Overview of October 2012 seminars
A series of 5 inter-related events in 5 days: Here you can find an overview and see how they are all interrelated.
The seminars of 22 - 26 October 2012 - will be led by James B. Quilligan.
For 22nd and 26th October please note: The Grimond Room, Portcullis House is on the other side of the road from Big Ben [it's above Westminster tube station]. The entrance is on the river side just 10 yards down Victoria Embankment. The meeting is sponsored by Michael Meacher MP. Allow 20 minutes to be sifted through security.
| Date/Time | Convener/ Booking | Title | Description | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Monday 22nd Oct. 2-4pm | Booking online: no charge Donations welcome to cover moderator expenses Tickets Eventbrite | Reclaiming the Commons: Why, What and How? | This session will show the why, what and how of securing common pool resources such as capital and land into trusteeship bodies such as the Great Lakes Bioregional Trust, community land, property and capital trusts-for enduring community benefit and enterprise. Read more here | Grimond Room, Portcullis House SW1A2LW London |
Tuesday 23rd Oct. 9:30am- 5:30pm
| Presenters: Henk Hadders J.Mackenzie John Ashcroft Prof.David Peters Alex Laird Booking online: £ 30 Eventbrite | Co-creating the Commons of Health and how together we can make it work | We will be exploring the commons framework and how it is a useful model for sutainable healthcare. How it provides a pratical and startegically important way to empower civil society to take an active part in the design and delivery of sustainable healthcare. Read more here
| 41 Fitzroy Square London W1T 6AQ |
Wednesday 24th Oct 9am - 4:30pm | organised on behalf of CEJ £ 20 (concession £ 15) Tickets at: | Establishing an Economic System that protects the Commons | The aim of the seminar is to produce practical policy outcomes under the three area: Taxation, Financial Services and Banking; and Money supply and Interest rates. Implementation of these outcomes should provide real progress towards achieving n economy that serves society for the common good. Read more here | School of Economic Science 11-13 Mandeville Place London W1U 3AJ
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Thursday 25th Oct. 1:15 for 1:45 - 5:30pm followed by opitonal dinner for networking | £20 -65 Eventbrite | Accountability: Why we have lost it and how we can recover it | This highly interactive workshop will explore how to rebuild accountability making a difference in our own organisations, communities and personal lives. Read more here | Central London tba |
Friday 26th Oct. 2-4pm | Sponsored by Michael Meacher MP & Lord Andrew Phillips Presenters: Tickets via Eventbrite no charge Donations welcome to cover moderator expenses | An attempt to build and Alliance/Nexus as a movement of individuals & organisations seeking to end the modern-day slavery caused by the culture of greed and the damage it does to others, ourselves and the planet. | In the 1st hour, four speakers, each with succinct introductions: James Quilligan will set the Global Scene. In the 2nd hour all participants will have opportunity to steer the process towards the next steps in building a movement capable of public clamour. | Grimond Room, Portcullis House |
The five Quilligan Seminars Oct 22-26th are in synergy with the Greco and Harrison events below.
They all deal with the currency of life and the understanding of gift in relation to the preventing of new enclosures and the protection of the commons.
October 27-28. Conferences on Moneyand Alternative Currencies with Thomas Greco, (being planned by Mary Fee of LETSlinkUK, http://www.letslinkuk.net/ ) Details at this stage from "Mary Fee" <london@letslink.org>,
28th Book Launch of Fred Harrison’s ‘The Traumatised Society’ St James, Piccadilly 3-5pm. Details at this stage from peterchallen@gmail.com
Note also for 26th and 27th two events with a linked theme of the commons: A ground-breaking conference on themes of global change -
Non-stop Turmoil or Global Spring? Friday 26th October 2012. Open lecture 7.30 pm – 9.00 pm ‘Non-stop Turmoil or Global Spring?:
Changing Values for the 21st Century’ Entry : £5
& Saturday 27th October 2012 Day conference 10.00 am – 4.00 pm : £10 ; including vegetarian lunch at St. Margaret’s Church LeeTerrace SE15 5EA
FURTHER INFORMATION : Alan Race 020 8318 9643 alan.race2@virginmedia.com
Are religious and spiritual values under threat in a rapidly changing world? Are our values evolving for the better? How can the religions cooperate in shaping the future? Speakers will address these main themes and involve participants in workshop reflections.
JIM KENNEY , Founder and Director of the interreligious adult study centre Common Ground, near Chicago, and was formerly the International Director for the Parliament of the World’s Religions. He master-minded the ground-breaking gatherings of the Parliament in Chicago (1993)
and Cape Town (1999), both events attracting thousands of people.
