you\, and if you are unable to find us\, please call 07851 325 817. \nYou can find more information about the demonstration here: https://www.palestinecampaign.org/events/national-demonstration-for-palestine-11-may/ \n[Registration has now closed] \n 
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/palestine-national-demonstration-join-our-health-justice-bloc/
LOCATION:Portland Place\, 28 Portland Pl\, Marylebone\, London\, W1B 1LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Actions
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190430T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190430T143000
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SUMMARY:Fighting Blood Coal and Blood Mines: In solidarity with communities impacted by Anglo American mining
DESCRIPTION:On 30th April\, we’ll stand in solidarity with communities whose health and lives have been devastated by Anglo American’s mining operations across the Global South. Join us for lunch\, discussions and some practical actions to hold this company to account.  \nAnglo American – some background\nAnglo American operates in many parts of the Global South\, leaving a trail of health destruction in its wake.  \nThe Cerrejón open-pit coal mine in La Guajira\, Colombia\nThis mining giant owns a large stake in the infamous Cerrejón mine\, a vast open pit coal mine in Colombia. Cerrejón has been long associated with human rights abuses including displacement\, a lack of consultation with indigenous communities and serious harm to the health of local communities.  \nCommunities living near the mine are forced to breath air that is heavy with coal dust and filled with the stench of burning. Many children suffer from respiratory problems; some become so ill that they cannot run or shout. Local hospitals are inundated with patients suffering from acute respiratory problems. \nIn Peru\, Anglo American’s Quellaveco project has raised serious concerns and opposition among local people. It is believed that copper mining in this region will use vast amounts of water in an area that is considered at high risk of drought and is heavily impacted by climate change. \nThere are fears that Anglo American’s mining in Chile is speeding up the melting process of glaciers and leading to their disappearance in some cases.  Glacier disruption could have serious impacts on hydrological cycles in the country with potentially devastating impacts for large proportions of the Chilean population. \nAnglo American and/or companies that Anglo American has part-owned\, have also been associated with armed groups responsible for human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the Philippines and South Africa\, local communities have faced severe repression for protesting against mining operations. And in Ghana and Mali\, local people have lived in fear as extractive activities have destroyed health\, lands and livelihoods.  \nCompanies like Anglo American are exacerbating global health inequities; their extractavism damages health in the Global South while much of their profits are concentrated in the Global North.  \nWhat will the event involve? \nPart 1 – Lunch and discussion at Medact\nWe’ll start with lunch at the Medact offices and discuss some practical action opportunities we can take as a healthcare community to hold Anglo American to account. Including;  \n\nHow to use twitter and other media to get messages across to investors attending the Anglo American AGM. \nActions we can take to push for legally binding instruments to regulate the activities of multinational corporations like Anglo American.\nUsing fossil fuel divestment as a solidarity tactic. \n\nPart 2 – Vigil at the Anglo American AGM\nWe’ll leave the Medact offices at 13.00 and travel as a group to the Anglo American AGM at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre Broad Sanctuary\, Westminster\, London SW1P 3EE. \nWe’ll hold a vigil outside the AGM as the company’s shareholders arrive.  \nAccessibility\nIf you have any accessibility requirements please contact deirdreduff@medact.org and we can organise travel from Medact to the vigil to meet your needs. \nThe venue for the vigil itself is flat and the nearest accessible toilets are two minutes walk away in Westminster Central Hall (see building-specific accessibility information). A portable sound system will be used for speeches. There will be some photography and filming with phones and SLR cameras\, flash photography is unlikely. There are no seating areas. Email deirdreduff@medact.org if you require a foldable chair or for other information on accessibility. \n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/fighting-blood-coal-and-blood-gold-in-solidarity-with-communities-impacted-by-anglo-american-mining/
LOCATION:Medact Office\, The Brick Yard\, 28 Charles Square\, London\, N1 6HT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Actions,Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180921T163000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180922T180000
DTSTAMP:20260704T214410
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SUMMARY:AGM Weekend 2018
DESCRIPTION:Medact’s 2018 Annual General Meeting will be held in Glasgow on the afternoon of 21st September. \nThe AGM will be followed by a dinner and speaker event organised with Medact Glasgow and Medact Scotland. This will be a fantastic opportunity for Medact members and supporters from all around the UK to swap ideas and get to know each other. \nThe following day\, on 22nd September\, we’ll be joining people from across the world for the ‘Nae Nukes Anywhere’ peace rally at the Faslane Nuclear Base – home to the UK’s Trident submarines. We’ll be providing transport from Glasgow for anyone who’d like to come. \nYou can register for any or all of the three events using the button below: \n\nClick here to register \nPapers for the AGM are now available below. \nSchedule\nFriday 21st September @ the Kinning Park Complex\, Glasgow\nAGM 2018\, 4.30 – 6pm\nThis is the main business meeting of Medact\, including reports on the year\, election of new Board members\, and voting on any motion proposals. All are welcome but only Medact members are eligible to vote. \nTalk & dinner\, 6.45 – 11pm\nIn the evening we are delighted to have Director of Nourish Scotland Pete Ritchie joining us to talk about Nourish’s work on food poverty\, and opportunities for health professionals to get involved with work on this issue. \nFollowing Pete’s talk we will sit down for dinner provided by local caterers Milk; and also hear more from Medact members about other areas of work this year\, and the significance of the demonstration on the Saturday. \nAfter dinner there will be an opportunity to enjoy some traditional Scottish music. \nSaturday 22nd September @ Faslane\, home of the UK’s Trident nuclear submarines\nOn the Saturday thousands we will join thousands of anti-nuclear campaigners from across the world in the International Peace March at Faslane. \nTransport will be provided for those that want it from central Glasgow\, leaving mid-morning for the march which starts at noon. \nAGM Papers\nAGM papers are now available to download as follows: \n\n\nMedact AGM 2018 – Agenda\n\n\nMedact AGM 2017 – Draft Minutes\n\n\nMedact Statement of Financial Activities for the period 1st Feb 2017 to 31st Jan 2018\n\n\nWe are delighted to announce the following nominations for election to the Board of Trustees: \nDr Margaret Jackson\nI am a GP in rural North Yorkshire in a small but busy practice with a large elderly population. I have been a partner for twenty three years. I am also a GP trainer and coordinate the medical student (Hull York Medical School) teaching in the practice. With psychotherapy colleagues I have been facilitating pioneering group work with people with long term conditions in order to enable people to be better able to take control of their health and well-being. I have been collaborating with researchers at Hull University on this work. \nI have all my adult life felt strongly about social justice and environmental sustainability. Over the past few years\, and in particular since attending the Medact conference “Healthy Planet\, Better World” in 2016\, I have become much clearer that I need to become active in the movement towards a fairer and more sustainable world. My colleague Angela Harvey and I launched Yorkshire Medact last year and have been involved in anti-fracking campaigns in Yorkshire and Lancashire. \nNow 55\, I am able to devote more of my energies to working with these issues as I reduce the time that I devote to the practice. I am keen to become more involved in Medact’s work as I see Medact as a far-sighted organisation that ‘punches above its weight’ in terms of what it achieves for its size. I believe that working with such a broad remit (peace and security\, climate and environment\, economic justice and human rights) crucially enables the links to be made between all these areas. For all these reasons I would be very interested in joining the Medact board. \nLesley Morrison\nLesley Morrison is a retired GP\, still involved  in medical student teaching\, who has been an active member of Medact since its inception and a member of MCANW prior to that. She has always felt passionately about the need to rid the world of nuclear weapons  and about the importance of Medact’s work to show that disarmament\, development\, human rights and concern for the environment are inextricably interlinked. \nLiving just south of Edinburgh\, she would represent the views of Medact Scotland. \nNeena Modi\nProfessor Neena Modi is a consultant at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and professor of neonatal medicine at Imperial College London. She completed a three year term as president of the UK Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in March 2018. She heads a major neonatal research programme focused on the perinatal determinants of lifelong health\, and led the development of the UK National Neonatal Research Database\, of which she is the current director. \nProfessor Modi has made many contributions to children’s services\, and has been at the forefront of reinvigorating the clinical research base of paediatrics and child health. During her career she has served\, among many other roles\, as president of the UK Neonatal Society\, president of the Academic Paediatrics Association of Great Britain and Ireland\, and chair of the British Medical Journal ethics committee. She is currently president-elect of the Medical Women’s Federation. \nKitty Mohan\nKitty is a Consultant in Communicable Disease Control based in London and Oxford. A medical doctor by background she completed Public Health training in London in March 2018 and was awarded a PhD in Epidemiology from King’s College London in 2016. \nShe is the President of the European Junior Doctor Association\, which represents the interests of 300\,000 junior doctors across Europe. She was a member of BMA Council from 2013-18\, has previously been Director of the BMA \,and was joint lead negotiator for junior doctor contract negotiations whilst Co-chair of the Junior Doctors Committee between 2013 and 2015. \nDirections to Kinning Park Complex\nThe Kinning Park complex is conveniently located immediately adjacent to Kinning Park Underground station which can be reached coming from either Buchanan St [ for Queen St mainline] or St Enoch’s [for Central station].
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/agm-2018/
LOCATION:Kinning Park Complex\, 43 Cornwall St\, Glasgow\, G41 1BA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Actions,Meetings,Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170304T120000
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SUMMARY:#ourNHS march
DESCRIPTION:#OUR NHS PROMOWatch this video on YouTube \nNational demonstration for a fully funded and publically owned NHS and social care service.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/ournhs-march/
LOCATION:Tavistock Square\, London\, WC1H 9EZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Actions,External
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161217T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161217T140000
DTSTAMP:20260704T214410
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SUMMARY:Emergency Protest - UK Doctors & Nurses in Solidarity With Syria
DESCRIPTION:Healthcare workers of the UK: grab your uniforms and activate the power of your voice. The bloodshed must stop now.\nJoin Medact for a solidarity action at Parliament Square next Saturday. We hope to add our voices to the demands of the Syrian and the international humanitarian and medical community for the following:1. End both indiscriminate and targeted attacks on civilians\, hospitals and schools across Syria;2. Pressure the Syrian government to allow delivery of aid to besieged cities in Syria;3. Demand the UK government conduct airdrops of aid;4. Provide safe passage to all trapped including the remaining 100\,000 people in Aleppo;5. Grant asylum to refugees. \nThe protest is being organised by Medact’s Arms & Militarisation group (MAM) in collaboration with Syria solidarity activist groups. All are welcome. \nWhen\nSaturday 17th December\, at 2pm \nWhere\nParliament Square\, London SW1P 3JX \nBring your scrubs/uniform and stethoscopes. \nSee the Facebook page for more details.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/emergency-protest-uk-doctors-nurses-in-solidarity-with-syria/
CATEGORIES:Actions
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160706T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160706T120000
DTSTAMP:20260704T214410
CREATED:20160706T114004Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170130T151850Z
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SUMMARY:Blair Protest - Chilcot: Time for Truth and Justice
DESCRIPTION:After a seven year wait the Chilcot Report is finally going to be published on June 6th. Despite its astounding length (2.3 million words) it is highly likely that it will fall short of an outright condemnation of the Iraq war and fail to apportion blame to those who were truly responsible for the catastrophe. We are joining this protest on the day of publication outside the QEII Centre to demand #IraqTruthAndJustice
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/blair-protest-chilcot-time-truth-justice/
CATEGORIES:Actions
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160227T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160227T160000
DTSTAMP:20260704T214410
CREATED:20160130T133223Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170130T151913Z
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SUMMARY:Stop Trident March & Rally
DESCRIPTION:Medact at the Stop Trident March and Rally  Saturday 27th February at 12 noon in central London\n    Medact\, emphasising the health impact and humanitarian consequences of the use of nuclear weapons\, is one of the supporting organisations for the CND-led Stop Trident March and Rally being held in London on Saturday 27th February at 12 noon.  Nuclear weapons are the most destructive and most indiscriminate instruments of war ever created. Their use—and even their possession—goes against every principle of international humanitarian law. Indeed\, it is likely that humanity could not survive a nuclear war using even a fraction of the arsenals in existence today.  In Spring or Summer of this year\, the United Kingdom government will decide on whether to renew its Trident nuclear weapons system. It is very likely that the government\, backed by Parliament\, will commit to funding the total replacement of the current system – meaning we will have nuclear weapons well into the second half of the 21st century. In doing so\, they will be ignoring the growing global movement that is calling for a total ban on nuclear weapons – as has happened with land-mines (1997) and cluster munitions (2008). The UK will also be undermining the potential role it could play as a global leader for nuclear disarmament – failing to recognise that nuclear weapons have no part to play in tackling the global crises we currently face.  As the UK Government approaches this ‘Main Gate Decision’ on the renewal of Trident\, we believe that now is the time to stand up and be counted. In the months and years to come\, we need to build a stronger movement to create a more positive vision for health and security in the 21st century.  Please join Medact staff\, members and supporters (and thousands of others!) at 12 noon on Saturday 27th February in central London. We’re also hoping to meet up with other health professionals who are marching to highlight how diverting spending from Trident could help fund vital services within the National Health Service.     \nWhere are we meeting?\n We’ll be meeting at 11.30am in the Patisserie Valerie near Marble Arch for a pre-march coffee/hot-chocolate – and you’re very welcome to join us. Alternatively\, meet us outside Patisserre Valerie at 12 noon\, and we’ll head to the start of the march at Marble Arch together. After the march\, we’ll head to Westminster Quaker Meeting House\, where’ll there’s usually tea and coffee – and an escape from the cold!  If you can’t find us on the day – please text or phone Chris Venables (07907 161 225) or Rhianna Louise (07714 194 714).  Also\, please join the Facebook event and follow us on Twitter.     \nOther sources of information about the march\n CND Facebook Event / CND Event Webpage  ‘Care Not Warfare’ Group Facebook Event  \n\n\nClick here to find out more about Medact’s position on Trident and nuclear disarmament.\n\n    \n 
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/stop-trident-march-rally/
CATEGORIES:Actions
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150307T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150307T180000
DTSTAMP:20260704T214410
CREATED:20150228T130634Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170130T151907Z
UID:12869-1425731400-1425751200@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Time to Act! National Climate March
DESCRIPTION: The People’s Climate March last September was huge. With around 40\,000 people marching in London\, 400\,000 in New York and many thousands more taking part across the world\, together we made history.\n \n\n2015 needs to be even bigger. The climate talks in Paris this December are crucial if we’re going to protect all that we love. Our movement is growing\, and we’re more diverse and determined than ever before. \nAcross the UK people are already building change – from divestment of funds which prop up the fossil fuel industry\, to frontline communities fighting unsustainable energy extraction and fracking\, through to those paving the way for a transition towards a 100% renewable energy future which would bring about an estimated one million new climate jobs in the UK alone.  We know what needs to be done; the solutions are here now. Climate must be at the top of every politician’s agenda. \nNow is the time to act.\nJoin the scientists and medics bloc on March 7 to bring a message of urgency which cannot be ignored. \nAnd together let’s continue to power up and celebrate our movement – locally\, nationally and internationally – throughout 2015\, and beyond. \n \nPower concedes nothing without a demand. A reminder why it’s #timetoact2015\n 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
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/time-to-act-national-climate-march/
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SUMMARY:Fossil Free Health - Global Divestment Day
DESCRIPTION: Are you a health professional? Are you concerned about climate change? Are you wondering what you can do about the global health emergency?\n         \nOn Saturday 14th February thousands of people across 5 continents will turn out to take collective action demanding divestment from fossil fuels. If you’re in London join Medact and Healthy Planet UK members and supporters as they take part in the day of action. If you’re elsewhere\, join in events taking place across the country. \n  Global Divestment Day — 13–14 February 2015Watch this video on YouTube   By driving climate change\, the fossil fuel industry is harming the health of both human and planet right now – from the direct impact of urban air pollution to the rising threat of extreme weather events – yet the world continues to invest in oil\, coal and gas companies.     \nCity Hall\, London – 12:30pm – Saturday 14th February\n    \nJoin doctors\, nurses and others from across London at City Hall – 12:30 sharp – to ensure the voice of the health community is heard on Global Divestment Day – as well as have some fun and meet some like-minded health professionals! We will be supporting ‘Divest London’ who have chosen City Hall as their main target for the day. \n    \nJoin the Facebook event to stay up-to-date.\n    \nWhilst the Mayor of London and the London Assembly say that his offices are fully committed to both reducing London’s impact on the climate and safeguarding the city’s future against the impacts of climate change – their pension fund\, the Greater London Pension Fund Authority\, still invests millions of pounds in fossil fuel companies every year. \nWe will be bringing along scrubs\, stethoscopes\, face masks and banners\, and calling on the Mayor of London and the London Assembly to DO NO HARM. Bring yourselves\, your family\, friends and colleagues. Wear blue and bring an umbrella if you can! \nIf you’d like to know more contact A&E doctor\, Medact member and Fossil Free Health volunteer Zoe Steley at zoe.steley@gmail.com. \n –  \nThis action is part of our Fossil Free Health campaign – to find out more visit the campaign page or sign-up here to get more involved.\n  
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/fossil-free-health-global-divestment-day/
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