“Interfaith dialogue is about building deeper human relationship not about conversion, evangelism or judgement of others beliefs.” Ewan Aitken.
Can you mix faith with politics? The subject is grasped by two men who should know at 6pm on Sunday 22 November in the Annandale Street Mosque during this year’s Interfaith programme. Expect a stimulating discussion – and take the chance to join in afterwards. Continue reading “Time to talk: do faith and politics go together?”
Don’t let it get you down – come and turn the news into community action
How do we deal with the words and images bombarding us every day? Leith Open Space is delighted to support ACTive Inquiry in a current affairs workshop with a difference. Here’s your chance to pull the news to pieces as we explore how to become active and influential participants instead of passive consumers of too much information. Make a note of the date: 28 November in the Old Drill Hall. Here’s the very ACTive Gavin Crichton to tell you why.. Continue reading “Join the News Group and start to change the world”
A walk on the (not so) wild side can take you here…
Her Power Point was not working and she couldn’t lug a heavy display board on the train to Edinburgh so she had no pictures to show. But as Pammy Johal told the audience, “I can talk,” and she showed that sometimes words are almost as good as actions. Almost but not quite… Continue reading “Get out of town”
They have built robots, designed comics and dressed up as science fiction heroes – now children visiting Leith Library can take a trip to cyberspace in the last of a special series for the summer holidays. Don’t miss the chance to book tickets for Explore Quest on Tuesday 4 August. Continue reading “Holiday adventures for children in Leith Library”
Imagine you are a refugee trying to make a new life in Edinburgh. Better still, take a new look at the city with people who really are refugees. The film ‘Long Way From Home’ does just that and it is showing at Red Eye film club in Pilmeny Youth Centre at 7.30pm on Friday 3 July. Continue reading “Long Way from Home”
The ‘poetry tree’ in St Andrew Square Garden
Home is a dead tree in the garden. Well, not quite so dead now that it is fluttering with poems about home to mark Refugee Week in Edinburgh. Continue reading “Home thoughts: poetry for Refugee Week”
In their own words: a rare chance to hear modern Iraqi writers. Meet Sinan Antoon, Hussain Al-Mozany, Betool Khedairi, Gulala Nouri and Saadi Youssef at the McDonald Road Readings. Continue reading “Reel Iraq in McDonald Road Library”
Welcome to a new community website which happened almost by accident but is fast becoming a great source of local information. Click on EH7 Community Noticeboard to find news and views of the proposed Tesco opening in Picardy Place, how to make requests under the Freedom of Information Act, or how to get council action on problems in your street. And much more. Continue reading “Read all about it on the community noticeboard”
Their call was a cry of anguish from the hearts of the people of Spain
Some paid with their lives it is true, their sacrifice was not in vain
Perhaps you have walked past the memorial stone many times without noticing. On Thursday 2 April Daniel Gray hopes to bring new visibility to a modest monument in Princes Street Gardens 70 years after the ending of the Spanish Civil War. Scotland’s part in the fight will be commemorated in the gardens during the day and celebrated as part of the Ceilidh Culture festival at night. Continue reading “Homage to Catalonia – in Edinburgh”
Spring in the air for International Women’s Day
There’s belly dancing in the east and drumming in the north. In fact there’s art, music, dance and food happening in halls and community centres all over town as women gather to celebrate International Women’s Day this weekend. For women in Leith the place to be on Saturday is The Halls in Henderson Street and Dr Bells Family Centre in Junction Place. Continue reading “Weekend for women”