Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre

7.00pm on TUES the 1st JUNE 2010
At this year’s Annual General Meeting we shall have the opportunity of getting a more intimate acquaintance with what it means to be a refugee or asylum seeker.
Marie-Clare Farey came to the UK a few years ago as a refugee from the
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). She has developed as an effective
campaigner and is an unusually able speaker, now active in working for peace in her homeland while based in London; she is well informed about Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's DRC branch, and how it works alongside WILPF UK.
P & J AGMs of both
Edinburgh Peace & Justice Resource Centre and
Edinburgh Peace Justice Education Centre
will be held at
at the Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh.
Copies of the Annual Reports will be available for examination in
advance during that day at the Centre.
Nominations for election to either management committee may be
made in writing by members and should be received
at the Centre by 7.00pm on Mon the 31st May 2010
Before hearing from Marie-Clare, there will be an input from one of the present asylum seekers being supported by Glasgow's Unity Centre who will deliver an up to the minute picture of the experience of seeking asylum in Scotland today
We all know that, one way and another, there are a lot of people who
are forced to leave their home-countries and find refuge elsewhere. Too often
this is seen as a threat, a ‘flood’, against which ‘elsewhere’ has to be defended.
This prevents us from understanding the situation in its totality, and ignorance is never a good basis for action. This is a chance to learn a great deal about one of the world’s most difficult problems.Don’t miss it.