FINAL AGENDA: Progressive Students Conference 2011
FINAL AGENDA: Progressive Students Conference 2011
Students for a progressive alternative to the Tories
For peace, equality and education for all
10.00 – 10.30 Registration
10.30 – 12.00
Another World Is Possible – Fund Education Not War
Rima Amin, NUS Black Students’ Campaign
Francisco Dominguez, Venezuela Solidarity Campaign
Jody McIntyre, Equality Movement
Aaron Kiely, NUS NEC
Jeremy Corbyn MP, Stop the War Coalition
Chair: Neelam Rose, Worcester University SU Diversity Officer
12.00 – 13.15
Session A: Winning Liberation – Taking on the Tory Bigotry
Estelle Hart, NUS Women’s Officer
Jamie Wareham, Westminster University & NUS LGBT Award Winner 2011
Statement from Rupy Kaur, NUS Disabled Students’ Officer
Becky Gardner, Portsmouth University SU Women’s Officer
Kanja Sesay, NUS Black Students’ Officer
Chair: Bell Ribeiro-Addy, National Black Students’ Alliance
Session B: For global peace and justice – not war and occupation
Seanna Walsh, political prisoner during 1981 Irish Hunger Strike
Deborah Maccoby, Jews for Justice for Palestinians
Sarah Colborne, Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Kofi Klu, PANAFRIINDABA
Chair: Fiona Edwards, Student CND
13.15 – 14.15 Lunch
14.15 – 15.45
Plenary: Fighting cuts, fees & inequality – We are the 99%
Josie Long, UK Uncut activist & award-winning comedian
Tony Kearns, Deputy General Secretary CWU
Owen Jones, author of ‘Chavs: the demonisation of the working class’
Cat Smith, Next Generation Labour & London Young Labour Women’s Officer
Mick Burke, Socialist Economic Bulletin
Gary Younge, Guardian journalist
Chair: David Adley, co-founder Love Music Hate Homophobia
15.45 – 16.00 Break
16.00 – 17.00
Session C: Turning back the racist tide
Asif Hussain, FOSIS Head of Campaigns
Weyman Bennett, Unite Against Fascism
Denis Fernando, One Society Many Cultures
Chair: Samaira Anjum, NUS Black Students’ Committee
Session D: Stop climate chaos – investing in a greener future
Ash Haynes, Young Greens co-chair
Adam Ramsay, People and Planet
Donna Hume, Friends of the Earth
Chair: Zain Sardar, London Young Greens
17.00 – 17.45
Closing Rally: The way forward for students & the progressive movement
Aaron Kiely, NUS NEC & Student Broad Left
Ed Greens, Occupier from Occupy London Stock Exchange
Sean Rillo Raczka, Vice President ULU
Sabby Dhalu, Unite Against Fascism & One Society Many Cultures
Mark Bergfeld, NUS NEC & Education Activist Network
Vicki Baars, NUS LGBT Officer
Chair: Kanja Sesay, NUS Black Students’ Officer
Organised by Student Broad Left & the National Black Students’ Alliance
