Created on: 03 Dec 2018 | Last modified: 06 Dec 2024
Edinburgh Climate Coalition - Thursday 5 December 2024 (online)
FROM SCOTTISH HAZARDS
40th Anniversary of the Bhopal Gas Disaster - 8 December 2024
We wrote to you before about this event to mark the 40th anniversary of the Bhopal gas disaster.
As we have said, Trade Union Friends of Bhopal will be holding a commemorative event to remember the dead and express solidarity with the ongoing struggles of Bhopalis for justice, clean water and good health care.
The commemoration will be centred on an exhibition featuring Judah Passow's beautiful and haunting photographs of Bhopal survivors and campaigners. A full book of his photographs will also be on display. The exhibition will also include photos and information about current international campaigns that are tackling misuse of toxic substances around the world and raising the voices of the workers, the communities and the environments that suffer as a result. For more information see Bhopal - Scottish Hazards The commemoration will be held on Sunday 8th December at 4pm in Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL. There will some short speeches and songs from Protest in Harmony. At the end of the event, we will cross the road to the memorial plaque in Greyfriars Kirkyard to lay wreaths. .
I hope you will be able to join us and would also be grateful if you could spread the word about this event.
Thank you!
Kathy Jenkins
Trade Union Friends of Bhopal
07988850230
Local Association Winter Social - 23 January 2025
Gather with us at the Angels Share for a blether, some good food and drink, and a chance to meet with other members of the EIS. We will also be saying goodbye to Heather, our incomparable admin, as she is set to retire at the end of November. Please join us in wishing her well in her retirement.
If you do plan to attend, please register using this link to help us plan for numbers and any dietary restrictions: https://www.eis.org.uk/content/courseregistration/829
Campaign for Universal Free School Meals
Members of the LA Executive were proud to attend last week’s Food4Thought campaign event at the Scottish Parliament, organised by the STUC and others, which called on the Scottish Government to implement universal free school meals for all pupils. The testimony of young people about why this is so important was particularly powerful. Please go to https://food4thought.uk/get-involved to find a link to a petition to the First Minister, template letters to MSPs, and other ideas for how you can support this vital campaign.
We need to talk about Net Zero
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