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Get together! To kick-start 2019 we have a host of regular in-country Network Meet-ups in the diary (listed with links to all 2019 dates below) which we’ll also advertise closer to the times across our newsletters and social media.
Sometimes these will be social get-togethers, sometimes we will have speakers and focused discussion but as always all members and interested friends are more than welcome to attend.
2019 regular Network Meet-Ups
This event is about the journalists who report on humanitarian crises today. It launches a major new report from Martin Scott, Kate Wright and Mel Bunce, The State of Humanitarian Journalism, based on four years of research. This report shows which news outlets report on humanitarian issues, how they frame their stories, and what audiences think about this news.
A panel of leading journalists and media commentators will discuss the findings and their own experiences reporting on humanitarian crises, including:
This is followed by a screening of the celebrated documentary, ‘Another News Story’ about the journalists who reported on the 2015 ‘refugee crisis’ in Europe.
Sign up for this event: https://www.city.ac.uk/events/2018/october/humanitarian-journalism-today
The Global Disability Summit aims to raise global attention and focus on a long-neglected area, mobilise new global and national commitments on disability and showcase good practice, innovation and evidence from across the world.
Globally, an estimated one billion people have a disability, of which 800 million live in developing countries. In these countries, disability is both a cause and consequence of poverty and people often face significant barriers that prevent them from participating fully in society, including getting a quality education and employment.
DFID’s ambition is to make the Global Disability Summit a world-first and a landmark celebration the achievements and rights of people with disabilities, and one that creates an enduring impact and lasting change for people with disabilities around the world.
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On 12 August the C4D Network will be having a creative planning day in Oxford. Interested members are warmly welcome to join us as we brainstorm some interesting and valuable new content and plans for launch in October after our August Network holiday.
We are looking for members who would like to be ‘animators’ and who could do a variety of new things (not too onerous!) such as developing c4d author interviews; blogs; thematic sections, or maybe some video content or animations, whatever we all feel like. We are a community of creatives after all so let’s have some fun!
Our Oxford day will start at 10:30 with lunch provided and some cool Oxford activities included – with punting at the end of the day! Please contact Jackie Davies directly ([email protected]) if you would like to come or find out more.
There will also be a time slot in the day for members outside of Oxford/UK to also join the planning (2 – 3:30) and it would be brilliant to have you so don’t let geography limit the imagination.
We are holding a UK chapter Network meet-up (London) on Wednesday 18 July where C4D Network member Nicola Harford will report back from this year’s SBCC Summit (Bali, April 2018) – the final declaration from the Summit can be found here – and where everyone can share their latest news and get together for our last meet-up before the summer holidays.
Event details
Date: Wednesday 18 July
Time: 12.30pm -2:30pm
Venue: British Library, in the terrace restaurant (directions: https://www.bl.uk/aboutus/quickinfo/loc/stp/)
All members and friends most welcome (do look out for the table with the C4D Network sign if you are new!), and we look forward to catching up!
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