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Get Your Church Involved With Food Justice This Harvest

Submitted 11 years 2 months ago by Michael.
The Harvest period is a great time to get people thinking about where their food comes from. Many churches have a 'thanksgiving' service around this time of year, which often involves getting people to donate food, which is then redistributed to needy people. But the SPEAK network is all about getting to the root causes of poverty and injustice - we think that Harvest is the perfect time to get the church to take a deeper look at where our food comes from.
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Action against the Arms Fair – What do you think?

Submitted 11 years 2 months ago by Michael.
Five Christians were arrested for gluing themselves together to block one of the entrances to the DSEi arms fair last week. In so doing, they have drawn a lot of attention to the role of the UK in the global arms trade, the state that facilitates the proliferation of weapons for private profit, and what it means to be a peacemaker.
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The Seeding Change Campaign - An Action Pack!

Submitted 11 years 2 months ago by Michael.
Want to get active about agribusiness? Here’s some resources to get you going!
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Feasting and Fasting

Submitted 11 years 2 months ago by helen.
SPEAK’s new campaign, Seeding Change (www.speak.org.uk/campaigns/seeding-change), is all about making the food system fairer, and bringing in the values of God’s kingdom to the way we produce and consume food. One way some of us are beginning to explore the connection between food and spirituality is by celebrating rhythms of feasting and fasting.
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Vocal Training 2013 - Program now available for download!

Submitted 11 years 2 months ago by Mike.
Just one week to go until the start of Vocal Training 2013 - War No More! And we're excited to be releasing the program for the event.
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New SPEAK Prayer Calendar Available

Submitted 11 years 3 months ago by Mike.
We've got a new prayer resource for you!
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A New Campaigns Co-ordinator!

Submitted 11 years 4 months ago by Michael.
Michael studied Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield, where he went on to complete doctoral research on postcolonial and liberationist approaches to the gospels, focusing on Jesus’ sayings on poverty and wealth.
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Sowing Pesticides: Reaping Sickness

Submitted 11 years 4 months ago by Andy.
Our new Pray & Post card is here! It's very special... because it's in coordination with Falé, our sister network in Brazil! SPEAK UP for justice in our food system here...
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Do you want to be a change maker?

Submitted 11 years 6 months ago by Andy.
On Saturday 8th June, tens of thousands of people from around the UK will come together in London’s Hyde Park to make a massive noise and demand action to tackle world hunger as part of the Enough Food for Everyone IF campaign - but it won't happen without your help!
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Getting itchy feet, and itchy wheels?.. The Bardic Bike Tour!

Submitted 11 years 6 months ago by Mike.
Yearning to get outside now that its finally warm enough to make this remotely appealing? Make a two-wheeled break for it on SPEAK's Bardic Bike Tour 2013!
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Burghfield Blockade

Submitted 11 years 6 months ago by Andy.
Here we share a press release first posted on Yorkshire CND's website earlier this morning...
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Introducing Holly!

Submitted 11 years 7 months ago by Matthew.
We are pleased to introduce to you the latest member of the Network Support Team! In a couple of weeks, I shall be heading into the sunset to pursue other projects, but I shall be leaving the task of minding the Network Support Team in the capable hands of Holly Petersen. Read on to find out more about her...
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Aldermaston action prayer and call out

Submitted 11 years 7 months ago by Andy.
A world free of nuclear weapons, anyone? Yes? Then read what Jo has to say about a planned action coming up soon...
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Romans 8

SPEAKers pray during a Day of Action sometime in the noughties
Submitted 11 years 7 months ago by Andy.
In case you missed Helen's brilliant workshop on Romans 8 at Soundcheck 2013, you can read a bit about her thoughts here...
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Does the Bible promote food sovereignty or food security?

Submitted 11 years 7 months ago by Andy.
To get to to grips with the issues behind our new Seeding Change campaign, we need to dig deep into the Scriptures - and work out exactly what God's justice would look like in the global food system. Here Chris from Cardiff SPEAK gives us some thoughts...
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Tax-dodging: the good guys

Submitted 11 years 8 months ago by Andy.
Peter was so inspired by the thank you we gave to HMRC Inland Revenue at the Day of Action (for their work tackling tax avoidance), that he wrote an email to Waterstones to thank them for paying their tax.
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New opportunities at SPEAK!

Submitted 11 years 8 months ago by Matthew.
After the fantastic festive vibe of Soundcheck, we almost feel like April is the SPEAK New Year. And with it comes a host of new opportunities. We're looking for committed, fun-loving, hard-working, justice-loving individuals with bags of initiative, to help take SPEAK on the next stage of its journey...
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April Flower Model Weekend

flower model!
Submitted 11 years 8 months ago by Andy.
SPEAK is about the grassroots - we don't have a leader, but rather we listen to each other and to God to discern what the right path is. The name for this participatory forum is Flower Model - and we get to meet together in person twice a year, so come along!
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What will the 0.7% be spent on?

Seeding Change!
Submitted 11 years 8 months ago by Andy.
It's now almost a month since we launched our new campaign, Seeding Change, at Soundcheck weekend. Since the Budget announcements just hours ago, getting involved is now more important than ever, says campaigns officer andy...
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Creme Egg: going back for more

Submitted 11 years 8 months ago by Andy.
Last Monday one person left a Facebook comment asking the Cadbury Creme Egg to go Fairtrade. Others picked up on this, we got the word out, and now so many of us have repeated the action that we're wondering what to do next. Look no further...
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