Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Then next hero our ‘Out at Greenbelt‘ volunteer team have chosen to highlight during #LGBTHistoryMonth is Jeremy Marks. Jeremy has a unique and honourable place in LGBTQ history. In the late 80s, Jeremy started the Courage ministry, a live-in programme for men and women trying to become straight.…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Here's a snippet of Claire Birkenshaw sharing and a particularly moving experience that happened to her after she came out as a trans woman and returned to work as a teacher. Claire told her story at the festival back in 2018, as part of a panel called 'The…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] In the light of some recent festival announcements, we’ve had a few of you asking whether Greenbelt is going ahead this year. So here’s the completely honest answer: we really, really hope so, yes. We are busy planning for a proper, old-school humans-in-fields festival. Everyone’s safety will always…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] The ‘Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee’ want to hear from you lovely lot. What do festivals mean to you and what have you missed most about them? Your survey answers will help make a case to Ministers about providing more support for festivals. Complete the survey…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] We had a different post in mind for today: the next in our series of profiles for LGBT+ History Month, as shortlisted for us by our Out at Greenbelt team. But given the pile-on that followed Revd Jarel Robinson-Brown’s tweet about Captain Tom Moore last week, we’ve switched…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] We may not have been able to have a “real-life” festival last year, but we did manage to record some brilliant conversations with some of our favourite humans. Including ex-CEO of Stonewall, Ruth Hunt. Ruth is an openly-Catholic gay rights campaigner and a life-long advocate for inclusion and…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] To support our industry during this crisis the Government reduced the rate of VAT on ticket sales to 5% but now want to increase this back to 20%. Increasing VAT by 400% at a time when the live music industry needs crucial support would be catastrophic. So we…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] “It felt like people were in a space where they were allowed to be themselves, where they were allowed to just relax. It felt like people were open and authentically themselves.” – Muneera Pilgrim on #GreenbeltFestival [ad_2] Source MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] LGBTQ+ people have *and always will be* changemakers in religious spaces. But often their stories and contributions are overlooked or actively ignored. To celebrate #LGBTHistoryMonth we asked our wonderful ‘OUT at Greenbelt’ volunteer team to recommend some incredible leaders who have paved the way for LGBTQ+ people with…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] “There was this feeling at Greenbelt that this was a decades-old community, that had formed itself very intentionally, with a lot of soul and a lot of heart. I felt like I was stepping into a village that had come together with a clear sense of purpose.” –…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] “Yet the true horror of those millions dead, it seems to me, is not the horror of what one tribe did to others. It is of what people did to people.” – Hugo Rifkind #HolocaustMemorialDay https://www.het.org.uk/news-and-events/blog/entry/holocaust-memorial-day-2015-hugo-rifkind [ad_2] Source MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] We work hard to make a space where all beliefs (and none) are welcome. Where we can meet, discuss, share, debate, listen and learn. Back in 2014 we asked Owen Jones, the author of ‘Chavs: The Demonisation of the Working Class’, to speak for eight minutes on ‘How…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] “There was a non-binary person who was a priest and they bought one of our patches that says ‘Hex the patriarchy’. They said that they were going to sew it on the inside of their robes! And for me that sums up Greenbelt and just the attitude, and…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] In case you’re new here *waves* or need a little reminder, here’s what we’re all about. Our manifesto if you like. https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/greenbelt-festival/#the-greenbelt-manifesto #GreenbeltFestival #Greenbelt #Artistry #Music #Activism [ad_2] Source MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] “I loved it because the atmosphere was so gentle and I get a lot of inspiration and heart from that.” – Josie Long on #GreenbeltFestival [ad_2] Source MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] With the US President now banned from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, the relationship between politics, democracy and digital technology is at the forefront of our minds. Again. So we thought this was a really timely talk to share from the field in 2019, when tech writer and thinker…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] “As a festival goes, it’s unusually socially engaged… there’s all sorts of talks that I want to go to, about social justice or ecological justice. That’s the sort of stuff I’m into.” – Roman Krznaric on #GreenbeltFestival [ad_2] Source MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Last year, violence perpetrated in the name of religion was in the headlines once again. It's timely, then, that we're looking back at Rupert Shortt's talk from Greenbelt 2019 in which he asks: "Does religion do more harm than good?" It's not a new question but is one…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] It’s not just the first day of a New Year, it’s also the first day in a long time *and for many of us ever* that we’re waking up to a home that’s outside of the European Union. We wanted to share this clip from Danny Dorling’s talk…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] We’re over the moon (geddit?) to be involved in SK Shlomo‘s free online party this New Year’s Eve. RAVE TO THE MOON is the world’s first charity rave-a-thon, aiming to stomp the distance to the moon with the collective steps of ravers across the world. You’ll be able…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] The way we read and tell the Christmas story is so often sentimentalised, and sugary. But at heart, it’s a story of revolution and insurgency and, above all, grace. The story of the peasant baby who threatened an empire with unconditional love. So, this Christmas weekend we’re disrupting…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] We chat to Greenbelt’s favourite Irish poet-theologian-podcaster-writer-speaker Pádraig Ó Tuama as he cuts through our assumed notions of the Christmas story and takes us back to the gospels and what they tell us. Talk about love in the face of Empire. You’ll never read or hear the Christmas…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] A few weeks ago, we were recording a theology chat for our Greenbelt Angels and, while we were wrapping things up, Marika Rose, one of our lovely trustees, had this Christmas message to share. We thought it was too important not to share it with you all. And,…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] In our final episode in this series, we talk to Palestinian spoken word artist, human rights activist and our new favourite politics teacher, Rafeef Ziadah. We dig into poetry, art, trauma, displacement, equality and justice as Rafeef shares her experiences of being a third-generation Palestinian refugee, exiled from…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] The final episode in the second series of our podcast comes out tomorrow. It's a very special conversation with Palestinian spoken word artist and human rights activist Rafeef Ziadah. We'll be talking to Rafeef about poetry, politics and her experiences as a Palestinian. Make sure not to miss…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Our partners The Trussell Trust, the charity committed to ending food poverty in the UK, are looking for a new Church Engagement Manager. Know someone who’d be perfect for the role? Submit your applications by 4th Jan https://www.trusselltrust.org/about/jobs/church-engagement-manager/ [ad_2] Source MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] We’re absolutely loving this video made by longterm Greenbelters, the Rumsey’s. These chicks are throwing it back to the summer and having their own ‘Flockdown Advent Greenbelt Festival’ to help them get through these winter blues. Spot your favourite venue 👀🐔⛺ [fb_vid autoplay= “true” id=”326009825051135″] [ad_2] Source MORE…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] This week we connect with Canadian singer-songwriter and theatre-maker Ben Caplan. Ben joins us from the car park of a Canadian fast-food giant called Tim Hortons, en route to play a socially distanced gig as part of the Small Halls Festival in Ottawa. We get all the deets…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Martyn Joseph is back with a very special livestream version of The Rising on Thu 10 Dec. This time, he's joined by Palestinian singer-songwriter and instrumentalist Rasha Nahas. Rasha was born and raised in Haifa, and currently lives and works in Berlin. A classical guitarist since the age…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Tomorrow is our very special livestream edition of Martyn Joseph‘s The Rising. Martyn will be welcoming Palestinian singer-songwriter and instrumentalist Rasha Nahas for an hour(ish) of music, conversation and collaboration – 8pm UK time on YouTube and Facebook. #Palestine #PalestinianMusic #GreenbeltFestival #Greenbelt #Artistry #Activism #Belief [ad_2] Source MORE…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] In Palestine, stories have traditionally been passed down by word. Even land right, ownership and other legal matters have all been agreed verbally. They tell their stories, to ensure the world won’t forget them, even more so than we already seem to have. It’s good to talk. And…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Looking for ethical food, gifts and goodies this Christmas? Feast your eyes on our marketplace. https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/made-in-palestine/marketplace/ We've gathered lots of our brilliant makers and friends into one place. There's everything from fairtrade Palestinian food and accessories to locally made Christmas cards and decorations. We've even got some of…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Way back on August Bank Holiday Sunday, as part of our great big festival picnic, Alice Watson from Kettering's St Peter and Paul Church sat by the lake at the beautiful Boughton and asked us all to get creative. It was a strange, isolated time, on a weekend…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] On Fri 18 December, we'll be wrapping up our second season of our 'Somewhere To Believe In' podcast with a very special guest – Palestinian spoken word artist and human rights activist Rafeef Ziadah. Now based in London, Rafeef's performances of poems like ‘We Teach Life, Sir’ and…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Martyn Joseph is back with a very special livestream version of The Rising on Thu 10 Dec. This time, he's joined by Palestinian singer-songwriter and instrumentalist Rasha Nahas. Rasha was born and raised in Haifa, and currently lives and works in Berlin. A classical guitarist since the age…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Join us for a cooking livestream with Palestinian cook Phoebe Rison of Sabeel-Kairos: Seeking a just peace for Palestine and our lovely partners Amos Trust. Together, we’ll make traditional Palestinian Christmas dishes while we learn about the current situation in Palestine. You’re welcome to cook-along or just watch,…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Creative expression is fundamental to the identity of Palestinians and a vital means of keeping their story and hope alive in the face of occupation. Even though their world is full of concrete walls, fences, checkpoints and restrictions at every turn, Palestinians keep their imaginations alive as best…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] This week we’re talking to “jack of all trades, master of ceremonies” Testament Homecut: hip-hop MC, writer, theatre-maker and world-record-breaking human beatboxer. Listen in as Testament discusses his cultural upbringing, including his love of De La Soul as well as the Pet Shop Boys, along with his theory…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Martyn Joseph is back with a very special livestream version of The Rising on Thu 10 Dec. This time, he’s joined by Palestinian singer-songwriter and instrumentalist Rasha Nahas. Rasha was born and raised in Haifa, and currently lives and works in Berlin. A classical guitarist since the age…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] For anyone who has had the joy of visiting Palestine, you’ll know that Palestinian hospitality is second to none. Whether it’s shop traders inviting you into family rooms behind their stores to offer you tea in the West Bank cities, homeless families ensuring you have baklava while sitting…
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