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Learning language, making change - supporting migrant communities to learn English and take action for equality and social justice.

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    Oct 12

    🗞🗞 Signed up to receive our newsletter? 🗞🗞 You can subscribe to receive a regular digest of campaign updates, resources and teaching ideas, as well as info on upcoming training opportunities. 👉

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    12 hours ago

    ⚠️ Tomorrow the campaign begins the NO BORDERS IN THE NHS week of action against the hostile environment in healthcare. Here’s a list of all the events and actions from Saturday 23rd - Wednesday 27th -- get involved!!

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    Oct 18

    📢 Sign up for our upcoming Theatre of the Oppressed training for teachers! The two-part workshop will introduce participants to the fundamentals of Theatre of the Oppressed, a form of people's theatre developed by Augusto Boal in the 1970s. 👉

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    Oct 19

    Important report launched by our friends with crucial data on the current state of . Support our campaign, in which ESOL students are involved in shaping and that proposes key improvement needed to provision 👉

    One in five adults – around 9 million – across England have low literacy and/or numeracy skills. Meanwhile, participation in English, maths and ESOL learning is low and – worryingly – falling.
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    Oct 20

    Was great to see colleagues, students, volunteers and trustees at this rally this afternoon. Well done and thank you to the organisers.

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  6. Oct 20

    Many of us will be heading to the rally shortly. Join us 👉 3/3

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  7. Oct 20

    One student questioned why the Home Office doesn't ask newly arrived migrants what skills they have and what support they need instead of how they arrived here. 2/3

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  8. Oct 20

    Ahead of the rally in London today, in class we discussed the Nationality and Borders Bill and what it means for people seeking asylum. We wrote this statement. 1/3

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    Oct 20

    ✨THE rally is TODAY! ✨ 📣 Join us - details via the Facebook link below ⬇️

    Gov's new Borders Bill will criminalise, punish + restrict the rights of people seeking safety here - help fight it by joining us at the rally tomorrow. 🗓️4.30pm - 6.30pm, Wed 20th October 📍Parliament Square, London Sign up:
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    Oct 19

    Fantastic to see local Hackney ESOL students using their voice for social justice and change. We look forward to taking some of these issues to the next

    Hackney-based EFA students took part in the Manifesto workshop last week. One of a dozen or so member orgs taking part, it was an opportunity for students to pitch their concerns about the additional barriers learners face in terms of employability. 1/3
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  11. Oct 19

    Important report launched by our friends with crucial data on the current state of . Support our campaign, in which ESOL students are involved in shaping and that proposes key improvement needed to provision 👉

    One in five adults – around 9 million – across England have low literacy and/or numeracy skills. Meanwhile, participation in English, maths and ESOL learning is low and – worryingly – falling.
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  12. Oct 19

    Taking part in the online Hackney & Islington Manifesto workshop was the first Stage in this community organising initiative to bring our issues to an April 2022 Citizens Accountability Assembly in preparation for the local elections that will take place on 5 May 2022. 3/3

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  13. Oct 19

    We wrote a pitch together, having discussed the barriers that prevent ESOL learners accessing good jobs. 2/3

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  14. Oct 19

    Hackney-based EFA students took part in the Manifesto workshop last week. One of a dozen or so member orgs taking part, it was an opportunity for students to pitch their concerns about the additional barriers learners face in terms of employability. 1/3

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  15. Oct 18

    📢 Sign up for our upcoming Theatre of the Oppressed training for teachers! The two-part workshop will introduce participants to the fundamentals of Theatre of the Oppressed, a form of people's theatre developed by Augusto Boal in the 1970s. 👉

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  16. Oct 15

    📢 Have you subscribed to the playlist? People in Action is a student-led group that aims to identify issues affecting students & to find out how they can be addressed. Watch all their interviews here 👉

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    Oct 14

    My Walk and Talk in Battersea was lovely again today. We visited the English garden which many of us, local residents for years and years, had never discovered before. We meet every Thursday at 10am and walk for about an hour in 2s n 3s. Join us, the more the merrier!

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    Oct 12

    our first print issue is out now ​featuring refugee & immigrant writers from around the world order here: profits from sales will go towards our second volume, ​so we can keep the magazine running and paying our contributors

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  19. Oct 14

    Have you signed to support Refugee Council's urgent call to action to reject the Nationality and Borders Bill? Read more and sign here 👉

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  20. Oct 13

    Thanks to our friends at for flagging this.

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  21. Oct 13

    An issue that affects many students is being able to find a home to rent. If this is you, consider sharing your experience with Leigh Day Solicitors who have been challenging (with ) the Right to Rent policy. DEADLINE 15 October

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