BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Medact - ECPv6.6.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.medact.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Medact REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20190331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20191027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20200329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20201025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251102T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251102T170000 DTSTAMP:20260409T134552 CREATED:20251014T095843Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251014T100357Z UID:36663-1762095600-1762102800@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Autumn Concert for Peace DESCRIPTION:Autumn Concert For Peace presented by the MPD Chamber Ensemble \n\n\n\nThe Autumn Concert for Peace’s programme is full of joy and optimism. In its blending of expressive melodies with masterly control in combining the three instruments\, Schubert’s youthful String Trio recalls Mozart’s masterpiece\, the Divertimento K 563. Three duos for clarinet and bassoon have been attributed to Beethoven\, but their origin is not completely clear. Whoever the composer\, they abound in good humour and witty interplay between the instruments; No. 2 is typical\, and contains a particularly touching slow movement. Nielsen’s music is often quirky and original; the Serenata in vano portrays a group of musicians who attempt to serenade a lady\, but when that fails\, they go home playing a jaunty tune. \n\n\n\nBeethoven’s Septet achieved immediate success – something he later resented\, when the public failed to appreciate some of his more serious and profound works. It is genial and uncomplicated\, and provides opportunities for each player to shine. The final movement ends with a breathless flurry of triplets for the violin. \n\n\n\nInterval speaker: Dr. Swee Chai Ang Co-Founder\, Medical Aid for Palestinians \n\n\n\nProgrammeSchubert String Trio in B-flat\, D 471Beethoven Duo in F for clarinet and bassoonNielsen Serenata in vanoBeethoven Septet in E-flat major\, Op. 20 \n\n\n\nStandard £20 Concession (Over 65s\, Students\, Unwaged) £15All proceeds donated to organisations in the peace movement. URL:https://www.medact.org/event/autumn-concert-for-peace-2025/ CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stat.medact.org/wp-uploads/2025/10/Autumn-Concert-for-Peace-2025.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251101T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251101T213000 DTSTAMP:20260409T134552 CREATED:20250923T114337Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251105T163544Z UID:36542-1762021800-1762032600@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Building a Nuclear Weapons Free World DESCRIPTION:An evening celebrating the memory of Dr Martin Hartog  \n\n\n\nJoin Medact at St. Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace for an evening lecture from Dr Carlos Umaña. We welcome Medact members\, health workers\, students and particularly young campaigners as we reflect on campaigning for a nuclear weapons free world. \n\n\n\nThere is an increasing urgency to strengthen our campaigning movement\, and build closer connections and coalition with movements dedicated to climate justice\, anti-militarism and anti-imperialism. \n\n\n\nFollowing the lecture\, we’ll hear a discussion between Carlos and UK-based campaigners for disarmament\, chaired by Marion Birch\, on the challenges and opportunities for growing the movement for nuclear disarmament in our current political context. The evening will close with a drinks reception for attendees.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Carlos Umaña is a general practitioner\, former local health director\, and epidemiological surveillance officer with the Costa Rican Ministry of Health. Serving until recently as IPPNW co-president\, he is also on the ICAN International Steering Group. He is the current president of IPPNW Costa Rica\, founder of Artists for Peace (2014) in Costa Rica\, and president of the activist group “Peace and Diversity”. He is also the recipient of the 2018 “Alan Turing LGBTIQ Visibility Award” for Social Organization. \n\n\n\nSince 2013\, he has worked by campaigning and lobbying for awareness on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons (HINW) and support for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). He has worked closely with governments as part of the Costa Rican delegation in the 2014 NPT PrepCom and the 2015 NPT Review Conference\, and has worked with the network of regional peace organisations to organise conferences and roundtables on the HINW and the TPNW.Cordelia Vesely campaigns locally\, nationally and internationally for a range of health\, gender and environmental justice issues\, including disarmament\, demilitarisation and international humanitarian law. She has just finished her term as co-director of Students for Global Health UK\, where she built student capacity in advocacy and policy making. Her work has taken her to the UN and been recognised by organisations like the IPPNW for whom she has led European sessions on human rights and peace.Jake Atkinson is a campaigner on issues related to inequality and human rights. As Senior Adviser at STOPAIDS\, he co-convened UK and global civil society alliances campaigning to improve equitable access to medicines\, protect human rights\, and improve funding to tackle infectious diseases. He was also part of the first Steering Committee of Youth for TPNW\, the global movement of young people in support of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons from 2021 to 2024. He currently works for Tax Justice UK with a focus on taxing the super rich and big polluters\, and on securing a bold United Nations Tax Convention.  \n\n\n\nMarion Birch has worked on public health and healthcare programmes in countries affected by armed conflict and disasters for 20 years\, principally in Sudan\, Mozambique\, Angola and Sri Lanka. In the UK she has worked as a training manager\, health advisor and consultant\, and for eight years was director of the global health charity Medact. Presently Marion teaches and examines part time at University College London (Institute for Global Health and the Global Business School for Health)\, at City St George’s (University of London)\, and at the Society of Apothecaries. She is editor of the Routledge / Taylor & Francis journal Medicine\, Conflict and Survival which is affiliated with IPPNW and their UK affiliate Medact. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn memory of Martin Hartog (1931-2023) \n\n\n\nThis event is made possible thanks to the generous donation of a founding member of Medact\, the late Dr Martin Hartog (1931–2023). Martin was the first chair of Medact and an active member of the Nuclear Weapons Group until his death in July 2023. \n\n\n\nThe horror of any use of nuclear weapons was close to Martin’s heart for many years. He was deeply involved with the Medical Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons (MCANW) until it merged with the Medical Association for the Prevention of War (MAPW) to form Medact in 1992. Martin served as the Chair of Medact in those early years\, and was an active member particularly with our Nuclear Weapons Group for the rest of his life. \n\n\n\nMartin felt passionately about the need to introduce and involve younger generations of campaigners in the movement for nuclear disarmament. His legacy donation to the group contributed to enabling recruitment of a project coordinator for the Don’t Bank on the Bomb! UK campaign\, and additionally supporting this public lecture. Medact is the UK affiliate of International Physicians for the  Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) URL:https://www.medact.org/event/nuclearweaponslecture/ LOCATION:St. Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace\, 78 Bishopsgate\, London\, EC2N 4AG\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stat.medact.org/wp-uploads/2025/09/Building-a-Nuclear-Weapons-Free-World-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240725T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240725T200000 DTSTAMP:20260409T134552 CREATED:20240606T114303Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240725T111936Z UID:33527-1721932200-1721937600@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Homes for Health: The Public Health Case for Social Homes DESCRIPTION:Join us for the second of our series of online gatherings to discuss together how health workers can join the fight for housing and health justice! \n\n\n\nThe so-called housing crisis makes the spaces in which we live damp\, mouldy\, insecure and impossible to afford. The housing system prevents vast numbers of families from simply feeling at home\, and calling the place they live a place of safety. Austerity and the commodification of housing has turned the domestic into a site of illness\, violence\, precarity\, insecurity\, and in some cases death.  \n\n\n\nWe need urgent political action to respond to the public health crisis that health workers are witnessing. This requires rethinking housing beyond commodification and taking action to reclaim it as a public health asset. We need to reclaim housing for health. \n\n\n\nIt will take a movement\, with tenants\, health workers and all sectors of society working together to shift the narrative and end the public health crisis in housing. Join us to get involved with the fight for healthy homes! \n\n\n\nIn this second online gathering\, we will hear from speakers about how health workers are joining the fight for housing justice and how tenants and communities across the country are building power to force change. \n\n\n\n\nMedact members Dr Abi Secker\, Dr Amaran Uthayakumar-Cumarasamy and Dr Isobel Braithwaite\n\n\n\nAdam Gabsi – chair of Inclusion London and Harrow Association of Disabled people. Adam is passionate about Disabled people receiving the justice they deserve and wants to use his position to the benefit of all Disabled people\, London-wide and beyond.\n\n\n\nLaura Vicinanza – leads Inclusion London’s strategic engagement with the Greater London Authority (GLA) and supports DDPOs with influencing local and national government policies.\n\n\n\nGreater Manchester Tenants Union – a democratic\, member-led union\, working across the 10 boroughs of Greater Manchester. They organise and represent members in the private and social rented sector and fight for safe\, secure and affordable housing for everyone\n\n\n\nDr Abi O’Connor (New Economics Foundation) – an urban sociologist whose expertise centres on understanding the relationship between urban governance\, local politics and the (re)structuring of place\, specifically focusing on the impact of this on communities and areas impacted by regional inequality. She has a keen interest in democratising knowledge through grassroots movements.\n\n\n\n\nBased on London? Join us for an in-person watch party at the Medact office in Pelican House\, Bethnal Green! Just let us know you’re joining in person in the form below! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHomes should be a place of comfort\, health and security. Instead\, across the UK\, homes have become sites of illness. They are rendered cold and damp by poor insulation and sky-high energy prices. They are insecure due to unaffordable rents\, evictions\, and poor-quality housing. \n\n\n\nCold\, unaffordable and insecure homes are no accident. They are the symptoms of a political system that produces mass illness and deepens inequalities in both health and wealth.  The root causes are political—and this means the solutions are too. \n\n\n\nAt these online gatherings\, together we will gain the tools we need to take action as health workers. Join the fight to win healthy homes for all\, as part of the wider struggles for climate\, housing and economic justice.  \n\n\n\nIn the run up to the general election & beyond we intend to get organised\, fight for healthy homes\, and win.  URL:https://www.medact.org/event/healthy-homes-gathering-social-housing/ CATEGORIES:Launches,Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stat.medact.org/wp-uploads/2024/06/Peach.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240703T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240703T194500 DTSTAMP:20260409T134552 CREATED:20240523T161550Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240627T151004Z UID:33428-1720031400-1720035900@www.medact.org SUMMARY:From Fuel Poverty to the Just Transition: How Health Workers Can Join the Fight to Win DESCRIPTION:Our homes are making us sick\, shortening lives and stealing children’s futures. Join us this July for two online gatherings\, where we will learn about how and why our homes have become sites of illness\, and the political solutions towards reclaiming the relationship between homes and health. \n\n\n\nMillions of people in the UK live in homes that are cold\, damp\, and mouldy. We can’t afford our energy bills\, our houses are poorly insulated\, and our government continues to rely on dirty\, expensive fossil fuels. While people get sick\, energy and fossil fuel companies are raking in record profits.  \n\n\n\nCold and damp homes cost thousands of lives every year. This is the direct result of political choices—putting profit for shareholders and landlords above everyone’s right to live in a safe\, warm home.  \n\n\n\nWe know the solutions. As our Public Health Case for a Green New Deal stated loud and clear: we need quality homes for all\, fair access to energy\, and a rapid just transition to cheap\, renewable energy.  \n\n\n\nAt this online gathering\, we’ll hear from speakers on how fossil fuels are powering the crisis of cold and damp homes\, how mass insulation of homes and reform of our energy system is central to a just transition\, and how organising in solidarity with tenants and communities builds power to force change.  \n\n\n\nWe’ll share the tools that you need to learn\, pressure decision makers\, and build the health voice alongside communities—fighting to win healthy homes for all.  \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers at the event will include: \n\n\n\n\nSimon from the End Fuel Poverty Coalition & Warm This Winter campaign—EFPC is a broad group of anti-poverty\, environmental\, health and housing charities\, trade unions and campaigners\n\n\n\nStuart Bretherton from Fuel Poverty Action—which campaigns to protect people from fuel poverty. We challenge rip-off energy companies and unfair policies that leave people to endure cold homes. We take action for warm\, well-insulated homes and clean and affordable energy\, under the control of people and communities\, not private companies\n\n\n\nRepresentative from Living Rent—based in Scotland\, Living Rent is a mass-membership organisation of low-middle income renters\, working and fighting together to win concrete improvements to our daily lives and put political and economic power back where it belongs\n\n\n\nScott McAulay from Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN) and Anthropocene Architecture School\n\n\n\nDr Isobel Braithwaite\, Medact member Public Health Doctor—currently doing research on Housing and Health\, Isobel has worked as a medical doctor and on public health issues including climate change and extreme weather\, air pollution and mental health\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHomes should be a place of comfort\, health and security. Instead\, across the UK\, homes have become sites of illness. They are rendered cold and damp by poor insulation and sky-high energy prices. They are insecure due to unaffordable rents\, evictions\, and poor-quality housing. \n\n\n\nCold\, unaffordable and insecure homes are no accident. They are the symptoms of a political system that produces mass illness and deepens inequalities in both health and wealth.  The root causes are political—and this means the solutions are too. \n\n\n\nAt these online gatherings\, together we will gain the tools we need to take action as health workers. Join the fight to win healthy homes for all\, as part of the wider struggles for climate\, housing and economic justice.  \n\n\n\nIn the run up to the general election & beyond we intend to get organised\, fight for healthy homes\, and win.  URL:https://www.medact.org/event/healthy-homes-gathering1/ CATEGORIES:Launches,Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stat.medact.org/wp-uploads/2024/05/Peach.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231116T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231116T210000 DTSTAMP:20260409T134552 CREATED:20231103T113844Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231103T114644Z UID:31837-1700161200-1700168400@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Medact Bristol Welcoming Evening + Talk on navigating climate anxiety DESCRIPTION:Please join us for an evening of reflecting on our responses to climate change and climate action. \n\n\n\nWe are the Bristol branch of Medact\, a nation-wide collective where health workers campaign on health and climate justice. \n\n\n\n\nSign up on EventBrite\n\n\n\n\nDr Liz Marks will be holding a presentation and discussion on her research on climate anxiety and eco-distress. \n\n\n\nLiz is a clinical psychologist\, clinical director and a senior lecturer in psychology at the University of Bath. She is author of over 30 articles\, currently focusing on people’s emotional responses to climate change. She co-lead the seminal 2021 global survey on young people’s feelings about climate change and governmental inaction. Liz is also an accredited cognitive-behavioural and mindfulness therapist and has been running climate cafes across Bristol and Bath. \n\n\n\nThe talk will be followed by a brief presentation about MEDACT\, current campaigns and activity of the national and local groups. \n\n\n\nThis event will be an opportunity to meet and connect\, reflect on shared values and ways of coming together to inspire and create change. \n\n\n\nYou will be able to get non-alcoholic drinks at the bar. \n\n\n\nLooking forward to seeing you there! URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-bristol-welcoming-evening-talk-on-navigating-climate-anxiety/ LOCATION:Cafe Kino\, Stokes Croft\, Bristol\, BS1 3RU\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Group,Social,Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://stat.medact.org/wp-uploads/2023/11/medact-bristol-welcome-climate-event.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231106T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231106T193000 DTSTAMP:20260409T134552 CREATED:20231005T094019Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T160318Z UID:31366-1699295400-1699299000@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Nuclear Militarisation: how it threatens humanity DESCRIPTION:A new webinar from Medact’s Nuclear Weapons group\, outlining the science of nuclear weapons and the threat they pose to human survival. \n\n\n\nRead the new briefing here\, and come along for a comprehensive but concise exploration of the nature of the nuclear challenge to global society.  \n\n\n\n\nRead the briefing ‘Nuclear Militarisation: How it threatens humanity’\n\n\n\n\nThe webinar will cover a baseline of technical knowledge\, provide information on the health impact of nuclear weapons\, and encourage health workers\, students and all committed to health justice to get involved with the movement for nuclear abolition.  \n\n\n\nFor access information\, or if you have a question that you’d like to be answered during the webinar\, please email Sarah at sarahlasoye@medact.org. We look forward to seeing you there! \n\n\n[Registration has now closed] URL:https://www.medact.org/event/nuclear-militarisation-how-it-threatens-humanity/ CATEGORIES:Hybrid,Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stat.medact.org/wp-uploads/2023/10/Nuclear-Weapons-Group.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230923T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230923T170000 DTSTAMP:20260409T134552 CREATED:20230919T123136Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230919T124109Z UID:31305-1695484800-1695488400@www.medact.org SUMMARY:York: Can a windmill a day keep the doctor away? DESCRIPTION:Join us for a deep dive into the many connections between health and climate change and learn why a healthy planet makes for healthy humans \n\n\n\n\n\nJoin Medact for a captivating event at SPARK as part of Yorkshire Environment Week 2023! \n\n\n\n\nSign up on Eventbrite!\n\n\n\n\nWhat do windmills have to do with heart attacks? What is the link between coal mines and rates of mental health issues? How might preserving forests help us prevent another pandemic? \n\n\n\nBuckle up for a deep dive into the links between climate change\, the environment and health. Medact invite you to join us for an interactive workshop held by health professionals working in and around Yorkshire. We will help you join these dots and many more\, as well as giving you the opportunity to take positive action both on the day and into the future. \n\n\n\nOpen to absolutely everybody!! – no knowledge or experience needed 🙂 sign up for FREE here. \n\n\n\nWe welcome any walk ins on the day but signing up ahead of time with help us plan and tailor our workshop to make sure you get the most out of your time with us. \n\n\n\nTo find out more about Medact or the other wonderful events of York Environment Week see the link below: \n\n\n\n\nhttps://yorkenvironmentweek.org.uk/events-2022/\n\n\n\n\nPlease contact leeds@medact.org with any questions URL:https://www.medact.org/event/can-a-windmill-a-day-keep-the-doctor-away/ LOCATION:SPARK:York CIC\, 17-21 Piccadilly\, York\, YO1 9PB\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stat.medact.org/wp-uploads/2023/09/Windmill.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230523T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230609T235959 DTSTAMP:20260409T134552 CREATED:20230403T115246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230412T103858Z UID:29683-1684800000-1686355199@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Pegasus Institute’s Summer Institute in Peace\, Health and Sustainability DESCRIPTION:We’re sharing information about this summer’s upcoming Institute in Peace\, Health and Sustainability run by McGill University and the Pegasus Institute. The Summer Institute offers courses for students interested in how migration\, conflict\, and the environment shape human health. \n\n\n\nCourses will explore connections between larger events of the world and the health of populations and individuals. The new course “Introduction to Migration and Health” will be offered in Spanish and English and the course “Environment and Global Health” returns this year with a French language option. \n\n\n\nParticipants are encouraged to take as many courses\, across Institutes\, as fits in their schedule. A certificate of participation will be issued for each course. \n\n\n\nExplore their FAQ document or contact them. There is also Information on pricing\, scholarships and registration. URL:https://www.medact.org/event/mcgill-summer-institute/ CATEGORIES:Conferences,External,Online,Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://stat.medact.org/wp-uploads/2023/04/global_health_web_graphics_horizontal_20235-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230522T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230522T203000 DTSTAMP:20260409T134552 CREATED:20230418T133959Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230522T131645Z UID:29695-1684782000-1684787400@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Neoliberalism\, Security and the Politics of Mental Health DESCRIPTION:The fields of mental health hold the potential to depoliticise experiences that are deeply connected to our social\, political and economic environments. By focusing on individual conditions\, we risk disregarding those root causes\, such as poverty\, racism and oppression. \n\n\n\nMental health disciplines are not apolitical fields\, and may fail to interrogate the boundaries and limitations of medicine\, psychiatry and psychology. Spaces that should centre care and patient autonomy can double as places of producing “loyal\, low-risk and productive citizens” (The Muslim\, State and Mind). This depoliticisation of mental health disciplines is particularly relevant for racialised minorities\, like Muslims. \n\n\n\nWe’re excited to host a panel discussion with clinical psychologist\, academic and author Tarek Younis (The Muslim\, State and Mind: Psychology in Times of Islamophobia\, 2022)\, Securitisation of Health group member and trainee psychiatrist Mashal Iftikhar\, and Medact’s Research Manager Hil Aked whose current project Criminalising Distress explores the harmful impact of policing in mental health care. \n\n\n\nUsing case studies and experiences\, our panel will explore the alleged “apolitical” position of psychiatry and psychology; how psychological theories and practices can work to serve State interests and perpetuate racism and inequality; how austerity and the political economy can cause and exacerbate a population’s poor mental health; and whether the solutions to our mental health crisis can even be found in mental health spaces. They will touch on the increasing securitisation of supposed spaces of care\, and the harmful impacts to public health of pressure on providers to report and surveille their patients. \n\n\n\nWe hope to create a space of collective exploration and expansion of our understanding of individualised “mental illness” and treatments and cures beyond the boundaries of clinical pathology. We would encourage anyone interested in the research\, policy or practice of mental health\, the securitisation of health\, as well as anyone with lived experience of mental illness to attend. Following the panel discussion there will be time for audience questions. \n\n\n\nWe’re at capacity for in-person attendance. \n\n\n\nFor those who have been confirmed as attending in-person\, the venue has been changed to the Human Rights Action Centre\, 25 New Inn Yard\, London EC2A 3EA (map) just 5 minutes from Medact. \n\n\n[Registration has now closed] URL:https://www.medact.org/event/politics-of-mental-health/ LOCATION:Medact Office\, The Brick Yard\, 28 Charles Square\, London\, N1 6HT\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Hybrid,Online,Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stat.medact.org/wp-uploads/2023/04/The-Politics-of-Mental-Health-event-graphic.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220705T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220705T203000 DTSTAMP:20260409T134552 CREATED:20220526T104432Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220620T111431Z UID:26877-1657047600-1657053000@www.medact.org SUMMARY:'The Suspect' Author Talk: Mental Health\, Counterterrorism\, and the Surveillance State DESCRIPTION:*** RESCHEDULED: from 21st June to 5th July ***\nDue to industrial action on the transport network\, we have moved the date of this event to Tuesday 5th July. Solidarity with the striking rail workers! \nWhat impact has two decades’ worth of policing and counterterrorism had on the state of mind of Muslims in Britain? The Suspect draws on the author’s experiences to take the reader on a journey through British counterterrorism practices and the policing of Muslims. \nJoin Rizwaan Sabir and Tarek Younis for discussion on the traumatising effects of Sabir’s surveillance\, arrest and detention for suspected terrorism. \nWriting publicly for the first time about the impacts of these experiences\, Sabir argues that these harmful outcomes are not the result of errors in government planning\, but the consequences of using a counterinsurgency warfare approach to fight terrorism and police Muslims. \nTo resist the injustice of these policies and practices\, we need to centre our lived experiences and build networks of solidarity and support. \nPlease register to receive a 20% discount code for The Suspect when purchasing via Pluto Press. \nThis is an in-person event with an option to livestream via Zoom. The venue is Brady Arts & Community Centre\, 192-196 Hanbury St\, London E1 5HU (map). \n[Registration has now closed] \n— \nDr Rizwaan Sabir is a Lecturer in Criminology at Liverpool John Moores University in the UK and author of The Suspect: Counterterrorism\, Islam\, and the Security State. \nDr Tarek Younis is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Middlesex University. He researches and writes on Islamophobia\, racism in mental health\, and the securitisation of clinical settings. He teaches on the impact of culture\, religion\, globalization and security policies on mental health. URL:https://www.medact.org/event/author-talk-the-suspect/ LOCATION:Brady Arts & Community Centre\, 192-196 Hanbury St\, London\, E1 5HU\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Hybrid,Online,Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2022/05/The-Suspect-event-graphic-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220414T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220414T203000 DTSTAMP:20260409T134552 CREATED:20220316T165117Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220318T101258Z UID:25949-1649962800-1649968200@www.medact.org SUMMARY:'The Five Health Frontiers: a New Radical Blueprint' with Chris Thomas DESCRIPTION:A transformative approach to public health and social care in the wake of Covid-19. \n“The boldest blueprint for public health since Bevan”—Sonia Adesara\, NHS Doctor and Campaigner \nJoin us as we explore the The Five Health Frontiers: a New Radical Blueprint\, out now from Pluto Press.  \nAuthor Chris Thomas\, IPPR health and care Research Fellow\, will explain the book’s main arguments and delve into strategies for the health justice movement given the opportunities posed by the current increased focus on public health. \n[Registration has now closed] \n\nChristopher Thomas is a senior research fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research\, where he leads on health and care. He is co-editor of Progressive Review\, a journal of ideas and politics. He regularly comments on health and care issues in print and broadcast media\, and regularly writes in the Independent and the Times. Before working at IPPR\, he led on public health and inequality at major charities including Macmillan Cancer Support and Cancer Research UK. URL:https://www.medact.org/event/the-five-health-frontiers-author-event/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Launches,Online,Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2022/03/Five-Health-Frontiers_slide.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220405T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220405T203000 DTSTAMP:20260409T134552 CREATED:20220317T140026Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220405T093402Z UID:26088-1649185200-1649190600@www.medact.org SUMMARY:A People’s Economy: the fight for health and economic justice DESCRIPTION:Join us for the online launch of three brand new pamphlets developed by members of the Economic Justice & Health group.\nThese booklets explore the key campaigning areas of secure housing\, tax justice and liveable incomes\, and provide an informative resource for those looking to fight against economic and health injustice. \nWe’ll hear from a great line-up of speakers on the issues covered by the booklets: \n\nGuppi Bola\, strategist\, organiser and co-founder of Decolonising Economics and author of “Reimagining Public Health”.\nAbigail Acheampong\, cleaner at Royal London Hospital. UNITE representative and key leader in the campaign that ended outsourcing in England’s biggest NHS trust\, and\nRepresentatives from Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth and London Coalition Against Poverty\n\nA decade of austerity policies and vast cuts to public finances have contributed to worsening health for people and communities that are marginalised by our current economic systems. \nAs members of the health community\, our work is as much about caring for those in immediate need as it is about advocating for and building new societal systems in which all are able to live well and thrive.  \nDownload the digital booklets in advance of the event here: \n[ess_grid alias=”ej-zines”] \nQuestions? Contact our campaign lead Jordi. \n[Registration has now closed] URL:https://www.medact.org/event/a-peoples-economy/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Group,Launches,Online,Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2022/03/2-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220128T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220128T210000 DTSTAMP:20260409T134552 CREATED:20220126T125234Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230428T105228Z UID:25671-1643396400-1643403600@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Film Screening: NHS Borderlands DESCRIPTION:Join Lambeth and Southwark Patients Not Passports for a free screening of NHS Borderlands at Effra Space in South London\, followed by Q&A with some of the people involved in the documentary.\n\nNHS Borderlands is a new investigative documentary that explores the human impact of NHS charges on migrants.\n\nThe film follows Angela’s story of being charged £8\,000 for an urgent operation\, and her activism in the face of hostile environment policies in the NHS.\n\nGet your free ticket here!\n\nFollowing the screening there will be a Q&A with Angela\, some of the Bare Life Films team and Jan from Lambeth and Southwark Patients Not Passports\, and you’ll learn about how we can campaign against these unfair charges. URL:https://www.medact.org/event/film-screening-nhs-borderlands/ LOCATION:Effra Space\, 21 Effra Parade\, London\, SW2 1PX\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Films,Social,Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2022/01/NHSBorderlands.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211115T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211115T203000 DTSTAMP:20260409T134552 CREATED:20211014T105925Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220317T103137Z UID:24367-1637002800-1637008200@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Briefing launch: The Public Health Case Against the Policing Bill DESCRIPTION:The public health case against the policing bill – Briefing launch event\, 15 November 2021\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWatch this video on YouTube\n\n\nThe government has misleadingly branded the racist and dangerous PCSC (Policing) Bill a “public health approach” to combating serious violence. But health workers in the Medact Research Network debunk these claims in our new briefing The Public Health Case Against the Policing Bill. \nWritten to support the huge groundswell of opposition to this bill in the #KillTheBill movement\, the briefing explains why the measures in the Bill – greater police powers\, repression of protest\, harsher prison sentences\, erosion of confidentiality and increased criminalisation of Gypsy and Traveller communities – will actually harm public health  and entrench discrimination. \nWe aim to articulate and amplify radical public health voices against the Policing Bill’s approach and explore potential alternatives. \nYou’ll hear from health workers who are members of our Research Network and involved in creation of the briefing\, and we’re thrilled to host four fantastic speakers who will discuss public health in the context of crime\, policing and prison: \nLola Olufemi – Lola is a black feminist writer and researcher\, author of Feminism Interrupted: Disrupting Power and Experiments in Imagining Otherwise. Alongside writing\, she is a member of ‘bare minimum‘\, an interdisciplinary anti-work arts collective. Lola also facilitates reading groups/workshops\, occasionally curates\, and is volunteer co-ordinator at the Feminist Library in South London. \nKelsey M – Kelsey is a feminist\, abolitionist organiser based in London\, resisting state violence and working to explore and build transformative justice and community-led responses to violence. As a facilitator with grassroots collectives she delivers workshops exploring community accountability\, bystander intervention\, power\, and tools for campaigning and movement building. \nChelsea McDonagh – Chelsea is a researcher\, Irish Traveller activist and writer. She speaks on a wide range of issues affecting Gypsy and Traveller people including education\, health\, policy and politics. Chelsea is one of the co-founders of the Rom Belong programme\, a KCL Widening Participation programme for Gypsy\, Roma and Traveller pupils and is passionate about improving opportunities for young people. \nKavian Kulasabanathan – Kavian is a paediatric A&E doctor and researcher at the University of Oxford. His interests span socio-political determinants of health\, particularly pertaining to race and class\, alongside community-centered models of care. Kavian organises with PHM-UK and Race & Health collective. \nPresenters covered topics such as the future implications of the PCSC bill\, different visions of public health\, new approaches to care\, and approaches to ‘serious violence’ and socio-economic issues that don’t rely on punitive or carceral responses. There will be lots of time for audience questions! URL:https://www.medact.org/event/briefing-launch-the-public-health-case-against-the-policing-bill/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Group,Launches,Online,Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2021/10/Launch-graphic-v2.5.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210918T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210918T170000 DTSTAMP:20260409T134552 CREATED:20210824T095540Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210824T110742Z UID:23782-1631980800-1631984400@www.medact.org SUMMARY:What has the Climate Crisis got to do with our health? DESCRIPTION:Medact Yorkshire are delighted to invite you to our online contribution to York Environment Week where we discuss ‘What has the Climate Crisis got to do with our Health?’. \nWe have three local health professionals who will talk about how health and climate interact; why we should take action now and examples of what we can all do to improve the natural world around us\, reduce the worst effects of the climate crisis and improve the health of ourselves\, our families and our communities. \n[Registration has now closed] URL:https://www.medact.org/event/what-has-the-climate-crisis-got-to-do-with-our-health/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Group,Online,Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2020/02/Medact-Yorkshire-logo.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210906T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210906T210000 DTSTAMP:20260409T134552 CREATED:20210831T131337Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210901T080215Z UID:23839-1630956600-1630962000@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Access to Healthcare in a Hostile Environment DESCRIPTION:On Monday 6th September\, Medact Sheffield invites you to Access to Healthcare in the Hostile Environment\, a webinar exploring how hostile environment immigration policies in the NHS are deterring migrants from accessing the care they need. \nWe’re honoured to be joined by Simba Mujakachi\, as we build towards Simba’s Carnival of Resistance to the Hostile Environment where we’ll march with the Justice for Simba campaign to deliver his 67\,000 signature petition to the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. \nIn this webinar we’ll hear from Simba and his father Victor about their experiences of being on the receiving end of inhumane NHS charging policies\, Dr Rizwana Lala will speak about the public health impacts of the Hostile Environment\, and together we’ll discuss how you get get involved with the Patients Not Passports campaign both locally and nationally. \nSign up\, and we’ll see you there! \nMedact Sheffield \nSpeakers\nSimba\, who came to the UK as a teenager in 2004 – was sent a bill for more than £93\,000 after he suffered a stroke and spent 2 weeks in a coma\, because of his immigration status. Now he is calling on everyone to oppose migrant charging in the NHS and call for an end to the hostile environment immigration policies. He speaks of his personal experience facing the hostile environment and campaigning against it. \nVictor\, Simba’s father and long-time Sheffield activist has worked with ASSIST\, Voice for the Voiceless and South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action group (SYMAAG). He speaks passionately about his experience of the hostile environment and local campaigns he has been a part of. \nRizwana is a dentist\, public health consultant and mum here in Sheffield. \n[Registration has now closed] URL:https://www.medact.org/event/access-to-healthcare-in-a-hostile-environment/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Online,Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2021/08/JusticeForSimba-portrait.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210824T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210824T203000 DTSTAMP:20260409T134552 CREATED:20210809T153821Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210809T155117Z UID:23709-1629831600-1629837000@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Movement Builders: What’s the deal with COP 26? DESCRIPTION:What’s the deal with COP 26? Join us for the August Movement Builders Session of the Health for a Green New Deal Campaign to find out what to expect at COP 26. We’ll be joined by speakers from the COP 26 Coalition and Glasgow Calls out Polluters to dive into some of the key issues at COP to inform how we organise and take action for climate justice! \nIf you’re brand new to Health for a Green New Deal\, we’re running an optional onboarding 30 minutes before the main meeting. Feel free to join us for the onboarding to hear about Health for a Green New Deal’s message\, organising principles and our strategy to win! \nJoin us at 18.30 for the onboarding for newcomers\, or join us at 19.00 for the main session. \n[Registration has now closed] URL:https://www.medact.org/event/movement-builders-whats-the-deal-with-cop-26/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online,Talks & Lectures,Training ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2021/08/h4gnd-august-movement-builders.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210809T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210809T170000 DTSTAMP:20260409T134552 CREATED:20210805T105349Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210805T105429Z UID:23673-1628521200-1628528400@www.medact.org SUMMARY:IPPNW Student Discussion on "The Vow from Hiroshima" and the Importance of Medical Student Activism DESCRIPTION:  \n“The Vow from Hiroshima” is an intimate portrait of Setsuko Thurlow\, a passionate\, 89-year-old survivor of the atomic bombing. Her moving story is told through the lens of her growing friendship with a second generation survivor\, Mitchie Takeuchi. “The Vow” will be available to stream on 7-8 August for our event’s participants. \nWith introductory remarks from the filmmakers Mitchie Takeuchi and Susan Strickler followed by comments from Hiroshima survivor Setsuko Thurlow in a conversation with IPPNW international medical students movement from Kenya\, India\, Russia\, United States and Germany. Register now to join the conversation on 9 August. \nAs a 13 year old child\, Setsuko miraculously survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima\, an experience that shaped her life forever as a tireless activist for nuclear abolition. The film is a timely exploration of the global dangers of nuclear weapons and provides an insider’s perspective as we see Setsuko work with the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. The culmination of Setsuko’s decades of activism is her acceptance speech at the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in Oslo and the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in 2021. 2021 marks the 76th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. \nRegister now to access the film stream and discussion URL:https://www.medact.org/event/ippnw-student-discussion-on-the-vow-from-hiroshima-and-the-importance-of-medical-student-activism/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Films,Online,Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2021/08/Hiroshima-Vow.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210706T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210706T133000 DTSTAMP:20260409T134552 CREATED:20210623T171126Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210706T093544Z UID:23491-1625572800-1625578200@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Exploring the Ethics and Impact of the Prevent Duty on the NHS DESCRIPTION:It has been nearly a year since Medact published its report\, False Positives: the Prevent counter-extremism policy in healthcare. The report shed light on a strand of the government’s counter-terror strategy\, its harms within the health system\, and the ethical questions that Prevent raises. \nThe Muslim Doctors Association (MDA) are holding a lunch-time presentation and discussion on Tuesday 6th July from 12-1:30pm on the ethics and impacts of the Prevent duty in the NHS. \nRegister for the 6th July lunch-time webinar\nThe event will be chaired by the MDA\, and Medact’s Research Manager Dr. Hil Aked will be presenting the findings of last year’s report\, with comments from Professor Dame Clare Gerada (Chairperson of the NHS Assembly) and Paul Spencer (Policy and Campaigns Manager at Mind). \nWe hope to see you there! URL:https://www.medact.org/event/exploring-the-ethics-and-impact-of-the-prevent-duty-on-the-nhs/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Meetings,Online,Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2021/06/MDA-Medact-Prevent-event.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210418T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210418T113000 DTSTAMP:20260409T134552 CREATED:20210414T112205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210414T112205Z UID:22781-1618740000-1618745400@www.medact.org SUMMARY:EU Citizens Politics Festival DESCRIPTION:Our Access to Healthcare Campaigns & Programme Lead\, James Skinner\, will be speaking at the3million’s Young Europeans Network EU Citizens Politics Festival on Sunday 18th April from 10.00am – 11.30am. \nFind out more and register your place URL:https://www.medact.org/event/eu-citizens-politics-festival/ CATEGORIES:Online,Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2021/04/oHoV_Event14_HostileEnvironment_600x400.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210130T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210130T170000 DTSTAMP:20260409T134552 CREATED:20210127T111518Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210127T120624Z UID:21642-1611999000-1612026000@www.medact.org SUMMARY:University of Birmingham Docs Not Cops: Exploring Health Inequalities in 2020 DESCRIPTION:Dr Max Thoburn\, a member of our Economic Justice & Health Group\, will be speaking at the University of Birmingham Docs Not Cops “Exploring Health Inequalities in 2020” Conference. He will be discussing findings from the upcoming Medact report on economic policy and public health during the COVID-19 pandemic. \nDr Sarah Walpole\, another Medact member\, will also be speaking on a panel discussion during the Conference\, so don’t miss out on seeing two brilliant Medact members in action! \nThe conference is on Saturday 30th January\, 9.30am-5:00pm and you can register your place for the conference here. \n  URL:https://www.medact.org/event/university-of-birmingham-docs-not-cops-exploring-health-inequalities-in-2020/ CATEGORIES:Online,Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2021/01/download-11.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201116T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201116T193000 DTSTAMP:20260409T134552 CREATED:20201104T104041Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240408T103023Z UID:21054-1605549600-1605555000@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Why Health Justice Means Climate Justice DESCRIPTION:This November\, COP26 was due to take place in Glasgow. To mark this moment\, the COP26 Coalition is hosting From the Ground Up – a global gathering providing the space to educate\, strategise and co-ordinate\, to build power and connect within our global justice movements. This is an opportunity for Scottish\, UK\, European and international climate justice movements to build momentum and capacity\, and to connect to broader civil society to build power for system change. \n\n\n\nWe are excited to be organising an event at the global gathering on Monday 16th November\, 18:00 to 19:30 –  Why Health Justice Means Climate Justice.  \n\n\n\nRegister your place for Why Health Justice Means Climate Justice \n\n\n\nWhy Health Justice Means Climate Justice\n\n\n\nCovid-19 has brought into consciousness the deep pre-existing health inequalities. It has highlighted how our health is shaped by the wider social\, economic and environmental conditions in which we live. At the roots of health injustice is an extractive\, economic system that serves to concentrate power in the pursuit of profit through the exploitation of people and the planet. This is the same system that is driving climate breakdown. This panel discussion seeks to reflect on the connections between health and the climate\, the public health impacts of extractive industries and how the Green New Deal can also be a Public Health New Deal. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe will be hearing from voices across the world as to how we build the health movement for transformative climate justice. There will be space for questions and deeper reflection for how we organise from the ground up in the lead up to COP 26. Join us as we explore why health justice means climate justice.  \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\nDr Rita Issa\, GP Trainee\, Climate & Health Activist (Chair)\n\n\n\nDr Alice Gardner\, GP & Medact Member\n\n\n\nAraceli Camargo\, science lead for Centric Lab\, who use neuroscience to focus on improving public health & health justice\n\n\n\nErika Arteaga-Cruz\, doctor & health campaigner with the People’s Health Movement Extractive Industries Circle\n\n\n\nSophie Gepp\, Medical Student and member of Health for Future\n\n\n\n\nRegister your place now \n\n\n\nIf you want to help us build the health movement for transformative climate justice\, you can join our Climate & Health Group. URL:https://www.medact.org/event/why-health-justice-is-climate-justice/ CATEGORIES:Online,Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2020/11/square_img_from_the_ground_up.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201027T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201027T190000 DTSTAMP:20260409T134552 CREATED:20201008T172551Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201008T172551Z UID:20916-1603825200-1603825200@www.medact.org SUMMARY:The International Struggle for Universal Healthcare DESCRIPTION:Join NEF and Patients not Passports to discuss what the UK can learn from these international and historical struggles for universal healthcare to organise and win.\nA new report by the New Economics Foundation and the Patients not Passports coalition shows that the struggle for universal healthcare is not unique to the NHS in the present moment. Similar restrictions on migrants’ access to healthcare have been advanced by Governments across Europe\, and have been tried before in the NHS’s past. But these policies have been met by strong resistance and opposition\, with coordinated campaigns successfully organising against them. \nWhat can we learn from other campaigns that have successfully fought for the principle of universal healthcare for all\, regardless of immigration status? How can we organise collectively to ensure that the NHS is accessible for everyone? How can we win the fight against racism\, discrimination and the scapegoating of migrants that excludes migrants and BME communities from public services? \nSpeakers TBA \nRegister for the Zoom call URL:https://www.medact.org/event/the-international-struggle-for-universal-healthcare/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Meetings,Online,Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2020/10/international_stuggle_for_universal_healthcare_27oct.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200730T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200730T203000 DTSTAMP:20260409T134552 CREATED:20200724T161457Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200724T170745Z UID:20542-1596135600-1596141000@www.medact.org SUMMARY:New Economics Briefing: Healthcare\, COVID-19 and the Hostile Environment DESCRIPTION:Join us at next week’s New Economics Briefing in partnership with the New Economics Foundation\, Migrants Organise\, Doctors of the World\, Kanlungan Filipino Consortium\, and Notts Refugee Forum where we’ll be discussing healthcare\, COVID-19 and the Hostile Environment. \nWe’ll be hearing from: \n\nSusan Cueva\, Kanlungan Filipino Consortium – talking about their report A Chance to Feel Safe\nDaniel Button\, New Economics Foundation – on the findings of our research Patients Not Passports: Migrants’ Access to Healthcare During the Coronavirus Crisis \nElla Johnson\, Doctors of the World – speaking to their rapid needs assessment An unsafe distance: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on excluded People in England \nDaniel Robertson\, Notts Refugee Forum – on his experiences supporting people facing the combined threat of the Hostile Environment and coronavirus \nJames Skinner\, Medact’s Access to Healthcare Campaignet – talking about the Patients Not Passports campaign and how you can get involved. \n\nYou can register your place here. URL:https://www.medact.org/event/new-economics-briefing-healthcare-covid-19-and-the-hostile-environment/ CATEGORIES:Online,Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2020/07/Copy-of-Copy-of-Action-Call-webinar-graphics-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200513T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200513T203000 DTSTAMP:20260409T134552 CREATED:20200507T105344Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200507T172426Z UID:20064-1589396400-1589401800@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Medact Liverpool: Health and the Green New Deal Webinar DESCRIPTION:Over the coming weeks\, the government will begin planning for covid economic recovery and it is essential that we engage in discussions about how we want this to look. As a society\, we have learned that we are capable of making major changes at a policy and personal level in the name of public health. We must continue to keep health at the top of the agenda when the time comes to look to the future\, and rebuild in a way that ensures food and housing security\, tackles inequality and creates jobs by investing in green technology solutions. \nJoin us for this webinar as we explore how we can transition to a zero carbon society and the benefits that this will bring in terms of public health. We will discuss the role of healthcare professionals in bringing about this transition and opportunities for a greener and healthier future in the North West and Merseyside. \nSpeakers: \n\nDeidre Duff / Rob Abrams – Climate and Health Campaigners for Medact\nGina Dowding – Former MEP for the North West\, Green Party Member\nEd Gommon – Nurse and climate activist for Merseyside Labour for a Green New Deal\n\nPlease RSVP below for joining instructions\, and email liverpool@medact.org if you have any questions. \n[Registration has now closed] \n  URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-liverpool-health-and-the-green-new-deal-webinar/ CATEGORIES:Meetings,Online,Talks & Lectures END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200429T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200429T193000 DTSTAMP:20260409T134552 CREATED:20200417T130922Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200528T114235Z UID:19933-1588183200-1588188600@www.medact.org SUMMARY:The arms industry in the era of COVID-19: lessons for the future DESCRIPTION:Soon after the COVID-19 pandemic reached the UK\, it became clear that the NHS was not sufficiently equipped or staffed to respond to the crisis. \nIn March\, the government put out a call for industry to convert its production to manufacture crucial medical equipment\, such as ventilators and PPE for frontline workers. To date\, a number of arms and defence companies have responded to this call – alongside existing companies that manufacture medical equipment and others. \nWorkers at Lucas Aerospace called for exactly this kind of arms conversion back in 1976\, when they produced an Alternative Corporate Plan – now known as the Lucas Plan. \nIn this webinar we discuss what a ‘just transition’ from industries that cause destruction to those that support peace and public health could and should look like\, hearing from experts in the field of arms conversion and a just transition for workers: \n\nHilary Wainwright – Founding editor of Red Pepper Magazine and co-author of ‘The Lucas Plan: A New Trade Unionism in the Making?’  \nDr. Andy Haines – Professor of Environmental Change and Public Health at LSHTM\nPhil Asquith – Chartered Engineer and former Chairman of the Lucas Aerospace Combine\, Burnley site\nDr. Stuart Parkinson – Executive Director of Scientists for Global Responsibility\nSam Mason – Policy officer at PCS Union and member of the New Lucas Plan project\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe arms industry in the era of COVID-19: lessons for the future\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWatch this video on YouTube URL:https://www.medact.org/event/the-arms-industry-in-the-era-of-covid-19-lessons-for-the-future/ CATEGORIES:Online,Talks & Lectures END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191121T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191121T211000 DTSTAMP:20260409T134552 CREATED:20191108T152605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191108T165647Z UID:18652-1574362800-1574370600@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Medact Dorset Autumn Meeting DESCRIPTION:Medact Dorset will be meeting on Thursday 21st November for… \n\nAn update on our Divestment campaign\nA screening of a short documentary about migrant access to healthcare\nAn overview of Medact’s campaigns and a chance to discuss what areas Medact Dorset would like to get involved with.\n\nJoin us at The Libertine\, Westbourne\, BH4 8EL from 7pm onwards. \nRSVP below and please encourage any health-worker friends or colleagues to come along too! \n[Registration has now closed] URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-dorset-autumn-meeting/ LOCATION:The Libertine Pub\, Westbourne\, 1 Alumhurst Rd\, Bournemouth\, BH4 8EL\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Meetings,Talks & Lectures END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190930T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190930T203000 DTSTAMP:20260409T134552 CREATED:20190906T154630Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190913T155600Z UID:18463-1569870000-1569875400@www.medact.org SUMMARY:‘Do No Harm’ - a meeting about war\, the arms trade and health DESCRIPTION:Earlier this month\, over 276 health workers sent a letter to the UK government urging them to stop supporting the arms trade and arms fairs such as DSEI. \nWe invite you to join us in discussing the impacts of war and armed conflict on health\, and of health workers working at the front lines in conflict zones. \nWe hope to also discuss how the health community can join the campaign to hold the UK government to account for its role\, through for example facilitating the sale of arms to countries such as Saudi Arabia\, in public health crises abroad as a result of conflict. \nSpeakers include:\n– Rita Dayoub\, a Syrian dentist\, Academy Associate at Chatham House and founder of Health Workers at the Frontline\n– Dr. Sara Beleil\, Psychiatrist and Academic Secretary at the Sudan Doctors’ Union UK\n– Ann Feltham\, Parliamentary Coordinator at Campaign Against the Arms Trade \nOur building has step-free access\, but this is not permanent\, i.e. you need someone to help set up ramp at the front entrance or let you in via the back door through the bike shed. There are “standard” non-wide doorways through to the meeting rooms. \n[Registration has now closed] URL:https://www.medact.org/event/do-no-harm-a-meeting-about-war-the-arms-trade-and-health/ LOCATION:Medact Office\, The Brick Yard\, 28 Charles Square\, London\, N1 6HT\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Meetings,Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2019/08/health-through-peace.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190610T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190610T200000 DTSTAMP:20260409T134552 CREATED:20190517T161833Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190530T095646Z UID:17984-1560191400-1560196800@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Cuba & International Health - with Dr Enmanuel Vigil Fonseca DESCRIPTION:In 2009 — as soon as he qualified from medical school in Havana — Dr. Enmanuel Vigil Fonseca began volunteering on international missions. Beginning in Venezuela\, Dr. Fonseca joined primary care services aimed at providing medical coverage to vulnerable communities. He then headed to Sierra Leone as part of Cuba’s response to the 2014 Ebola outbreak\, which included a total of 12\,000 health workers volunteering their support. Dr. Fonseca’s following missions would take him to Western Sahara and Ecuador\, where Cuba’s medical brigades responded to flooding and an earthquake. \nDr. Fonseca will join us to discuss Cuba’s healthcare and medical internationalism\, providing insight into one of the world’s most remarkable approaches to national health provision and international health. Chairing the discussion is Professor Imti Choonara\, a retired paediatrician\, emeritus professor in Child Health at the University of Nottingham and Editor in Chief of BMJ Paediatrics Open. Dr. Choonara is also interested in international child health and organises an annual workshop on Child Health in Cuba. \nTo attend\, please register using the form below. We are very sorry that the venue for this event is not wheelchair accessible. We do intend to live-stream the event so that anyone that wants to can join online. \nWe are grateful to the Cuba Solidarity Campaign for their help with hosting this event. You can read more about Dr. Fonseca on the Cuba Solidarity Campaign website. \n[Registration has now closed] URL:https://www.medact.org/event/cuba-international-health-with-dr-enmanuel-vigil-fonseca/ LOCATION:Floyer House – Queen Mary’s\, University of London\, Stepney Way\, London\, E1 2DP\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2019/05/cuban-doctors.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190307T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190307T210000 DTSTAMP:20260409T134552 CREATED:20190220T175058Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190221T104051Z UID:17577-1551985200-1551992400@www.medact.org SUMMARY:PREVENT in the NHS - Medact Manchester DESCRIPTION:Join Medact Manchester for the next evening talk in our Medact lecture series. We are looking forward to hearing from Dr Tarek Younis\, a cultural psychologist and Newton postdoctoral research fellow at UCL. He will be discussing his current project\, which concentrates on the political responses of healthcare professionals to Prevent. \nPrevent is part of the government’s counter-terrorism strategy\, and places a statutory duty on many professionals working in public services – including schools\, universities and the NHS – to report people whom they suspect of being at risk of “radicalisation”. \n7pm at  University Place 6.210\, Oxford Road. \nThere will be plenty of time for discussion after the talk\, so please join us. \nYou can find more information on Dr Younis here: https://www.tarekyounis.org/about.html \nYou can find more information on Prevent here: https://www.medact.org/2018/blogs/prevent-duty-in-the-nhs/ \n[Registration has now closed] URL:https://www.medact.org/event/prevent-in-the-nhs-medact-manchester/ LOCATION:University Place\, University of Manchester\, 176 Oxford Rd\, Manchester\, M13 9PL\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures ORGANIZER;CN="Medact Manchester":MAILTO:manchester@medact.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR