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www.gara.org.uk
From: John Nelson [mailto: johnnelson48@yahoo.co.uk ] Sent: 27 April 2009 12:18To: "Undisclosed-Recipient:;"Subject: Voices of Congolese Women
I apologise for the very short notice for this meeting being held in the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh tomorrow evening (Tues. 28th), but thought I should let ACTSA contacts know about it. Anyone planning to go would need to get in touch as soon as possible with the organisers mentioned in the notice in order to be on the attendance list for the security check at the door. I understand that there is to be another speaker, in addition to the ones mentioned in the publicity notice: "Drocele Mugomoku who has arrived in the UK for a short visit from DRC and will be able to give an up-to-date account of her work in DRC. The presentation will focus on how women can be more involved in decision-making processes of peace-building, both at national and international level."
DRC is officially in ACTSA's area of interest, though it is not a country about which we claim any particular expertise. I am sorry not to be able to attend myself, and hope some other ACTSA folk might be able to.
John Nelson (ACTSA Scotland )
Parliamentary Event hosted by Rob Gibson MSP:
Organised and introduced by the Women's International League for
Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
VOICES OF CONGOLESE WOMEN
28 April 2009
Committee Room 1
6 - 8 pm
Michael Russell, Minister for External Affairs, will open
the event. DRC activists living in the UK will lead the
evening in a seminar-style event
Speakers include:
Marie-Louise Pambu
Kongosi Onia Mussanzi
and Marie-Claire Faray
If you would like to attend this event, please contact Helen Kay
or Janet Fenton at Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre,
St John's Church Terrace, West End Princes Street ,
Edinburgh EH2 4BJ
email gudecause@peaceandjustice.org.uk. or
tel: 0131 229 0993 or 07985 914143
Space will be limited and for security reasons your name will have to be on
the guest list.
THE LONDON MARATHON 2009- KENYA WINS IT AGAIN
In 1979, hours after having run the New York Marathon, the former Olympic champion Chris Brasher wrote an article for The Observer which began: "To believe this story you must believe that the human race be one joyous family, working together, laughing together, achieving the impossible. Last Sunday, in one of the most trouble-stricken cities in the world, 11,532 men and women from 40 countries in the world, assisted by over a million black, white and yellow people, laughed, cheered and suffered during the greatest folk festival the world has seen." Enchanted with the sight of people coming together for such an occasion, he concluded questioning "..whether London could stage such a festival?"That is how the LONDON MARATHON was born
Today 2009 The results with ratifications are:
POSITION NAME TIME
1 WANJIRU WILLIAM 2:05:10
2 KABEDE 2:05:20
3 GHARIB,JAQUAD 2:05:27
4 MUTAI EMANUEL 2:06:53
5 RAMALAH HENDRIX 2:07:44
Defending champion Martin Lel of Kenya has failed to recover from the right hip injury he sustained during his final training session last weekend and has been forced to withdraw from today's Flora London Marathon.
Lel was hoping to win his fourth London title but after a late fitness test yesterday he was advised to withdraw by medical staff.
Lel said: "I am very disappointed not to be able to compete for my fourth Flora London Marathon title but I need to be cautious.
LONDON MARATHON STATISTICS
Champions and Course Records
Champions
Year Men Women
1981 Dick Beardsley USA Joyce Smith GBR
Inge Simonsen NOR
1982 Hugh Jones GBR Joyce Smith GBR
1983 Mike Gratton GBR Grete Waitz NOR
1984 Charlie Spedding GBR Ingrid Kristiansen NOR
1985 Steve Jones GBR Ingrid Kristiansen NOR
1986 Toshihiko Seko JPN Grete Waitz NOR
1987 Hiromi Taniguchi JPN Ingrid Kristiansen NOR
1988 Henrik Jorgensen DEN Ingrid Kristiansen NOR
1989 Douglas Wakiihuri KEN Veronique Marot GBR
1990 Allister Hutton GBR Wanda Panfil POL
1991 Yakov Tolstikov URS Rosa Mota POR
1992 Antonio Pinto POR Katrin Dorre GER
1993 Eamonn Martin GBR Katrin Dorre GER
1994 Dionicio Ceron MEX Katrin Dorre GER
1995 Dionicio Ceron MEX Malgorzata Sobanska POL
1996 Dionicio Ceron MEX Liz McColgan GBR
1997 Antonio Pinto POR Joyce Chepchumba KEN
1998 Abel Anton ESP Catherina McKiernan IRL
1999 Abdelkader El Mouaziz MAR Joyce Chepchumba KEN
2000 Antonio Pinto POR Tegla Loroupe KEN
2001 Abdelkader El Mouaziz MAR Derartu Tulu ETH
2002 Khalid Khannouchi USA Paula Radcliffe GBR
2003 Gezahegne Abera ETH Paula Radcliffe GBR
2004 Evans Rutto KEN Margaret Okayo KEN
2005 Martin Lel KEN Paula Radcliffe GBR
2006 Felix Limo KEN Deena Kastor USA
2007 Martin Lel KEN Zhou Chunxiu CHN
2008 Martin Lel KEN Irina Mikitenko GER
Course Records
Men 2008 Martin Lel KEN 2:05:15
Women 2003 Paula Radcliffe GBR 2:15:25 (mixed race)
Women 2005 Paula Radcliffe GBR 2:17:42 (women only)
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400 Years of Black British History
26 April 2009
A talk on the Imperial War Museum London's exhibition 'From War to Windrush'.
Sunday 26 April 2009, 1-4.30pm
Conference Room Imperial War Museum London, Lambeth Road, London SE1 6HZ
Greetings,
What is Black Women’s History? is a fascinating short course starting Sunday 24th May 2009.
All are welcome to attend this fascinating five week short course on What is Black Women’s History? The course uncovers the biography and achievements of great women from ancient and medieval Africa, through the slave trade, right up to the present periods. The opening class salutes the work of the pioneering African American historians, Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins, Drusilla Houston, and Anna Melissa Graves. With their work emerged a new concept of Black history that underpins the course.
Clearly there is a need for this sort of information. After all: Can YOU name 10 great black women who lived before the year 1900?
Some of the biographies covered on the programme are:
· Queen/Pharaoh Hatshepsut
· Queen Mother Amanirenas
· The Queen of Sheba
· Falasha Queen Judith
· Bilikisu Sungbo
· Queen Amina
· Ann Nzinga
· Mary Prince
· Mary Seacole
· Harriet Tubman
· Amy Jacques Garvey
All of the classes are two-hour cutting edge PowerPoint presentations. The course will run for five weeks, one lecture per week on Sunday afternoon from 2.15pm to 4.15pm at PCS Learning Centre, 3rd Floor, 231 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 1EH (5 minutes walk from Victoria Station). The course costs £60 per person. Reading lists and handouts are provided.
This course will be repeated on Wednesday evenings starting Wednesday 1st July 2009
Course Content:
Week 1: The African Mother Goddesses and the Birth of Civilisation Week 2: Women in Ancient Egypt (ordinary life and women leaders) Week 3: The Queens of Ancient Ethiopia Week 4: The Queens and Great Women of Medieval Africa Week 5: Black Women in the Age of the Atlantic
There are many reasons why one may be interested in such a course. Some may wish to study the Black Woman’s experience in a systematic way. Others may be teachers who need the information to benefit their pupils. Others may be parents who need the information for their children. Some may wish to pursue the subject as a leisure interest.
Whatever the reason, please come along.
Places on this course are limited. Places are available on a strictly first come, first served basis and we anticipate that there will be a lot of demand for this course. If you would like to attend this course, please contact us for a booking form at http://uk.mc245.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=info@blackhistorystudies.com
If you have any questions about the course, please contact Black History Studies using the numbers below.
Regards
Charmaine Simpson
Chief Executive
Presentation Dates for your diary:
- Monday 8th June 2009- 'The Lost Civilisations of Kenya'
- Monday 13th July 2009- 'Economic Development in the Black Community'
- Monday 10th August 2009- 'The Rise and Fall of Black Wall Street'
- Monday 14th September 2009- 'Christianity in Early Africa'
- Monday 12th October 2009- 'The Amazing History of Black People in Britain'
*** The new book 'Before The Slave Trade: African World History in Pictures' by Robin Walker is now available! Check out the official website at http://www.beforetheslavetrade.com/
