Silvie Fisch @SilvieFisch
Director Northern Cultural Projects @NCP_CIC, Associate Researcher @NCL_OralHistory northernculturalprojects.org Newcastle upon Tyne Joined July 2011-
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1. For anyone who fancies a free online course about how country houses are connected to the British Empire. By my Colonial Countryside project. Course link in the post below youtube.com/watch?v=xb1yt8…
Final weekend of speaking to Byker residents ahead of Thursday’s election. The in-tray piles up: damp & mould, litter, loneliness, antisocial behaviour, unfair differences in energy bills. I’m ready to work with the council for the positive change we need! #GetGreensElected
OK breathe. Quite a week @NCL_OralHistory. Fab work by our MA students in @historyNCL who are turning their interviews into podcasts; @OralTestimony collaborating with interactive webinar on bringing generations together for #ClimateActionwith @HelpAge & @RestlessDev 1/2
@JamesLouwerse & @GrahamSmith4 presenting #oralhistory inaugural symposium in Baghdad; @SilvieFisch @NU_Foundation with @LiveTheatre production Fed Up! @AndyClark22 out interviewing for Deindustrialisation and Ageing You can read more about our work here blogs.ncl.ac.uk/oral-history/
"If you are just indifferent, if you do not take a stand, you acquire a degree of guilt, without doubt." Stephen Kapos
"If you are just indifferent, if you do not take a stand, you acquire a degree of guilt, without doubt." Stephen Kapos
Live Youth Theatre's new production 'Fed Up' engages in social and historical justice issues of Food Poverty. For this, they used interviews from the Collective's Food Bank Histories and Mutual Aid Oral History projects. Read Silvie Fisch's review here: blogs.ncl.ac.uk/oral-history/2…
Someone pinch me, Julia Hartley Brewer has said something sensible 😲 JHB, "You would leave asylum seekers to drown in the channel?" Ben Habib, "Absolutely" JHB, "That is not a policy that a civilised country should endorse" BH, "Why is that uncivilised?" JHB, "Because we…
Places like Byker (discussed in this article) have multiple food banks, community groceries, food pantries etc. - and it's still not enough to meet the need. We need justice, not charity - where people have enough income to afford to buy their essentials.
Places like Byker (discussed in this article) have multiple food banks, community groceries, food pantries etc. - and it's still not enough to meet the need. We need justice, not charity - where people have enough income to afford to buy their essentials.
The future of optimism – Fed Up at Live Theatre northeastbylines.co.uk/the-future-of-…
We have a handful of FREE tickets remaining for the performance of #FedUp by #LiveYouthTheatre at @NU_Foundation this Thu 25 Apr, 7pm. If you didn't get the chance to catch this powerful show when it was here email [email protected] to get your tickets for this next…
It’s hard work, it’s eye opening, it’s a rollercoaster but whether we win or lose in Byker on May 2nd, I *strongly recommend* standing for election where you live. You will get to know your community better, make connections, and find new ways of helping. Communities rise up!
Had us in fits last night 😂
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Certified Carbon Literate 🙂 Thanks for the excellent training @bec_valentine11 / @HTNmembers / @HistoricEngland
I went to @LiveTheatre on Friday. Young people highlighting the political truths behind food poverty. One actor said, “If we keep trying to persuade the government and opposition that they need to change tack, we’ll be waiting for forever.” Read more 👉bit.ly/4aVx5VA
Meet our oldest #MutualAid helper, Elisabeth, 87 years young 💪🏻🌟
Indeed, Paul James expertly managed to keep us under control 🙂
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The North East Mayoral election is neck and neck. It’s a two-horse race. No one else can win. You can't split the vote. Your vote could actually make a difference for once! Vote Jamie Driscoll – a safe pair of hands with a proven track record. Independent from Westminster…
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1. For anyone who fancies a free online course about how country houses are connected to the British Empire. By my Colonial Countryside project. Course link in the post below youtube.com/watch?v=xb1yt8…
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Final weekend of speaking to Byker residents ahead of Thursday’s election. The in-tray piles up: damp & mould, litter, loneliness, antisocial behaviour, unfair differences in energy bills. I’m ready to work with the council for the positive change we need! #GetGreensElected
OK breathe. Quite a week @NCL_OralHistory. Fab work by our MA students in @historyNCL who are turning their interviews into podcasts; @OralTestimony collaborating with interactive webinar on bringing generations together for #ClimateActionwith @HelpAge & @RestlessDev 1/2
The @durham_uni hustings results are in. @durhamunion
@JamesLouwerse & @GrahamSmith4 presenting #oralhistory inaugural symposium in Baghdad; @SilvieFisch @NU_Foundation with @LiveTheatre production Fed Up! @AndyClark22 out interviewing for Deindustrialisation and Ageing You can read more about our work here blogs.ncl.ac.uk/oral-history/
‘Until March 2020, the government provided funding schemes to meet the costs of reasonable adjustments for disabled election candidates, but despite calls from disability rights organisations to reinstate or replace them, there is currently nothing.’
One week till polling day - Alistair has been reflecting on some of the ways that standing for election is made harder for disabled people, including negative attacks from opponents… which all adds up to only 10% of local councillors having a disability. alistairchisholm.com/blog/now-i-kno…
Holocaust Survivor Message to US Campus Protesters: This survivor of the Holocaust is against Genocide in Gaza & conflating Jewishness with Zionism, which does nothing but increase antisemitism. Your protests are so persistent, large and global that eventually the Western…
Tonight we welcome @AnneliesKusters to @UniofNewcastle to explore if there could be one common sign language that everyone could understand This lecture will be signed, with translation by BSL interpreters and live captioning eventbrite.co.uk/e/789018444407…
If Carlsberg did leafleting sessions, they'd be like this! We are organising the Ultimate Leafleting Event this Saturday. Come along and meet Mick Lynch of @RMTunion & Jamie Driscoll. Then get some steps in and be part of biggest election the North East has ever seen. Meeting…
The best thing about hustings is people get to see their politicians for real. Not through glossy ads. That’s why I’ve attended every hustings. I’ve held dozens of public meetings across the region, and I’ve done dozens of events as Mayor for the past five years. Anyone can…
The final scene of “Fed Up” by @LiveTheatre youth performed tonight @NU_Foundation Thanks to all involved in the production and @NUFC @stevebeharall for their commitment. @NUFCfoodbank will be collecting on Saturday but we wish we didn’t have to.
Sharing some stills from filming the playful but politically on-point campaigning for @MayorJD by @GNDRising in Newcastle City Centre #NEMayor