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‘A day in my shoes’
Refugee and Asylum Seeker Photography Project
at Bishop Street Methodist Church

Exhibition Dates: Tuesday 16th June to Friday 19th June 2009

View images of this Exhibition

Opening Times: Monday 15th 5-7pm Private Viewing by invite only

   ^{Tuesday 16th 10am-3pm and 5pm-7pm
   Wednesday 17th 10am-3pm and 5pm-7pm
   Thursday 18th 10am-3pm
   Friday 19th 10am-3pm and 5pm-7pm}

Cost: Free

Description: A selection of photographs taken by young (18-25) asylum seekers and refugees highlighting aspect of their lives in the UK.

LEICESTER CIVIC SOCIETY,
LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL & HISTORICAL SOCIETY, LEICESTERSHIRE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY SOCIETY
and THE VICTORIAN SOCIETY

Proudly Present the

LEICESTER HERITAGE FAIR

SATURDAY 27^th JUNE 2009

BISHOP STREET

METHODIST CHURCH

Visit your local Heritage Societies.
See their work and talk to their members.

OPEN 10.30 to 4.00PM. ADMISSION FREE.

Christ in the Centre: the Annual Leicester Good friday re-enactment.

10.30am: Dramatic Presentation starting at
St Peter’s Square in the middle of Highcross.
11.00am: procession along High Street to
the main Drama at Humberstone Gate.

Bishop Street Annual Good Friday service. This will be a reflective service, starting at 10.00am, timed to allow plenty of time to join the main 11.00 procession. All are welcome.

The church will remain open during the morning for anyone needing a chance to come and sit down, and we will be offering soup-and-a-roll lunches after the re-enactment has finished (Around 12.30),

JUST PEACE LEICESTER presented the exhibition

ANOTHER ISRAEL

VOICES OF PROTEST – VOICES OF PROGRESS

Created for the 60^th Anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel, this exhibition showcases some of the many voices within Israel speaking out against government policy. It celebrates some 30 of the many organisations campaigning for a non-violent resolution to the conflict, including:

Joint Palestinian-Israeli ventures such as the Bereaved Families Forum and Combatants for Peace, bringing together people from both sides of the conflict.
Israeli projects such as Breaking the Silence – former soldiers who have defied taboos and spoken out against the Israeli army’s behaviour in the occupied territories.
Physicians for Human Rights, providing mobile clinics throughout the occupied territories, staffed by Israelis and Palestinians.
Alternative Information Centre. A joint Palestinian-Israeli organisation engaged in “political advocacy, grassroots activism and critical analysis of the Palestinian and Israeli societies as well as the Palestinian-Israeli conflict

www.anotherisrael.org.uk

Just Peace Leicester promotes human rights for all in Israel/Palestine

Exhibition: Monday June 23rd and Tuesday June 24th 2008 :‘Dreaming of Home’ an exhibition of photographs by children from Bethlehem, exiled by the troubles there.

Exhibition: Saturday 3^rd May: ‘The State Pension 1908-2008’ - a public exhibition in our Foyer, 11.00am to 4.00pm by the British Pensioners and Trade Union Action Association. It will include a meeting opened ny Sir Peter Soulsby, MP at 12. Noon, with Guest Speakers: Barbara Switzer and Christine Hardacre. All Welcome.

GOOD FRIDAY 2008
Pictures of the 2008 CHRIST IN THE CENTRE event

10.15am: John Wesley, arrives in Castle Green to address the crowds and proclaim the message of salvation.

11.00am, Town Hall Square. Last Supper, and arrest of Jesus

12.00am Humberstone gate. Trial, crucifixion and resurection of Jesus.

For further information or to find out how to become more involved in the event in the future, visit www.christinthecentre.co.uk


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