Journey to Justice
JOURNEY TO JUSTICE
Breaking the chains of global debt 2008
Sunday 18 May 2008
2.30pm (activities from 12.30pm)
Hall 1, International Convention Centre, Birmingham
Celebrate... 10 years since the Birmingham human chain
Discover... the impact of debt cancellation so far
Demand... a lasting solution to the debt crisis
Participants include:
- Kumi Naidoo (Global Call to Action Against Poverty)
- Andy Reed MP
- Ann Pettifor (Jubilee 2000)
- Caroline Spelman MP (Chairman of the Conservative Party)
- Bishop Dr Joe Aldred (Chair, Council of Black-led Churches)
- Lidy Nacpil (Jubilee South)
- Max Lawson (Oxfam)
- Ramesh Kallidai (Hindu Forum of Britain)
- Steve Miller (Jewish Social Justice Coalition)
- Archbishop Ndungane, former Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town and now President of African Monitor, will be a keynote speaker.
All hosted by Adrian Goldberg, editor of www.thestirrer.com.
Recorded messages are expected from Gordon Brown, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (President of Liberia) and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. There will be specially filmed reports from Zambia, Tanzania, Honduras and Haiti.
ABOUT THE EVENT
In May 1998 70,000 people formed a human chain in Birmingham to demand that the G8 drop the debt.
Ten years later some debts have been cancelled, and many lives have been transformed. But the debt crisis is not over.
Millions of people around the world are still struggling under a massive debt burden, paying out to rich countries instead of investing in health, education and other essential services. Much wider debt cancellation is urgently needed to help tackle global poverty.
On Sunday 18 May 2008 Jubilee Debt Campaign is inviting everyone who believes in economic justice for the world's poor, gathered from across the ethical, religious and ethnic communities in Birmingham and the UK, for a major event in the International Convention Centre.
It will celebrate what the Jubilee 2000 and MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY campaigns have achieved on debt, and demand further action. A fast-moving presentation will inform, inspire and energise young and old to pick up the baton and take new steps on the journey to justice.
Supporting organisations include: Christian Aid, Islamic Relief, CAFOD, Methodist Relief and Development Fund, Oxfam, World Vision, ActionAid, Practical Action, Tearfund, TUC, UNISON, National Union of Teachers.
