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More information about our Take Note Campaign and our Day of Action
Some up-to-date information about how our festival went this month.
We at Speak are encouraging people to take a week of action for Peace in September. Here is our suggested plan - are you with us??
So we had an election, and now we have a new government. And after the election? Keep voting, every day! Here’s how:
We just received a copy of a letter Norwich SPEAK have sent to their local election candidates, asking great questions on tax, climate change and food sovereignty - check it out!
We just received a copy of a letter Norwich SPEAK have sent to their local election candidates, asking great questions on tax, climate change and food sovereignty - check it out!
It’s the 1st of May. And I’ve had breakfast. I’ve known all week it was coming, and yet, I’ve had breakfast. What’s so bad about having breakfast you may well ask?
Last week, Chris and Helen from the Network Support Team took the Seeding Change Tour to Saltaire, Bradford. Helen shares more about what turned out to be an inspiring day all round.
(Image: Cover of Hobbes' 'Leviathan') Mike Bourne tells us about his research project on the New Alliance, which is the focus of SPEAK's Seeding Change campaign, and why the free market is like a sea monster. Intrigued? Read on...
A range of Christian organisations in the UK, including SPEAK, are joining together for a year of prayer and fasting for the climate, which began with a joint launch service in London on November 1st. The Pray & Fast For The Climate initiative calls on Christians to pray and fast on the first day of every month to make a stand for climate justice. Join us!
Here's your challenge - to get yourself so familiar with SPEAK's 3 main current campaigns that you can explain them to others and make 'em LOUDER!! Here's campaign 3...
A how-to guide to one of the most effective ways to make more of a noise about injustice!
Here's your challenge - to get yourself so familiar with SPEAK's 3 main current campaigns that you can explain them to others and make 'em LOUDER!! Here's campaign 2...
Here's your challenge - to get yourself so familiar with SPEAK's 3 main current campaigns that you can explain them to others and make 'em LOUDER!!
Helen's highlights and lowlights from Vocal Training 2014 - if you weren't there this is what you missed!! This is why we love SPEAK...
Want to get a good crop of change out of the garden of injustice? Here's some tips on growing a really effective campaign:
Do you struggle with prayer times? Maybe you are actually praying already – but prayer for you is not sitting on your own with your eyes closed and offering God a shopping list (is that prayer for anyone?!). Where in your normal life do you already feel close to God? Or at peace? Or what stirs you up and makes you want to shout about stuff? It could be whilst you’re jamming on your guitar, or commuting, or playing football, or cooking dinner, or even reading your facebook newsfeed..! Whatever it is, try and identify it, and do it more, and a little more deliberately in God’s general direction! That, my friend, is prayer :) Here are some more ideas that might help you to seek God a bit more deeply; give a few of these a try and see what style suits you:
It’s amazing what happens when you seek to know God better – God can totally blow your expectations!
For the love of holidays in the UK, let's stop climate change. Here's why:
For the love of global human diversity, let's tackle climate change. Here's why: