Medact

East Midlands December meeting
2020-12-09 19:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | Zoom
Join us on Wednesday 9th December to get involved in our work to tackle climate change in the East Midlands.

Please RSVP below for joining details.

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Climate & Health Group - December Meeting
2020-12-10 18:30 - 20:00 | Zoom
Join us for the December Climate & Health Group meeting on Thursday 10th December at 6.30pm.
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Migrant Solidarity Group: Seasonal Card Writing
2020-12-15 18:30 - 20:00
Our Migrant Solidarity Group will be meeting for some seasonal card writing on Tuesday 15th December, 6.30pm – 8.00pm.
To find out how to join the meeting please contact us.

Health For Green New Deal Scotland: Meeting
2020-12-16 18:30 - 20:00
Our Health For A Green New Deal Scotland Group will be meeting online on Wednesday 16th December, 6.30pm-8.00pm.
To find out how to join the online meeting please get in contact with us.

Climate & Health Group: Research & Action Planning Meeting
2020-12-16 19:15 - 20:30
Following on from the launch of the COP 26 briefing, the Climate & Health Research group will be meeting on Wednesday 16th December, 7.15pm – 8.30pm to discuss and explore a briefing that sets out the public health case for a Green New Deal that centres justice. All welcome!

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Climate & Health Research Team Meeting
2021-01-05 19:00
Tonight’s meeting of the Climate & Health Research team is now at 7pm, not 6.30pm as previously advertised.
We’ll be starting work planning our next briefing on public health and the Green New Deal.
Please email office@medact.org for joining details.

Climate & Health Action Planning Team Meeting
2021-01-07 19:00
The Climate & Health Action Planning team are meeting on Thursday 7th January at 7pm to continue working on plans for launching our Health for a Green New Deal campaign in the Spring.
Please email office@medact.org for joining details.

Prevent duty in NHS ─ January planning meeting
2021-01-14 17:00 - 18:30 | Zoom
We are having our regular meeting to discuss the different ways that the health community can take collective action on issues related to the Prevent counter-extremism policy in healthcare, and its connections with broader securitisation and racism in the NHS.
The meeting will take place online on Thursday 14th January from 5 – 6:30pm.
You must register for this meeting below, and details of how you can join the Zoom meeting will be sent to you.
If you are unable to attend but are interested in being involved in future meetings or actions, you can sign up to our Securitisation of Health mailing list or email reemabuhayyeh@medact.org
Our main priority is that as much as possible, health workers, patients and others impacted by Prevent who may attend this event feel safe both professionally and personally participating in Medact’s activities. As such, we ask that if you work in Prevent, the police or the Home Office, that you do not register to attend this event.
For any queries or for further discussion on this, please e-mail the address above.
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Climate & Health Group - January Meeting
2021-01-14 18:30 - 20:00 | Zoom
Join us for the January Climate & Health Group meeting on Thursday 14th January at 6.30pm.
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Migrant Solidarity Group: January Meeting
2021-01-14 18:30 - 20:00
The MSG’s first monthly meeting of 2021 will be on Thursday 14th January at 18.30.
We hope many of you will be able to join us and would love to welcome new members to our first meeting of 2021.
To find out how to join the online meeting please email migrantsolidarity@medact.org

East Midlands January meeting
2021-01-14 19:00 - 20:30
Join us on Thursday 14th January to get involved in our work to tackle climate change in the East Midlands.
If you would like to join the meeting please RSVP below to receive joining details.
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Economic Justice & Health January Planning Meeting
2021-01-21 18:30 - 19:30
Planning meeting for members of the Economic Justice & Health Group. If you’re interested in joining please email siddharthamehta@medact.org

Climate & Health Group Action Planning
2021-01-21 19:00 - 20:30
The Climate & Health Group Action Planning team will be meeting this Thursday to continue work on upcoming Health for a Green New Deal actions.
If you’re interested in joining please email robabrams@medact.org

Spread The Word: Nuclear Weapons Are Banned!
2021-01-22 12:00
This Friday 22nd January, the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is entering into international law!
?️ This is a big step toward the total elimination of nuclear weapons.
⚖️ The Treaty means that all nuclear weapons activity will be illegal under international law.
✊? It provides a strong mechanism for campaigners to push nuclear states to begin the process of getting rid of their nuclear weapons.
Help us spread the word about this historic event by joining our online social media action at 12 midday.

Use our template Twitter/ Facebook/ Instagram post ─ with a shareable graphic which you will need to download to include in your post.

You can personalise your post but please:

make sure to use the hashtags #NuclearBan and #UK4TPNW
make sure to include the graphic provided
do not post it before midday on 22nd January!

If you have any questions, please contact reemabuhayyeh@medact.org

Musicians for Peace and Disarmament concert to celebrate the TPNW
2021-01-22 19:30 - 21:00
Our friends at Musicians for Peace and Disarmament have organised a sequence of short musical performances to mark and to celebrate the coming into international law of UN’s Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
They will be joined by guest speaker Dr. Tilman Ruff, Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne, and Co-president of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.
The concert will be on Friday 22nd January at 7.30pm – 9.00pm and it will be a brilliant way to mark the historic moment the Nuclear Ban enters into force!
Book your place now

Medact Brighton: Meeting
2021-01-26 18:30 - 20:00
Our Brighton Group will be meeting online on Tuesday 26th January.
To find out how to join their meeting please email brighton@medact.org

University of Birmingham Docs Not Cops: Exploring Health Inequalities in 2020
2021-01-30 09:30 - 17:00
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.
Dr 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!
The conference is on Saturday 30th January, 9.30am-5:00pm and you can register your place for the conference here.

Climate & Health Scorecard Planning
2021-02-03 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
At the last big meeting of the Medact Climate & Health Group, we began discussing a plan to research and assess the action being taken by Royal Colleges and other health institutions on climate change. This research would have a particular focus on high-level actions such as fossil fuel divestment, declaring a climate emergency and engaging in policy advocacy.

More than 1250 health workers so far have signed the letter calling for health and climate justice at COP 26. To build on that and in the year of COP 26, it is important that health institutions are using their voice to advocate for Climate Justice. Please join Medact & Health Declares to discuss the next steps of the project and how we organise.

If you are unable to join next Wednesday, but would still like to be involved in the project, please sign up to our mailing list and we will update following the meeting. If you have any questions at all or would like to speak more about the idea, then please get in touch – beneder@medact.org.

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Health for a Green New Deal Scotland - planning meeting
2021-02-08 19:00 - 20:30
If you’re a health worker or student based in Scotland interested in campaigning for a just & green recovery, join us for our planning meeting on Monday 8th February at 7pm, where we will be discussing potential ways to influence candidates in the upcoming Scottish Parliament elections in May.
For more info please email Rob – robabrams@medact.org

Climate & Health Research Team Meeting
2021-02-10 19:00 - 20:30
The Climate & Health Research will be meeting on Wednesday 10th February to continue work on our new briefing.
If you’re interested in getting involved in our research network you can sign up online or contact our Research Manager Hilary Aked ─ hilaryaked@medact.org

Health Versus Wealth? UK Economic Policy and Public Health During COVID-19
2021-02-16 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
Our Economic Justice and Health Group’s new briefing will pick apart the Government strategies in response to COVID-19 ─ and in particular the guiding assumptions that public health and economic wealth are in tension. The briefing dispels this myth, showing that a ‘health versus wealth’ mentality is a false dichotomy.

It charts a course of how these assumptions came about to be, the policies that weakened the social immunity of the UK and laid the ground for one of the highest death tolls in the world and also the deepest economic crisis out of the G7. Importantly it also points to what needs to be done now to protect lives and livelihoods and address health inequalities at their roots.

We have lined up some fantastic speakers for the launch:

Dr Christina Pagel from Independent Sage will be speaking about the public health response and how we can prevent further lives being lost

Christine Berry, an economist, will be helping us understand the assumptions behind economic policy, the shortcomings and what needs to be done to protect livelihoods

Our issue group members and briefing authors Dr Monica Sharman and Daniel Carter will take us through the analysis in the briefing and the recommendations we have made to protect both lives and livelihoods

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East Midlands February Meeting
2021-02-18 19:00 - 20:30
Join us on Thursday 18th February 7:00pm – 8:30pm to get involved in our work to tackle climate change in the East Midlands.
If you would like to join the online meeting please send us email or RSVP below!
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Race & Health Justice Group ─ first online reading group
2021-02-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
In line with our group vision we see the reading group as a space where we can unlearn and challenge internalised racism, expand our anti-racist skills, encourage curiosity and openness, and to reflect on bringing this learning into our working and campaigning lives.

For the first group, we will discuss and critique a short article on a medical leadership body’s stance on racism in their organisation.

We will discuss how we relate personally to their ideas and language, and what we would like to see from our own “leaders”.

Practicalities and accessibility

We will circulate our group ground rules when you sign up, and ask that you only join us if you are happy to commit to these principles.

Please read the article ahead of the reading group. If you would like an audio version, or to read it collectively with others before the group, please email us ─ racehealthjustice@medact.org

We expect most attendees will be people working in healthcare, but the group is open to all.

The reading group will be on Zoom – we will run through logistics at the start of the meeting, but if you are new to Zoom there is a user guide here. The Zoom application will download automatically when you click on a meeting link for the first time.

We can provide captioning and/or BSL interpreting, please email us & we’ll arrange

You are welcome to have your camera on or off, and to eat during the session, but please do come willing to contribute to the discussion!

We will have a scheduled break half way through.

We will cap numbers in order to have a small and active discussion.

Please let us know if there is anything else we can do to support you to attend.

Please RSVP below to join ─ or if you have any questions about the session, please email racehealthjustice@medact.org

If you are unable to join this session, please do join our mailing list to hear about future groups.

The event is now full but you can add your name to the waitlist using the form below and we’ll let you know if a space opens up

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Health for a Green New Deal: Action Workshop
2021-02-24 18:30 - 20:00 | Zoom
In recent years, the call for a transformative Green New Deal has been growing at a rapid pace. The COVID-19 pandemic has only intensified the urgency of this cause, highlighting the need for a recovery that is both socially and ecologically just. What recent challenges have shown us is that we can’t separate the health and wellbeing of our planet from that of our own. The Green New Deal, a 10-year emergency plan to eliminate emissions and tackle inequality, presents an opportunity to reprioritise and place good health at the centre of all economic and social planning.
The health community has a key role to play in envisioning and demanding these changes. We hope you will join us for this workshop as we begin to build a collaborative plan for the roles that various bodies and institutions can play in bringing about a Green New Deal.
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Peace & Security research group meeting [POSTPONED]
2021-02-25 14:00 - 15:30
UPDATE: This meeting has been postponed. We will confirm a new date shortly.
The Peace & Security group within the Medact Research Network are meeting to move forwards with a book chapter Medact is writing for the next edition of Global Health Watch.
Joining details will be sent to members of the Peace & Security research group directly.
To get involved with this or other campaign-relevant research work, visit the Medact Research Network page.

Prevent duty in NHS ─ February planning meeting
2021-02-25 17:00 - 18:30 | Zoom
We are having our regular meeting to discuss the different ways that the health community can take collective action on issues related to the Prevent counter-extremism policy in healthcare, and its connections with broader securitisation and racism in the NHS.
The meeting will take place online on Thursday 25th February from 5 – 6:30pm.
You must register for this meeting below, and details of how you can join the Zoom meeting will be sent to you.
If you are unable to attend but are interested in being involved in future meetings or actions, you can sign up to our Securitisation of Health mailing list or email reemabuhayyeh@medact.org
Our main priority is that as much as possible, health workers, patients and others impacted by Prevent who may attend this event feel safe both professionally and personally participating in Medact’s activities. As such, we ask that if you work in Prevent, the police or the Home Office, that you do not register to attend this event.
For any queries or for further discussion on this, please e-mail the address above.
[Registration has now closed]

Musicians for Peace and Disarmament: An Evening of Folk Music II
2021-02-25 19:15 - 21:00
Our friends at Musicians for Peace and Disarmament are holding an online evening of folk music on Thursday 25th February at 7.15pm.
You can find out who is playing and buy your ticket, by following this link.
Find out more & buy a ticket

Medact Scotland: Spring Planning Meeting
2021-03-01 19:30 - 20:30 | Zoom
Now that spring is springing, Medact Scotland will be meeting to discuss their ideas and plans for the next few months.
Items on the agenda include ICAN and the ICAN Cities Appeal, Don’t Bank on the Bomb (DBOTB), the COP26 coalition, Green General Practice and the Scottish Health Green New Deal group.
To join the meeting or get involved in the group, please email Lesley: scotland@medact.org

Migrant Solidarity Group: Meeting
2021-03-02 18:30 - 20:00
Our Migrant Solidarity Group will be meeting on Tuesday 2nd March at 6:30pm – 8:00pm.
To find out how to join the online meeting please email migrantsolidarity@medact.org

POSTPONED: Climate & Health Group - March Meeting
2021-03-11 18:30 - 20:00
We’re postponing the group meeting that was planned for tonight. Sorry for the late notice! Provisionally the new date is 22nd March but we will email to confirm ASAP.
