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12th Annual Mulberry Youth Conference

Is Equality a Possibility?

28th February 2013

12th Annual Mulberry Youth Conference Is Equality a Possibility?


Conference Schedule

8.50-9.20 Arrival and Registration

9.20-9.30 Welcome

9.30-9.50 Shami Chakrabarti Director of Liberty

9.50-10.00 Questions to Ms. Chakrabarti

10.00-10.20 Kate Pickett Co-Author of the Spirit Level

10.20-10.30 Questions to Ms. Pickett

10.30-10.50 Break

10.50-11.10 Jenny Sealey Artistic Director of Graeae, Co-director of Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Paralympic Games

11.10-11.20 Questions to Ms. Sealey


11.20-11.30 Aaron Sonson and Gregory Paczkowski Designers of the Application Stop and Search

11.30-11.35 Questions

11.35-12.00 Student Discussion Groups

12.00-12.55 Discussion Panel Ø Rushanara Ali, MP Ø Paul Richards, Project Director for

BrazenBunch and UpRise Festival Ø Babatunde Williams, President

QMSU

12.55-1.45 Lunch

1.45-2.15 Student Speeches

2.20-3.30 Workshops

3.35-4.00 Closing


Schools Attending

Ø Acland Burghley

Ø American School London

Ø Bethnal Green Academy

Ø Chelmsford County High School for Girls

Ø Crown Woods College

Ø Dame Alice Owen's School

Ø Eltham Hill School

Ø Leyton Sixth Form College

Ø Mulberry School for Girls

Ø Pestalozzi International Village

Ø Redbridge College

Ø Rivers Academy

Ø Rosedale Hewens College

Ø St Dominic's Sixth Form College

Ø St Ignatius College

Ø St Martin in the Fields Sixth Form

Ø St. Philomena's Catholic High School for girls

Ø Stratford Girls' Grammar School

Ø Ursuline High School

Ø Whitefield School


Workshops

Enough food for everyone if... Oxfam Chris t ina Bryan Already a billion of us go to bed hungry every night. Not because there isn't enough, but because of the deep injustice in the way the system works. This workshop looks at the global food system and food justice and asks us to think about the tagline 'Enough food for everyone if...' Room – E09 Global Justice? Just i ce in Act ion Fatima Begum Zaman Justice in Action is a film made by Mulberry School for Girls in Tower Hamlets with BBC film maker Fiona Lloyd-Davies, Studio 9 Films. The film is about six young women who journeyed to Bosnia, walking the paths where war and genocide took place to find out what justice really means to those who most want it. This workshop explores the nature of justice and more importantly, how a community and the individuals within it, come to terms with terrible occurrences. The workshop looks at the role of the International Criminal Courts of Justice through a series of interactive debates and discussions. Room – E05


The Bomb Factor Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Lisa Bounds In this workshop you can watch a cartoon made by a Hiroshima bomb survivor, find out about the effects of nuclear weapons and explore why some countries have them and why others don’t. You will also have the opportunity to get creative by taking part in a nuclear weapons debate through the medium of the X-Factor. Room – Main Library Israel and Palestine - both sides of an argument Dan Judelson – Jewish Peace Act iv is t Life for Palestinians under occupation in the West Bank and the open air prison of the Gaza Strip is hard, even unbearable. For decade after decade, Palestinians have lived with their land being steadily encroached upon since Zionist immigration began in the late 19th century. The peace process has promised much, but delivered nothing.

Zionism is the national liberation movement of the Jews, a people who have been subjected to prejudice for thousands of years and who live in fear of their neighbours who repeatedly rejected any recognition of Israel, even though it was brought into existence by the international law - the United Nations.

How can the national rights of both Israelis and Palestinians be reconciled? This workshop will look at the competing claims and examine some of the steps required if a just outcome is to be achieved Room – Terrace Restaurant


Model United Nation Queen Mary Univers i ty o f London Model UN Sarah Sarwar Model United Nations is a simulation of United Nations debate. It requires participants to act as country ambassadors and discuss and debate a topic of international relations. It gives students a chance to practise debating, public speaking and analytical thinking. Queen Mary Model United Nations society will deliver a workshop based on a basic form of MUN, discussing an International relations topic that is current and interesting. Room – E03 Power of Beauty David Neita This workshop will examine concepts of beauty and explore self definitions and examine the impact of appreciating ones own beauty and the beauty of others. It will also look at diversity and the value of difference as it relates to the current credit crunch and how students can relate to the stories and theories explored in this workshop and how the creative arts help provide a solution. Room F14


Preference & Prejudice ~ what's the difference? Paul Richards, Nikkita Da Si lva, Amariah Watson, Khal id O'Beirne UpRise Interactive workshop and discussion to explore the historical roots of discrimination and how it manifests in the world today. A look at identity, experience, empathy, equality and activism. Room – 6th form l ibrary Sportswear: Playfair! War on Want Nadia Idle This workshop will involve a series of fun activities to explore where branded sports gear is made. Who makes the clothes and shoes that athletes wear? Where do they live? What are the conditions like? Can we help improve their lives? And why should young people in London care? Room – E10


Admania Otesha Projec t Where would Coca Cola or McDonalds be today without advertising? Advertising is a powerful form of communication that strongly influences our daily lives and things we buy. Understanding what is fact and what is fiction on billboards and bus stops, in magazines and on television is important in making informed choices. In the Admania workshop, participants explore the extent to which individuals are affected by advertising, learn about strategies used by companies to sell products, and uncover facts about products that consumers aren’t often told. Through an interactive quiz, discussions, uncovering real facts behind the ads and creating their own spoof ads, participants will be well equipped to make informed decisions as they venture out into a well marketed world. Room – E02


The Great Banana Chain Game Otesha Projec t Enter the Great Banana Chain Game, where participants get to explore the secret life of a banana.

Have you ever gone behind the scenes of an everyday product and realised how complicated its whole life cycle is? In this workshop participants take on roles in the life cycle of a banana, such as a shopkeeper, a packer, a plantation owner and a pesticide sprayer, and learn about their place in the great banana chain.

This workshop examines systems of production through role-play and explores how the consumption of an everyday product – in this case a single banana – has both positive and negative impacts on other people and resources all over the world. Through an interactive exercise, students will also learn how the price of a banana is divided up amongst the people involved in it’s production. They’ll critically examine the impacts of these systems of production, learn about alternatives that they can act upon and talk about actions they want to take in their own lives to make the world a fairer place. Room – E01


Free the Children Beulah Lambert

The objective is to provide participants with a visual understanding of how our world’s resources and populations are distributed across the globe, and what we can do to start changing the imbalance. The students will be encouraged to think about what role they play in these systems of inequality and to think about what they can do as individuals or as a collective group to make positive change. Room E04

Who am I? Brit Bangla Danie l Pasha This workshop will look at what it means to be Global Citizens. Has race, religion, ethnicity and culture eroded a national identity or have they paved the way for a global identity? Do we still hold on to our roots or has culture been weakened by nationality and patriotism? Does a dual identity still exist? Room – Sports Science


With thanks to… The Student Organising Committee:

Yasmin Begum Nabiha Sultana Sadia Khan Shamima Begum Nadia Mahmud Nafisa Ahmed Farhana Khatun Nazifa Ahmed Masuma Begum Shumena Rahman Sadia Khatun Azeemah Akhtar Tanya Nizam

Nazia Sultana Ayesha Akthar Anisah Rahman Sabera Akthar Faizah Uzma Nilima Akhtar Noorjahan Razak Afsana Islam Hamida Haque Nahida Ahad Anisha Khatun Rukshana Begum Sultana Begum

Reema Akhter Mahera Rahman Nishat Tabassum Kalada Nasrin Farzana Sulthana Hamida Begum Tahmina Hussain Aklima Begum Tasneem J Helal Anisa Noorjahan Abida Rahman Nadia Begum

The Catering Team: Mr. Osborne Shelina Begum Shunara Begum Zakiyyah Begum Khadeja Bibi Hamida Khanom Amina Begum Mohima Begum Salma Begum Sumena Begum Humayra Chouwdhury Aysha Islam Latifa Maiyat Poroma Zaman Rumee Begum

Conference Advisors: Mr. Brosnan Ms. Skelhorne Ms. Tuffee Ms. Sarwar Ms. Woods Ms. Watt Ms. Chowdhury

Special Thanks To: Mulberry Discussion Leaders All Workshop Facilitators Dr. Vanessa Ogden, Head Teacher Shami Chakrabarti Rushnara Ali Kate Pickett

Jenny Sealey Aaron Sonson Gregory Paczkowski Paul Richards Babatunde Williams


Documents

12th Annual Mulberry Youth · PDF file · 2016-08-0312th Annual Mulberry Youth Conference ... took place to find out what justice really means to those who ... will deliver a workshop