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KENNINGTON CHARTIST PROJECT: A Day of Workshops, Participation and Action -...

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KENNINGTON CHARTIST PROJECT: A Day of Workshops, Participation and Action -...

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Date and time

Sat, 7 July 2018

11:00 – 16:00 BST

Location

Kennington Park,

Prince Consort Lodge, (Trees for Cities)

Kennington Park Rd

London

SE11 4AS

United Kingdom

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7th July 2018. 11am - 4pm

Take Part in a Day of Workshops, Participation and Action in Kennington Park.

Banner & Printmaking, Storytelling & Spoken Word, Community Choirs, Local history, Debate


Full Programme:

(subject to change! Signup for updates.

11-12: Storytelling. Join professional storyteller Sandra Agard as she tells the story of the 1848 Chartist rally on Kennington Common and other tales. (All ages)

11am - 4pm Printmaking with South London's Portable Print Studio. Print your own FREE souvenier poster of the famous engraving of Kennington Common in 1848. Or design you own slogans and print onto T-shirts. Bring your own T-shirts for printing (light colours).

11am - 4pm: Banner Making. With Calverts design Co-op, and textile artist Lu Firth. A group workshop to design and make a banner for the Kennington Chartist Project, within the day!
For adults.(And accompanied children 10+) (SIGN-UP required).

11.30 - 1pm: Chartist Question Time: Panel discussion on the legacy of the Chartist movement in the politics of today. With Gail Cartmail (Assistant General Secretary of Unite trade union), Paul Mason (journalist and activist), and Katrina Navickas, (researcher of popular protest and democracy movements, local identities and landscapes).

11.30am & 2.30pm: The Kennington 1848 Walk. Historical tour of the park with Marietta Crichton Stuart of the Friends of Kennington Park outlining the drama of what happened on Kennington Common on the 10th April 1848.

12 - 1: Music Workshop with musician Luke Crookes. Warm up for the parade by learning a new Chartist song. Learn the 6 points of the Charter in song, and add your own verses. (All ages)

1pm: Children's parade. Including Spoken Word, Costume and Songs from our Schools and Youth Workshops.

1.30pm Chartist Anthems with St Marks Community Choir.

1.30 - 2.30: Local Councillor Surgery: Oval and Princes Ward. Meet your ward councillors in person to discuss local issues.

2 - 2.30: Poetic Unity: Personal-political. Spoken Word performance from young local poets. From the organisers of The Poets Corner at Brixton’s Black Cultural Archives.

2 - 4: Youth Workshop Black history and Spoken Word. (SIGN-UP required) With S.I. Martin and Adisa the Verbiliser. (For ages 16-24)

2 - 4: Paint your own placquard with Artist and community activist Carole Wright.

Plus Tuneless Choir, Self-Published Local History, Books,

Sengalese Food, Old Post Office Bakery, Buzz Coffee. Picnics and BYO welcome.

Celebrating the legacy of the 1848 Chartist rally on Kennington Common!

FREE entry. All activities are FREE!

Signup is only required for Banner-making (11am) and Youth Workshop (2-4pm) - follow the links above to the seperate eventbrite listings for those workshops.

Or register on this page to recieve a general update and updated timetable a few days before.

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  • Greater London Events
  • Things to do in London
  • London Festivals
  • London Community Festivals
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