BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8718@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240517T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240517T160000 DTSTAMP:20240426T151221Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/cornerstone-wowfest-our-hands-ou r-mouths-poverty-and-resistance/ SUMMARY:Cornerstone: Cornerstone: WowFest: Our Hands\, Our Mouths - Poverty and Resistance DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\nOUR HANDS\, OUR MOUTHS – POVERTY AND RESISTANCE\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe latest survey by Debt Justice shows the shocking impac t of the Conservative Government’s austerity measures by revealing that a record 6.7 million people in Britain are in financial difficulty. This e vent\, by Writing on the Wall and the Poverty Research &\; Advocacy Net work (PRAN)\, has been organised to respond to the ongoing cost-of-living crisis and the unprecedented and devastating level of poverty in the UK. F eaturing some of the most powerful and prominent voices standing up agains t poverty and social injustice today\, including Prof Danny Dorling (Uni versity of Oxford)\, Prof Imogen Tylor (Lancaster University)\, Liam Th orp (Liverpool Echo)\, Ian Byrne MP (Liverpool West Derby)\, and Amina Ismail (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine)\, will also explore and c elebrate examples and opportunities for supporting resistance to austerity and poverty by communities across the country.  \n\n \n\nThis event is a partnership event between WoW and the Poverty Research and Advocacy Ne twork (PRAN)\, an independent\, collectively run advocacy network which a ims to bring together various stakeholders to amplify voices fighting agai nst poverty and injustice\, both regionally and nationally. \n\n \;\n \nDanny Dorling is a professor in the School of Geography and the Environ ment at the University of Oxford. He was previously a professor for a deca de at the University of Sheffield\, and before then at the University of L eeds. He has also worked as an academic in Newcastle and Bristol. He was b orn and brought up in Oxford. In 2020 he published “Slowdown: The End of the Great Acceleration—and Why It’s Good for the Planet\, the Econo my\, and Our Lives and in 2021\, jointly with Annika Koljonen: Finnto pia: what we can learn from the world’s happiest country. His 2023 book is titled: ‘Shattered Nation: Inequality\, and the geography of a failin g state’. Danny is a patron of the road crash charity RoadPeace\, of H eeley City Farm in Sheffield\, and of the educational campaign group Compr ehensive Future. In his spare time\, he makes sandcastles on beeches with clean streams and the right kind of sand. He errs towards being optimisti c about the future\, because his academic work suggests\, to him\, that this is the most rational stance to take – despite what you may see arou nd you. \n\n \;\n\nImogen Tyler is a Professor of Sociology at Lanca ster University and a social activist who works with anti-poverty and anti -racist groups and organisations. All her research is in the area of socia l inequalities (historical and contemporary formations). Her books include  Revolting Subjects: Social Abjection and Resistance in Neoliberal Brita in (2013) and Stigma: The Machinery of Inequality (2020). Imogen i s currently collaborating with Joseph Rowntree Foundation on work focused on stigma power &\; poverty in the UK. She is developing new research o n poverty &\; protest in Britain\, that draws on longer histories of wo rking class\, anti-racist and anti-colonial struggle to help us better u nderstand and resist the current war being waged against working class com munities. \n\n \n\nLiam Thorp is the award-winning Political Editor of the Liverpool Echo. In his seven years at the ECHO\, Liam has made a name for himself for his reporting on politics\, social affairs and local gove rnment. He has twice been named specialist journalist of the year at the Regional Press Awards and was also nominated for Private Eye’s prestigio us Paul Foot award for investigative journalism. In his journalism\, Liam takes a special interest in reporting on issues of poverty\, deprivation\ , injustice\, health and transport. He lives in Aigburth with his wife\, dog and 5-month-old baby son.\n\n \;\n\nIan Byrne Member of Parliamen t for Liverpool West Derby\n\n Vice Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Kinship Care  \n Member of the House of Commons Levelling Up\, Housing and Communities Committee \n Member of the House of Commons Env ironment\, Food and Rural Affairs Committee \n\nCampaigns: \n\nRight to Food Campaign \n\nA campaign to make access to food a legal right for all  \n\nReal Truth Legacy Project \n\nA campaign to educate all generations on the ‘real truth’ and injustice of Hillsborough \n\nHillsborough L aw Now Campaign \n\nA campaign to break the cycle of injustice for bereav ed families and victims of public disasters \n\n \;\n\nAmina Ismail  is a Senior Community Mobiliser at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medici ne\, actively engages in health equity projects across Merseyside. Her rol e is mobilising communities and health systems partners to codevelop and implement strategies to tackle health inequities. Amina has a background in education and is deeply committed to promoting social justice and equi ty.  Amina has contributed to research aimed at identifying the barrie rs faced by BAME communities in accessing higher education. She is a commu nity activist and utilises her networks in collaboration with communiti es to drive structural changes.  With experience working in both the UK and Middle East\, Amina has a broad understanding of engaging diverse comm unities within the education and health sectors. She is particularly passi onate about addressing inequality\, shifting power\, and creating space fo r community voices.\n\n \;\nHosted by: Dr Natalija Atas \nSENIOR LEC TURER IN SOCIAL SCIENCE at Liverpool University \n\nNatalija is a Senior Lecturer of Public Health and Social Care at the School of Social Science at Liverpool Hope University. Her research interests incorporate the key a reas of social policy inquiry related to poverty\, inequality\, and social determinants of health. She is currently conducting research into the eff ects of the cost-of-living crisis. Natalija strongly believes that our soc iety cannot truly progress without addressing issues of poverty and inequa lity and that such progress can only be achieved through adopting positive forces of collaboration\, empathy\, and education. \n\nDate and time: 1 7th of May\, 4-6pm  \n\nVenue: Grace Room\, Cornerstone Building\, Li verpool Hope University\, Creative Campus\, Shaw Street\, Liverpool\, L6 1HP \n\nTickets: £5 \n\n*These are difficult times. We know some peopl e may struggle to afford full price tickets. If you would like to attend t his event but can’t afford to\, please contact info@writingonthewall.or g.uk. All queries will be treated in confidence.   \n\nIf you would like to purchase a gifted ticket for someone who can’t afford it\, pleas e buy directly from the event page and we will offer your ticket out.     \n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT DETAILS\nDate: May 17\, 2024\nTime: 4:00 pm\ n\n\n\n\n\n BUY TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2024/04/Poverty-and-Resistance-frames.png CATEGORIES:Talks LOCATION:Cornerstone\, Hope Creative Campus\, Shaw Street\, Liverpool\, L6 1HP\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom GEO:53.41279;-2.969096 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Hope Creative Campus\, Shaw Street\, Liverpool\, L6 1HP\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=1 00;X-TITLE=Cornerstone:geo:53.41279,-2.969096 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR