http://www.makepovertyhistory.org

 CAMBRIDGE

Events Archive

• Nelson Mandela gave a speech for MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY in Trafalgar Square, on Thursday 3^rd February. Full transcript and video. The next day he met the finance ministers of the G7 countries at their annual meeting in London.

• One World Week, 6^th - 13^th February
  - MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY stall at the Global Village on Sunday 6^th February, 4pm - 9pm, Chetwynd Room, King’s.
  - ‘Stop AIDS and MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY’: an event run by the Stop AIDS Campaign, 7:30pm, Wednesday 9^th February, McCrum Theatre, Corpus
  - SPEAK had a stall at the Religions of the World Fair, Sunday 13^th February 4:30pm - 6:30pm, Chetwynd Room, King’s, where they had information about MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY as well as explaining why faith-based groups are supporting the campaign.

• On 21^st February SPEAK launched the world’s biggest ever dress! as a visual petition for Trade Justice in Westminster. It will be coming to Cambridge next year.

• Fairtrade Fortnight, 1^st - 13^th March – various events in colleges and promotions at supermarkets around Cambridge, including:
  - exhibition in Cambridge Central Library (Lionyard), 1^st - 13^th March. Copies of the forthcoming Fairtrade Guide to Cambridge available.
  - talk by Stefan Kaye of Tearfund: 'Fair Trade Grass Roots: Selection of Fair Trade Producers,’ Sunday 6^th March, 9:30pm, F4 Old Court, Emmanuel. With chocolate fondue!
  - Fair Trade Formal Hall, Sunday 13^th March, 7:30pm, Emmanuel.

• ‘Understanding the Coffee Crisis: Perspectives and Challenges,’ Friday 11^th March, 3:30 - 5:15pm, Room 3 Mill Lane lecture rooms. A roundtable organized by the Cambridge University Colombian Society. Speakers: Mr. Nestor Osorio, Director of the International Coffee Organisation and Mr. Ian Bretman, Deputy Director of the Fairtrade Foundation.

• Comic Relief Red Nose Day, Friday 11^th March.

• UK ‘Commission for Africa’ report published, Friday 11^th March. See also ActionAid’s ‘African Commission for Britain’.

• Dirty Aid, Dirty Water,’ Monday 21^st March, 7:30pm, Emmanuel United Reformed Church. Ghanaian community activist Rudolf Amenga-Etego, and the World Development Movement's Head of Policy Peter Hardstaff spoke on how British aid money is being used to force privatization onto developing countries against their people’s best interests.

• 10^th - 16^th April: Global Week of Action for Trade Justice.
  - Main UK Event: ‘Wake up to Trade Justice,’ Friday 15^th April, 10pm - Saturday 16^th, 8am, Westminster: all-night vigil/party and dawn procession to Downing Street. Many events took place during the night including films, music, speakers, creative activities and fairtrade cafes.
  There was a simultaneous overnight vigil in St. Andrew's Chapel at Great St. Mary's in Cambridge.
  Vote for Trade Justice Now!

• MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY CAMBRIDGE Election Meeting, Keynes Hall, King’s College, Tuesday 26^th April, 8:30pm. The parliamentary candidates answered questions on trade, debt, aid, and refugees. Helene Davies (UKIP), Suzon Forscey-Moore (Independent), David Howarth (LibDem), Martin Lucas-Smith (Green), Ian Lyon (Conservative), Tom Woodcock (RESPECT), and Graham Wilkinson (Independent) all attended. Many thanks to all of them.
  Poster (pdf)
  On May 5^th David Howarth was elected MP for Cambridge. Please write to him yourself to remind him of the urgency of tackling global poverty.
  [N.b. MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY does not endorse any party or candidate, but urges all parties and representatives to modify their policies to bring them into agreement with our aims.]

• ‘REACT’, 7^th May, 12 - 7pm. Event on Parker's Piece in support of MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY. Live bands and a magician entertained the public on a big stage whilst they browsed stalls run by Oxfam, Christian Aid, Tearfund, and the World Development Movement amongst others.
  Poster (pdf)

• Bar Quiz, 13^th May, at Fisher House in aid of Cafod (£2 entry per person), in support of their MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY campaign. Organized by the Fisher Society / CUC.
  Poster (pdf)

• World Debt Day, 16^th May.
  

• International societies’ garden party, 18th June, 3 - 6pm, in the Scholars’ Garden, St. John’s College. Cambridge University’s Travel Society, Fair Trade Society, Stop AIDS Campaign, Amnesty International, Architecture Sans Frontières, Roots & Shoots, Commonwealth Society, and International Development Society joined together for one of the best garden parties in Cambridge this May Week, in support of MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY.
  Poster (pdf)
  

• Friday 24^th June: CycleG8. 22 anti-poverty campaigners cycling from London to Edinburgh stopped in Cambridge and gave a presentation at Emmanuel United Reformed Church, Trumpington Street. The evening included films, music, guest speakers and personal messages from Kenya and Tanzania.

• Friday 1^st July: International WHITE BAND day One.
  Main Cambridge event: The Great St. Mary’s Wrap. Hundreds of people gathered in central Cambridge to surround Great St. Mary’s in a huge human white band. Thanks to everyone who took part.
  Poster: jpeg pdf
  Saturday 2^nd July:
• MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY Rally, Edinburgh: 250,000 people gathered and marched around Edinburgh to send a message to the G8 leaders.
  

• LIVE 8: Simultaneous concerts in Hyde Park, the Eden Project, Philadelphia, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Tokyo, Toronto, Moscow and Johannesburg to support and publicize MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY.
  U2, Pink Floyd, REM, Coldplay, Madonna, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Sting, Robbie Williams, Scissor Sisters, Stereophonics, Dido, Annie Lennox, Joss Stone, Keane, and Muse amongst others performed to an audience of 200,000 in Hyde Park and billions around the world, with dozens of artists at the other venues.
  

• 6^th - 8^th July: G8 Heads of Government Summit, Gleneagles, Scotland.

• Saturday 10^th September: International White Band Day Two.
  

• 14^th - 16^th September: United Nations Millennium Review Summit - including crucial discussion on the Millennium Development Goals set in 2000 to be achieved by 2015. The MDGs were reaffirmed, but, with the focus on internal squabbles over UN reform, no real action to achieve the Goals was committed to.
  

• 24^th - 25^th September: World Bank and International Monetary Fund annual meetings, Washington: G8 Debt Deal confirmed, just.
  

• Saturday 29^th October, 11am - 3pm: Stop Playing with Poverty! – Trade Justice event, Christ’s Pieces, central Cambridge.
  

• Wednesday 2^nd November, 12 - 6pm: Mass Lobby of Parliament calling for Trade Justice. David Howarth MP met a large group of campaigners from Cambridge in a committee room in the Houses of Parliament. Andrew Landsley MP (South Cambs) and Jim Paice (South-East Cambs) were also lobbied by local residents.
  

• Thursday 1^st December: World AIDS Day. See Dhiverse's World AIDS Day site.
  

• Saturday 10^th December: International White Band Day Three.
  

• 13^th - 18^th December: World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference, Hong Kong. More...
  

• 4^th - 12^th February: One World Week – 30 events across Cambridge.