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SUMMARY:Securitisation of Health group meeting:  November
DESCRIPTION:Note this meeting is POSTPONED! Please join us at our next meeting on December 18th: sign up here! \n\n\n\nWhat is the securitisation of health?\n\n\n\nA number of policing and counter-extremism measures are embedded by the government into UK health services\, which at times require health workers to work closely with the police and other security agencies. \n\n\n\nThese measures risk undermining therapeutic relationships\, confidentiality and trust in practitioners – as well as drawing health services and workers into becoming an arm of policing and counter-terror agencies. \n\n\n\nThrough research and campaigns\, Medact aims to shift understandings of ‘security’\, from typically “hard” measures (border enforcement\, a punitive criminal justice system\, counter-terror measures) and advocate for collective and human security\, health and wellbeing. Read more about our work on Securitisation here. \n\n\n\nAbout the group\n\n\n\nThe Securitisation of Health group is for health workers interested in working on these issues through campaigning\, lobbying and research. New members are welcome!  \n\n\n\nIf you have any questions or concerns about attending\, please email our Campaign Lead Sarah Lasoye at sarahlasoye@medact.org. \n\n\n\nThis event will be held online on Zoom.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/sohg-november/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241114T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241114T213000
DTSTAMP:20260404T133940
CREATED:20241014T091433Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241031T181028Z
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SUMMARY:Musicians for Peace and Disarmament orchestral concert
DESCRIPTION:You are warmly invited to the next Concert for Peace. The MPD Chamber Orchestra returns to St James’s Church Piccadilly under the baton of our long-time supporter and Patron\, Dame Jane Glover. She will be joined by two outstanding soloists\, tenor Toby Spence and horn player Ben Goldscheider. \n\n\n\nWe are also delighted to announce that Kate Hudson (CND) will give a short address after the interval. \n\n\n\nFelix Mendelssohn Overture: The HebridesBenjamin Britten Serenade for Tenor\, Horn & StringsFelix Mendelssohn Symphony No.4 Italian \n\n\n\nGeneral Admission – £25General Admission Concessions (Over 65s\, Students\, Unwaged) – £20All proceeds donated to the peace movement. \n\n\n\nTickets can be purchased here.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/mpd-orchestral-concert/
LOCATION:St. James’s Church\, 97 Piccadilly\, London\, W1 9LL
CATEGORIES:External
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ORGANIZER;CN="Musicians for Peace & Disarmament":MAILTO:info.mpdconcerts@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241114T184500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241114T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T133940
CREATED:20241031T180411Z
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UID:34599-1731609900-1731616200@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:London Housing & Health meeting: November
DESCRIPTION:Medact’s Housing & Health Group is organising to improve policies for better access to secure and sustainable housing. \n\n\n\nThis includes working alongside local groups to support local campaigns\, as well as demanding policy change on a national level for better support for social housing\, community-owned housing stock and protections for renters. \n\n\n\nIn this meeting\, you will be hearing from the members involved in our work\, get updates on our local organising\, and help us develop the next steps and identify potential campaigns in other boroughs. \n\n\n\nYou don’t have to be a regular member of the Economic Justice &Health group or a health worker to get involved – everyone is welcome. \n\n\n\nThe meeting is hybrid\, on Zoom and the in-person at our office in Bethnal Green: \n\n\n\nMedact\, 1st Floor\, Pelican House144 Cambridge Heath RdLondon\, E1 5QJ \n\n\n\nSign up to the Medact London email list to hear about all Housing & Health London Meetings! If you’re unable to attend meetings but keen to get involved or develop a local campaign\, you can contact Jordi:  jordilopezbotey@medact.org. \n\n\n\nRegister to attend!
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/london-housing-health-meeting4-2/
LOCATION:Pelican House\, 144 Cambridge Heath Road\, London\, London\, E1 5QJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241114T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241114T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T133940
CREATED:20240821T110805Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241001T133952Z
UID:34056-1731607200-1731612600@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Nuclear Weapons Group meeting: November
DESCRIPTION:Medact’s Nuclear Weapons Group represents the longest standing aspect of Medact’s work towards nuclear abolition\, and to address war\, armed violence and conflict as global threats to health. \n\n\n\nWe will meet to provide an update on our ongoing work\, and discuss the current global political landscape as related to nuclear weapons and disarmament. Register below to receive the meeting link! \n\n\n\nFor more info or with questions\, email Sarah: sarahlasoye@medact.org
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/nwg-november/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241113T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241113T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T133940
CREATED:20240821T103824Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241031T181018Z
UID:34054-1731528000-1731531600@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Medact North East group meeting: November
DESCRIPTION:Medact North East are a collective of health workers and students based across the North East\, from Northumberland to Newcastle to Middlesbrough! \nCurrently we are working on a climate justice campaign\, supporting a grassroots group to win the fight against a large waste incinerator on Teesside\, which would pollute the air of the local community as well as accelerating the climate crisis.  \nWe are also exploring campaigns around migrant health justice issues through our new ‘Migrant Health’ group.  This includes supporting No to Hassockfield which is fighting to shut down a women’s detention centre in County Durham.     \nThe group meets monthly. Each meeting is facilitated by a different person and they welcome new members! The time is used to discuss current campaigns and anything else relevant. For more information or to join a meeting in-person\, get in touch at northeast@medact.org. or subscribe below.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-north-east-november/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241112T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241112T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T133940
CREATED:20241017T104212Z
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UID:34557-1731438000-1731445200@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Help end the Hostile Environment in the Welsh NHS!
DESCRIPTION:In Wales we’re proud to be a Nation of Sanctuary and welcome refugees from across the world. But it’s not enough. At Patients Not Passports Wales\, our research has shown that in the past few years over 1\,000 people in Wales\, including children and pregnant women\, have been charged for NHS care because they were unable to prove that the UK is their home. We will never know how many others have come to harm because they have been too scared to seek medical help. But we are organising for change! \n\n\n\nNext month\, we are organising an event to bring together all those who believe that healthcare is a human right\, and should be accessible to everyone\, regardless of their immigration status.  \n\n\n\nWe want to build a vibrant group across Wales who can shine a light on this injustice\, help support those who are denied access to care because of their immigration status and pressure politicians to change this cruel system. \n\n\n\nIn Wales we have a government that has extended free NHS care to refused asylum seekers – but many other migrants\, including people who have been trafficked and those on spousal visas whose relationships have broken down\, are still excluded. This event will share the updated Patients Not Passports toolkit\, which provides all the information needed to support anyone who is struggling to access NHS care because of their immigration status. We will also be screening the brilliant NHS Borderlands documentary which tells one woman’s story of the impact of borders in our healthcare system. \n\n\n\nJoin us at the Environment Centre in Swansea. Tea and coffee will be  available\, and support is available for  travel and childcare costs. Please contact us at pnpwales@gmail.com to let us know your needs!
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/help-end-the-hostile-environment-in-the-welsh-nhs/
LOCATION:Environment Centre\, Pier Street\, Swansea\, SA1 1RY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Launches
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241112T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241112T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T133940
CREATED:20240821T110105Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241031T181001Z
UID:34052-1731436200-1731439800@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Medact Glasgow group meeting: November
DESCRIPTION:Medact Glasgow is a collective of healthcare workers\, students and people from other related social disciplines. We organise around\, learn about and share information on campaigns related to health justice. \n\n\n\nOur current focus is on fighting fuel poverty. We are working alongside Fuel Poverty Action\, who organise for affordable and sustainable energy and against the inadequate living conditions which are making people sick. \n\n\n\nOur main meeting is in person (or you can join on Zoom) on the second Tuesday of each month – all are welcome! Please get in touch with us on glasgow@medact.org if you want to join our meetings or find out more\, or subscribe to the mailing list:
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-glasgow-november/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241107T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241107T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T133940
CREATED:20240821T105845Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240821T105847Z
UID:34044-1731007800-1731011400@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Medact Leeds group meeting: November
DESCRIPTION:The Leeds group come together monthly for meetings on the 6th of the month. Meetings are online mostly and sometimes in person! Medact Leeds are organising locally for climate and health justice as part of the Health for a Green New Deal network\, and also taking action to end the hostile environment\, campaigning for Patients Not Passports. All are welcome. Please sign up to the mailing list to join the group.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-leeds-november/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241106T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241106T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T133940
CREATED:20241031T180910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241031T180915Z
UID:34602-1730919600-1730925000@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Medact Brighton group meeting – November
DESCRIPTION:Since 2018\, the Brighton group has been creating a space in the city for health workers and friends to come together\, to learn from each other\, support each other\, and to fight together for health justice. \n\n\n\nIf you want to get involved email brighton@medact.org.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-brighton-group-meeting-november/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241106T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241106T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T133940
CREATED:20241018T160822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241118T164919Z
UID:34569-1730919600-1730925000@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:No Palantir in the NHS! Campaign Launch
DESCRIPTION:NHS England has given a £330 million contract to handle unprecedented amounts of health data to an American spy-tech firm currently supplying the Israeli military with advanced AI weaponry. As health workers\, patients\, and communities we are coming together across the country to stop the rollout of their technology in the NHS. \n\n\n\n\nNEW: Check out the No Palantir in the NHS! Campaign Toolkit\n\n\n\n\nAs health workers and patients in Gaza are tortured\, bombed\, kidnapped and killed\, we cannot allow NHS England to hand over our public money and data to a company complicit in the murder of our colleagues in Palestine. As patients\, we cannot allow our data to be handed over to a company known for its involvement in state surveillance and human rights abuses. As communities\, we know that privatisation and outsourcing will only further the NHS crisis.  \n\n\n\nJoin us on 6th November to learn more about what the contract is\, why it’s dangerous\, Palantir’s involvement with human rights abuses and military occupation across the world. Come and find out what YOU can do in your hospital and community to get this contract cancelled\, and fight for a health system free from genocide enablers\, data surveillance and privatisation.  \n\n\n\nSpeakers to be announced!
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/no-palantir-in-the-nhs-campaign-launch/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241104T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241104T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T133940
CREATED:20240821T104145Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240821T104148Z
UID:33951-1730743200-1730746800@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Medact Bristol group meeting: November
DESCRIPTION:Medact Bristol is interested and engaged in local\, national and international issues that affect public health. Since its creation\, Medact Bristol has focused its efforts on campaigns on climate\, environment and sustainability\, divestment\, and migrant access to healthcare. The group’s current focus is supporting  Reclaim our Buses\, a campaign in Bristol to bring buses back into public control. New members are welcome.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-bristol-november/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241030T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241030T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T133940
CREATED:20241009T161124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241009T161125Z
UID:34510-1730314800-1730318400@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Economic Justice National Organising Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Medact Economic Justice & Health group meets regularly to discuss current and future campaigns\, plan events\, work on strategy and share knowledge. The group is open to all and welcomes new members. \n\n\n\nThe main focus of this meeting will be to discuss the strategy of our housing and health lobbying and advocacy campaign focusing on Royal Colleges. We will also provide updates on our work as part of the Homes for Us alliance. \n\n\n\nIf you have any questions please contact jordilopezbotey@medact.org!
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/economic-justice-national-organising-group-meeting-oct-2024-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241021T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241021T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T133940
CREATED:20240910T160956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241016T143832Z
UID:34215-1729535400-1729540800@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Making the Case for Social Homes: Messaging workshop with NEON
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an online messaging workshop in collaboration with NEON! Learn how to communicate the public health case for social homes to a wider audience\, for use in broadcast media and campaigning. \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\nWe need to rethink housing beyond commodification and take action to reclaim housing for our health and as a public health asset. \n\n\n\nWith a new government in place\, new opportunities will emerge to cut through the political and media narrative on homes and communicate our vision of the public health case for social homes. \n\n\n\nThis workshop is for health workers and campaigners who want to use health framing in their campaigns. \n\n\n\nJoin us for a workshop on how campaigners can effectively advocate for social homes! \n\n\n\nWe will cover: \n\n\n\n\nMessaging guidance on how to use health framing to draw the links between the housing system and our physical and mental health \n\n\n\nHow to use case studies from your experience as health workers\n\n\n\nSolutions that lead to a better health and housing for everyone\n\n\n\n\nGet the messaging guide here!
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/making-the-case-for-social-homes-social-homes-messaging-workshop-with-neon/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online,Training,Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241017T184500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241017T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T133940
CREATED:20241001T132141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241010T115156Z
UID:34375-1729190700-1729197000@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:London Housing & Health meeting: October
DESCRIPTION:Medact’s Housing & Health Group is organising to improve policies for better access to secure and sustainable housing. \n\n\n\nThis includes working alongside local groups to support local campaigns\, as well as demanding policy change on a national level for better support for social housing\, community-owned housing stock and protections for renters. \n\n\n\nIn this meeting\, you will be hearing from the members involved in our work\, get updates on our local organising\, and help us develop the next steps and identify potential campaigns in other boroughs. \n\n\n\nYou don’t have to be a regular member of the Economic Justice &Health group or a health worker to get involved – everyone is welcome. \n\n\n\nSign up to the Medact London email list to hear about all Housing & Health London Meetings! If you’re unable to attend meetings but keen to get involved or develop a local campaign\, you can contact Jordi:  jordilopezbotey@medact.org. \n\n\n\nRegister to attend!
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/london-housing-health-meeting4/
LOCATION:Pelican House\, 144 Cambridge Heath Road\, London\, London\, E1 5QJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241017T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241017T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T133940
CREATED:20240821T111206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241001T133729Z
UID:33851-1729188000-1729193400@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Nuclear Weapons Group meeting: October
DESCRIPTION:Medact’s Nuclear Weapons Group represents the longest standing aspect of Medact’s work towards nuclear abolition\, and to address war\, armed violence and conflict as global threats to health. \n\n\n\nWe will meet to provide an update on our ongoing work\, and discuss the current global political landscape as related to nuclear weapons and disarmament. Register below to receive the meeting link! \n\n\n\nFor more info or with questions\, email Sarah: sarahlasoye@medact.org
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/nwg-october/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241016T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241016T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T133940
CREATED:20240821T110304Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240821T110633Z
UID:33844-1729101600-1729107000@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Securitisation of Health group meeting: October
DESCRIPTION:What is the securitisation of health?\n\n\n\nA number of policing and counter-extremism measures are embedded by the government into UK health services\, which at times require health workers to work closely with the police and other security agencies. \n\n\n\nThese measures risk undermining therapeutic relationships\, confidentiality and trust in practitioners – as well as drawing health services and workers into becoming an arm of policing and counter-terror agencies. \n\n\n\nThrough research and campaigns\, Medact aims to shift understandings of ‘security’\, from typically “hard” measures (border enforcement\, a punitive criminal justice system\, counter-terror measures) and advocate for collective and human security\, health and wellbeing. Read more about our work on Securitisation here. \n\n\n\nAbout the group\n\n\n\nThe Securitisation of Health group is for health workers interested in working on these issues through campaigning\, lobbying and research. New members are welcome!  \n\n\n\nIf you have any questions or concerns about attending\, please email our Campaign Lead Sarah Lasoye at sarahlasoye@medact.org. \n\n\n\nThis event will be held online on Zoom.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/securitisation-meeting-october/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241009T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241009T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T133940
CREATED:20240821T104329Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240821T104331Z
UID:33819-1728504000-1728507600@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Medact North East group meeting: October
DESCRIPTION:Medact North East are a collective of health workers and students based across the North East\, from Northumberland to Newcastle to Middlesbrough! \nCurrently we are working on a climate justice campaign\, supporting a grassroots group to win the fight against a large waste incinerator on Teesside\, which would pollute the air of the local community as well as accelerating the climate crisis.  \nWe are also exploring campaigns around migrant health justice issues through our new ‘Migrant Health’ group.  This includes supporting No to Hassockfield which is fighting to shut down a women’s detention centre in County Durham.     \nThe group meets monthly. Each meeting is facilitated by a different person and they welcome new members! The time is used to discuss current campaigns and anything else relevant. For more information or to join a meeting in-person\, get in touch at northeast@medact.org. or subscribe below.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-north-east-october/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241008T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241008T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T133940
CREATED:20240821T110121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240821T110123Z
UID:33808-1728412200-1728415800@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Medact Glasgow group meeting: October
DESCRIPTION:Medact Glasgow is a collective of healthcare workers\, students and people from other related social disciplines. We organise around\, learn about and share information on campaigns related to health justice. \n\n\n\nOur current focus is on fighting fuel poverty. We are working alongside Fuel Poverty Action\, who organise for affordable and sustainable energy and against the inadequate living conditions which are making people sick. \n\n\n\nOur main meeting is in person (or you can join on Zoom) on the second Tuesday of each month – all are welcome! Please get in touch with us on glasgow@medact.org if you want to join our meetings or find out more\, or subscribe to the mailing list:
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-glasgow-october/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241007T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241007T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T133940
CREATED:20240821T104021Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240821T104024Z
UID:33787-1728324000-1728327600@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Medact Bristol group meeting: October
DESCRIPTION:Medact Bristol is interested and engaged in local\, national and international issues that affect public health. Since its creation\, Medact Bristol has focused its efforts on campaigns on climate\, environment and sustainability\, divestment\, and migrant access to healthcare. The group’s current focus is supporting  Reclaim our Buses\, a campaign in Bristol to bring buses back into public control. New members are welcome.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-bristol-october/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241003T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241003T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T133940
CREATED:20240821T105649Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240821T105713Z
UID:33781-1727983800-1727987400@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Medact Leeds group meeting: October
DESCRIPTION:The Leeds group come together monthly for meetings on the 6th of the month. Meetings are online mostly and sometimes in person! Medact Leeds are organising locally for climate and health justice as part of the Health for a Green New Deal network\, and also taking action to end the hostile environment\, campaigning for Patients Not Passports. All are welcome. Please sign up to the mailing list to join the group.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-leeds-october/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241002T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241002T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T133940
CREATED:20240920T085705Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240920T090117Z
UID:34294-1727895600-1727899200@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Economic Justice National Organising Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Medact Economic Justice & Health group meets regularly to discuss current and future campaigns\, plan events\, work on strategy and share knowledge. The group is open to all and welcomes new members. \n\n\n\nThe main focus of this meeting will be to discuss the strategy of our housing and health lobbying and advocacy campaign focusing on Royal Colleges. We will also provide updates on our work as part of the Homes for Us alliance. \n\n\n\nIf you have any questions please contact jordilopezbotey@medact.org!
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/economic-justice-national-organising-group-meeting-oct-2024/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240924T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240924T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T133940
CREATED:20240801T112313Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240918T142728Z
UID:33878-1727200800-1727209800@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:AGM 2024 & Panel Discussion - Building solidarity movements and demanding health justice amid poly-crisis
DESCRIPTION:The AGM is our yearly opportunity to come together and explore the overall running of Medact and to bring together members old and new from the UK and beyond. In addition to essential governance matters\, we’re excited this year to be hosting a panel discisson:  \n\n\n\n\nPanel\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe panel discussion will be followed by our AGM\, where you’ll hear about successes and reflections from the last year of work across the Medact movement\, an update on our organisational finances\, and have a chance to vote in Trustee elections. \n\n\n\nEveryone is welcome to join the meeting\, but you must be a member to vote. If you would like to get involved in running Medact\, why not join as a member today? \n\n\n\nSubmitting motions\n\n\n\nThe deadline for motion submissions has passed. \n\n\n\nElection of Trustees \n\n\n\nThe deadline for Trustee applications has passed. \n\n\n\nLogistics\n\n\n\nWe are hosting this year’s AGM online via Zoom. Register to let us know you are coming below\, and provide any access requirements you may have. We will share the agenda as soon as it is finalised. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker bios\n\n\n\nChairs: \n\n\n\nAnuj Kapilashrami is an interdisciplinary social scientist\, academic activist\, and Professor in Global Health Policy and Equity in the School of Health & Social Care\, and chair of Medact’s Board. Her current work focuses on advancing an intersectional approach to examining health inequalities and structural determinants of health and well-being. She has long been involved in People’s Health Movement (PHM) in India and the UK\, formerly as Chair of PHM Scotland where she led the first public hearing on social determination of mental health and the development of people’s health manifesto for Scotland.  \n\n\n\nKamran Abbasi is a doctor\, journalist\, editor and broadcaster. Following five years in hospital medicine\, working in various medical specialties such as psychiatry and cardiology\, he moved into senior editorial roles at the British Medical Journal from 1997 to 2005. He returned to The BMJ in his role as executive editor for content\, leading the journal’s strategic growth internationally\, digitally\, and in print. Kamran was made Editor in chief of the BMJ in December 2021. \n\n\n\nPanelists: \n\n\n\nGuppi Bola is a senior economic strategist\, previous Interim-Director of Medact and formerly Chair of the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants. In 2020 she explored themes of planetary dysregulation\, illness and oppression\, and their intersections with the economy for Common Wealth using her 15 years of experience in climate and public health organising. More recently\, she has spent the past five years establishing Decolonising Economics\, alongside her partner in crime Noni Makuyana. \n\n\n\nRhiannon Mihranian is doctor\, organiser\, and researcher focused on health justice as a tool for radical systems change. Her work focuses on environmental justice\, anti-colonialism\, and re-imagining health systems. \n\n\n\nMartin Drewry is CEO of Health Poverty Action (HPA) – an international NGO part of the People’s Health Movement\, and ally of Medact. HPA works in 15 countries\, with 400 staff mostly from the marginalised communities they serve. A background in Peace Studies\, Martin played key roles in several large coalition campaigns. \n\n\n\nDr. Inga Blum is a neurologist from Hamburg\, Germany currently specializing in family medicine. She joined IPPNW as a medical student with an interest in global health and justice and got involved in ICAN at its founding at the IPPNW World Congress in Helsinki in 2006. In her view the abolition of nuclear weapons is not only an urgent necessity because of the acute danger nuclear weapons pose for global survival but likewise a great chance to shift international security policies from being based on the threat of mutual annihilation to a human security system based on cooperation. Having witnessed the constant failure of disarmament conferences as a member of IPPNW Delegations she initiated a study on attitudes towards nuclear weapons among political decision-makers at the University of Hamburg. She has conducted numerous workshops and delivered speeches with a special focus on motivating the next generation to get active for nuclear disarmament and is active in promoting the Ban Treaty in Germany. She served on the board of the German section of IPPNW from 2013 to 2021 and has started the annual IPPNW Summer Camp to protest against the stationing of NATO nuclear weapons in Büchel\, Rhineland-Palatinate.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-agm-2024/
CATEGORIES:Meetings,Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240918T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240918T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T133940
CREATED:20240510T135232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240827T144639Z
UID:33362-1726682400-1726687800@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Securitisation of Health group meeting: September
DESCRIPTION:What is the securitisation of health?\n\n\n\nA number of policing and counter-extremism measures are embedded by the government into UK health services\, which at times require health workers to work closely with the police and other security agencies. \n\n\n\nThese measures risk undermining therapeutic relationships\, confidentiality and trust in practitioners – as well as drawing health services and workers into becoming an arm of policing and counter-terror agencies. \n\n\n\nThrough research and campaigns\, Medact aims to shift understandings of ‘security’\, from typically “hard” measures (border enforcement\, a punitive criminal justice system\, counter-terror measures) and advocate for collective and human security\, health and wellbeing. Read more about our work on Securitisation here. \n\n\n\nAbout the group\n\n\n\nThe Securitisation of Health group is for health workers interested in working on these issues through campaigning\, lobbying and research. New members are welcome!  \n\n\n\nIf you have any questions or concerns about attending\, please email our Campaign Lead Sarah Lasoye at sarahlasoye@medact.org. \n\n\n\nThis event will be held online on Zoom.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/sohg-meeting-sept/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240916T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240916T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T133940
CREATED:20240510T112742Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240827T144632Z
UID:33350-1726509600-1726515000@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Nuclear Weapons Group September meeting
DESCRIPTION:Medact’s Nuclear Weapons Group represents the longest standing aspect of Medact’s work towards nuclear abolition\, and to address war\, armed violence and conflict as global threats to health. \n\n\n\nWe will meet to provide an update on our ongoing work\, and discuss the current global political landscape as related to nuclear weapons and disarmament. Register below to receive the meeting link! \n\n\n\nFor more info or with questions\, email Sarah: sarahlasoye@medact.org
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/nwg-sept-meeting/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240912T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240912T194500
DTSTAMP:20260404T133940
CREATED:20240801T140504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240823T122050Z
UID:33913-1726165800-1726170300@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Join the fight for Healthy Homes: New joiners meeting
DESCRIPTION:The 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\n In this meeting you’ll: \n\n\n\n\nFind out about the group and our Housing and Health campaign\n\n\n\nUnderstand what we understand by economic and health inequality\,\n\n\n\nHear about ongoing projects and campaigns\,\n\n\n\nLearn how we can fight for housing justice\n\n\n\nHear from some of the people working in our different campaign areas\, and\n\n\n\nExplore the ways you can get involved
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/ej-new-joiners/
CATEGORIES:Meetings,Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240911T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240911T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T133940
CREATED:20240821T103550Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240821T103554Z
UID:33630-1726084800-1726088400@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Medact North East group meeting: September
DESCRIPTION:Medact North East are a collective of health workers and students based across the North East\, from Northumberland to Newcastle to Middlesbrough! \nCurrently we are working on a climate justice campaign\, supporting a grassroots group to win the fight against a large waste incinerator on Teesside\, which would pollute the air of the local community as well as accelerating the climate crisis.  \nWe are also exploring campaigns around migrant health justice issues through our new ‘Migrant Health’ group.  This includes supporting No to Hassockfield which is fighting to shut down a women’s detention centre in County Durham.     \nThe group meets monthly. Each meeting is facilitated by a different person and they welcome new members! The time is used to discuss current campaigns and anything else relevant. For more information or to join a meeting in-person\, get in touch at northeast@medact.org. or subscribe below.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-north-east-september/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240910T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240910T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T133940
CREATED:20240821T101940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240902T135924Z
UID:33626-1725993000-1725996600@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Medact Glasgow group meeting: September
DESCRIPTION:Medact Glasgow is a collective of healthcare workers\, students and people from other related social disciplines. We organise around\, learn about and share information on campaigns related to health justice. \n\n\n\nOur current focus is on fighting fuel poverty. We are working alongside Fuel Poverty Action\, who organise for affordable and sustainable energy and against the inadequate living conditions which are making people sick. \n\n\n\nOur main meeting is in person (or you can join on Zoom) on the second Tuesday of each month – all are welcome! Please get in touch with us on glasgow@medact.org if you want to join our meetings or find out more\, or subscribe to the mailing list:
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-glasgow-september/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240905T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240905T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T133940
CREATED:20240821T101731Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240821T101734Z
UID:33616-1725564600-1725568200@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Medact Leeds group meeting: September
DESCRIPTION:The Leeds group come together monthly for meetings on the 6th of the month. Meetings are online mostly and sometimes in person! Medact Leeds are organising locally for climate and health justice as part of the Health for a Green New Deal network\, and also taking action to end the hostile environment\, campaigning for Patients Not Passports. All are welcome. Please sign up to the mailing list to join the group.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-leeds-september/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240903T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240903T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T133940
CREATED:20240702T113400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240823T122022Z
UID:33722-1725388200-1725391800@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Climate & Health: Energy Justice campaign New Joiners meeting
DESCRIPTION:Medact’s Climate & Health Group is organising to improve policies to end the crisis of cold & damp homes and fuel poverty\, and ensure our homes are not sites of illness. \n\n\n\nThis includes working alongside local groups to support local campaigns\, as well as demanding policy change on a national level for better support for quality homes for all\, energy justice & a rapid just transition away from fossil fuels.  \n\n\n\nThe New Joiners meeting is a space to meet other Medact members and health workers interested in the intersections of climate\, housing and energy justice. You have the opportunity to hear about: \n\n\n\n\nMedact’s structure\, mission and goals\n\n\n\nHistory and function of the group\n\n\n\nAn overview of how we understand the roots causes of cold & damp homes & possible solutions\n\n\n\nCurrent campaign and organising work\n\n\n\nHow to get involved!\n\n\n\n\nIf you’re looking for ways to contribute to affect meaningful change to one of the key climate justice issues in the UK. this is a great way to do it. You don’t have to be a regular member or a health worker to get involved—everyone is welcome \n\n\n\nIf you have any questions about attending\, drop Maria\, Climate Campaign lead\, an email at mariacarvalho@medact.org 
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/climate-health-new-joiners-sept/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240902T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240902T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T133940
CREATED:20240606T113148Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T113150Z
UID:33497-1725300000-1725303600@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Medact Bristol group meeting: September
DESCRIPTION:Medact Bristol is interested and engaged in local\, national and international issues that affect public health. Since its creation\, Medact Bristol has focused its efforts on campaigns on climate\, environment and sustainability\, divestment\, and migrant access to healthcare. The group’s current focus is supporting  Reclaim our Buses\, a campaign in Bristol to bring buses back into public control. New members are welcome.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/bristol-group-meeting-september/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings
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