29 JUNE 2020
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month https://www.gypsy-traveller.org/heritage/celebrating-gypsy-roma-and-traveller-history-month/
Emily Surgeoner Pride Assembly
Sterre Ploeger demonstrates how to marble paper with nail varnish.
At Home with in Newham with Ju Gosling aka ju90
26 JUNE 2020
Remembering Olive Collective https://rememberolivemorris.wordpress.com/
Water colour paintings by Margaret Spence
Imagine by Act Up! Newham
Drain brain: Nasa offers prize money for best lunar loo design
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/jun/25/drain-brain-nasa-offers-prize-money-for-best-lunar-loo-design?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND:
Glastonbury online
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5xvr2213vtgnH9ZGYZbXtDt/glastonbury-experience-2020-how-to-watch-and-listen
Emily Eavis Desert Island Discs https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00066t3
Global Pride 2020 https://www.globalpride2020.org
24 JUNE 2020
Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People Including a film made for their tenth anniversary http://gmcdp.com/content/our-history
Daffodils in February by Sahera Khan
Pride Cat Style by Robin Brook
I am clever, I am a kitten, see where I can choose to sleep,
Look where I am on the small ledge of the window,
Yes I can be comfortable on the slimmest of space,
Unlike you from the clumsy human race,
Oh it’s so good to dream from up here on my chosen space,
Thump! Oh drat wrong move, I’ve fallen down from grace,
Oh this is a disaster for the whole feline race,
What is that laughter I hear from that human face?
I’ll just lay here on the windowsill and pretend it’s him in disgrace.
Oh no, that’s not working at all, now what can I do? This is cutting my Pride.
I’ll just slither down, paws out in front on the wall,
Oh no, that’s not working, he’s laughing at me,
I know, I’ll wash myself and let all know that I’m clean,
Look, forget what you think you have seen,
Because I’m a cool feline, and we reign supreme.
This still isn’t working now what can I plot?
I know, give that look that us cats can do with all that I’ve got,
I will make him think that he’s losing the plot,
I’ll make him feel guilty, just wait and see,
Yep, to distract him will work, now what can it be?
Oh good, he’s given me what I need,
A piece of foil paper in a ball just for me,
So I’ll run, make a noise so you’ll look at me,
I’ll make you forget what you thought you have seen,
Oh I’m a kitten and don’t you just love me, yes you do, look at me!
Survivors Poetry on Facebook – contact the organisers for details of the monthly Zooms.
Virtual Naturewatch with Precious Newman
Interview with athlete Brian Bell about being a Person of Colour and a Paralympian in the US. https://www.paralympic.org/blog/hear-my-voice-brian-bell-talks-being-black-man-disability
Olympic Day
https://www.olympic.org/olympic-day
https://www.instagram.com/olympics/
22 JUNE 2020
Newham Heritage Month
Canning Town Folk exhibition
Canning Town Trio animation
Folk in Motion’s upcycled costumes
Paper rainbow people by EJay Surgeoner
Travellers Pride https://www.lgbttravellerpride.com/
Travellers Movement LGBTQI Support https://travellermovement.org.uk/advocacy-support/lgbt
Join in from Home with Jessica Starns’ audio installation commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Education (Handicapped Children) Act 1970 on 23 July, which gave Disabled children the right to an education for the first time. Jessica is asking: How inclusive is our school education system today? Or what would your ideal school look like? Record yourself on audio for up to one minute and send it to inclusiveartspractitioner@gmail.com You can be any age to take part, but if you are under 18 you will need a parent’s or guardian’s permission. You can create recordings on iPhones with the Voice Memos app, or if you have an Android phone download a voice-recording app, or use video and leave Jessica to discard the images.
Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People is 35 today: https://gmcdp.com/ @GMDCP
Angry Fish at the Oikos Cafe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_3NH6QxYUM
Angry Fish at the Midsummer Festival https://youtu.be/CBw504VFMD4
Act Up! Newham: We’ll Meet Again.
19 JUNE 2020
Juneteenth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth
Commissioning opportunities for Diverse artists https://www.seasonforchange.org.uk/common-ground-launches/
World, a sign-poem by Sahera Khan
SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND
Evening of Creativity (tonight from 7.30pm) http://facebook.com/ErdingtonArts
Midsummer Festival with the Why? Festival www.whyfestival.co.uk
How to celebrate the summer solstice virtually
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/jun/18/how-to-celebrate-the-summer-solstice-virtually?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Stonehenge at Midsummer https://facebook.com/events/s/summer-solstice-at-stonehenge-/959045074538243/?ti=ia
This weekend’s eclipse https://www.sciencealert.com/breathtaking-ring-of-fire-will-adorn-our-skies-this-weekend-here-s-how-to-watch
Pride events https://prideinlondon.org/events/
17 JUNE 2020
TONIGHT: Live interactive pub quiz brought to you by Salamagundi Films and the residents of Carpenters Road Estate, Stratford as part of Newham Heritage Month. Register here.
We Shall Not Be Removed campaign to ensure that Disabled people are included in the arts during and after coronavirus.
Grace Fundu with Act Up! Newham: Black Lives Matter
Play with Pride – Microsoft games which are inclusive of or have LGBT themes.
15 JUNE 2020
Lightning by Josh Surgeoner
World Independent Living Day WILD Festival https://wildaboutculture.com
Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) https://dpac.uk.net
Girls in Lockdown with Eve & Ejay
Sterre’s hair turns pink
Newham Heritage Month New content is added daily.
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month
Traveller Pride https://www.lgbttravellerpride.com
Advocacy and support for LGBTQI+ Travellers https://travellermovement.org.uk/advocacy-support/lgbt
Tackling inequalities faced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities – Women and Equalities Committee
Disabled, elderly and ill Gypsies and Travellers forgotten in site provision – Equality and Human Rights Commission
Coastal Eclipse a poem by Ju Gosling aka ju90
12 JUNE 2020
The Golden Road, Preseli Hills, Pembrokeshire https://www.visitpembrokeshire.com/articles/walking-on-the-golden-road
The Who Shop: Newham’s very own Tardis. https://www.thewhoshop.com
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize (application deadline 24 June 2020)
Newham Heritage Month New content is added daily.
SATURDAY 1-2pm Live talk on the history of Forest Gate https://www.newhamheritagemonth.org/events/forest-gate-from-village-to-suburb/
SUNDAY Find out more about Bushra Nasir CBE, the first Muslim woman to head a UK state secondary school.
MONDAY 11am-12noon Make your own memory box with Hazel Brill, Together! 2012 CIC’s youth lead. For Disabled young people and their families. https://www.newhamheritagemonth.org/events/memory-box-arts-and-crafts-workshop/
SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND
The List of online events: https://www.list.co.uk/events/price:free/
1619 six-part podcast series from the New York Times about the history of slavery and how it has shaped the US today. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/podcasts/1619-podcast.html
ParaPride: https://www.facebook.com/ParaPride.World/
Science Weekly podcasts: https://www.theguardian.com/science/series/science
The Smarties Science Experiment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5maIf7fJeI
10 JUNE 2020
Newham Heritage Month
WEDNESDAY (remains online): Tony Cheeseman was a Black activist and musician https://www.newhamheritagemonth.org/contributors/tony-cheeseman-foundation/
Black Performance Arts Workshop: https://www.newhamheritagemonth.org/records/newham-black-performing-and-visual-arts-workshop/
THURSDAY:
IROKO and talking drums https://www.newhamheritagemonth.org/events/iroko-performance/ This includes a live performance from home on Facebook at 7pm – please book to get a reminder and the link.
FRIDAY: 11am-12pm – a live-streamed illustration workshop for young people and carers about your view from Home during lock down. Includes instructions about to make ink out of instant coffee. https://www.newhamheritagemonth.org/events/family-workshop-the-view-from-my-window/
Together by Emily Bonner
Interior Landscape by Alison Marchant
The series of scenes are played out in an interior landscape
The crumpled sheets of my bed mirror patterns of waves
The little boy next door is painting rainbows from rockpools
Yesterday the bay windows cast sunlight into the dusty rooms
Tiny particles of dust turning, falling
At nighttime lone cars move shadows with headlights
On my mother’s 1940s side table the radio transmits the shipping forecast.
Morning Thoughts from Act Up! Newham
Together Unlocked!’s Animal Hosts
Join our mailing list to receive regular news of Together! 2012 CIC’s activities: https://www.together2012.org.uk/contact/
8 JUNE 2020
How to Tie Dye (Heart FM)
Ju Gosling aka ju90: The Gentrification of Upton Park
5 JUNE 2020
Madge Gill (Maude Ethel Eaves, 1882-1961) is one of Newham’s best-known artists, and is being celebrated today as part of Newham Heritage Month with films, online workshops and images of her work. Newham Heritage Month has a wide range of events and activities for people of all ages and abilities.
Pritesh Patel: Buses
Josh Surgeoner:
Something for the Weekend:
- Great British Breakfast online cooking class (£6 for charity) https://tinyurl.com/yaawjhau
- Boston Manor Music Festival
- Ballet Boyz on BBC iPlayer
- Sofa Singers
- Gareth Malone’s Great British Home Chorus
- Regard Zoom: email secretary@regard.org.uk
- Reasons to be cheerful…free online https://graeae.org/reasons-to-be-cheerful-available-to-watch-online/
Springwatch online https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e5pd2m/live/cxgrbpWatch The Clangers looking for the eclipse ‘Find the Eclipse‘ https://youtu.be/QCz4Uh_UwyA
3 JUNE 2020
Paizah Malek and Act Up! Newham: Coronavirus poem
Taylor Henville: Time Feels Frozen
Time feels frozen,
A rebellious stance
Against the glaring heat of the sun,
Refusing to thaw.
Inside our houses,
Actions are done on loop
Eat, sleep, exercise repeat
With some time set aside for whimsy.
Just like routine,
We stand in solidarity with time,
In the shade where it’s cool.
Be patient, be cool,
Don’t fan the flames of conspiracy and hate,
And eventually,
Life outside will change and start anew.
We’ll acclimatise
And time will start to melt
And slip through our fingers like water.
Taylor Henville: The Mirror
In a chamber of this castle
Far away from view
I lie here and observe my surroundings in this room.
Moss green velvet curtains guard the window
Hanging heavy at its sides.
Large tapestries with stern faces
Glare down, stitched in time.
Oak wood wardrobes and chest of drawers
Stand tall against the wall
Looming as though they mean to topple and fall
I can see all this in the grand wall mirror
As I lie in my four poster bed
As sleep evades me.
But as I reflect on my reflection
I notice something strange
That in the mirror the chamber door stands ajar
While here the door is bolted.
I sit up in horror as I see more things
Start to appear through the looking glass.
Here in my room through open curtains
The moon shines bright.
In the mirror the curtains are drawn
And a single candle flickers and glows
Trapped behind the glass.
Suddenly, in the mirror the candle explodes
Into a raging fire
With this I jump out of bed, running to the door
And with one last look behind me I see
The blaze burst through its restraints
The mirror in shatters, a barrier no more.
Dawn Barber: Angel
I have an Angel that sits on my shoulder,
She will look after me until I get older,
She smiles at me with her lovely bright eyes,
When I worry or have anxiety,
She will take it away like the waves of the sea,
She will strengthen me every day,
She will help me follow my dreams,
She will give me hugs and make me feel secure,
She will help me now and when I get older,
The Angel that sits on my shoulder.
Virtual Naturewatch with Precious Newman
1 JUNE 2020
Home by Pritesh Patel
Regard, the national LGBTQI+ Disabled People’s Organisation. For more information about Regard Facebook and email groups and new Regard Zooms, contact secretary@regard.org.uk
Wikipedia on the Stonewall Riots
Chains by Ju Gosling aka ju90
Click here to view Highlights & Links from Together Unlocked! in May 2020