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CAMPAIGNING

CAMPAIGNING. What to look forward to in the next two terms…. Term 1. Equal Access Campaign Refugee/Action Week. Trip to Campsfield Detention Centre Talk from a refugee . Term 2. Trip to Campsfield Detention Centre. Why we campaign to close Campsfield ?.

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CAMPAIGNING

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  1. CAMPAIGNING What to look forward to in the next two terms…

  2. Term 1 • Equal Access Campaign • Refugee/Action Week • Trip to Campsfield Detention Centre • Talk from a refugee Term 2

  3. Trip to Campsfield Detention Centre

  4. Why we campaign to close Campsfield? • Could be considered as a ‘private prison’ • The notion of detaining people who have already gone through often unimaginable suffering to reach a ‘safe haven’ • Detainees have little/no access to proper legal representation • No legal limit on the length of detention

  5. Details Date: 27th October Time: All day (We will leave around 10.30/11am and return about 5pm) More information: Join Close Campsfield Campaign and visit to Oxford. Cost: Around £5 per person (depending on numbers) Bring a packed lunch Sign up today, email staratwarwick@gmail.com NB: If you sign up/click attending you make a commitment to come and must find someone else to take your place if you can’t make it Ps check out: http://closecampsfield.wordpress.com/what-is-campsfield-and-why-close-it/

  6. Talks/ Discussions • Week 5- A refugee Evening event: We plan to have a refugee come in and give an account of their experiences followed by a short explanation of the asylum process.

  7. Term 2 • Equal Access campaign • Involvement during OWW • Refugee/Action Week • Potential events/activities • Sponsored £5 a day • ‘Invisible man’ campaign • Lobbying MP through letter writing • Film screening/debate • Discussions on various issues

  8. Other ideas • Sleepout(as part of STAR’s Still Human Still Here Campaign-campaigning against destitution).

  9. What you can do this year • Give us your input- suggestions/ ideas for speakers, events etc • Join the campaigning committee (starting this term)! • Manpower &/ Brainpower to push forward Equal Access in Warwick Uni • Help plan and run activities during Action Week • Patronise our campaigns and raise the profile of Warwick STAR!! 

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