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George Monbiot’s Regenesis

Octagon Centre, Western Bank S10 2TQ
There is just one June event in the 2022 Festival of Debate; join George Monbiot to hear about a hopeful possible future for food – abundance, nourishment, rewilding, and the hidden universe in the soil that could change everything. George Monbiot is an author, journalist, political activist and keen environmentalist, with a weekly column in The Guardian. Tickets from £9.21…
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"Escaping Gravity"

Access Space @ Event Central (20-24 Fargate, opposite Marks & Spencer) Sheffield city centre
Access Space returns with Escaping Gravity, a full-room immersive artwork showing as part of Alternate Realities at Sheffield DocFest (23rd – 28th June 2022). The inspiration was a Bedford Creative Arts mini-documentary about the modernist 20th century dream of airship travel across the world. Showings are from 11am – 6pm daily.
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"Our Journey Here"

Montgomery Theatre, Surrey St. Sheffield S1 2LG
Come for a cup of tea, delicious samosas, take a breath, and share your migration story – while getting a lovely free henna tattoo. Part of the Migration Matters Festival 2022, this event is to collect people’s diverse stories to make an impactful audio/visual installation. Let’s celebrate our journey here, together!  
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Palfest

Sheffield - various venues
A Sheffield festival of friendship with Palestine. Palfest runs through June and early July 2022, with Palestinian food, dance and music, exhibitions, film, talks and creative and sports activities. It is organised by a diverse group of people who stand in solidarity with people of Palestine – whose story of beautiful resistance, expressed in a vibrant culture, resonates in Sheffield,…
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Sheffield against the "Hostile Environment" demonstration

Sheffield Town Hall, S1 2HH
Join this demonstration at Sheffield Town Hall to bring together voices in protest against the Government’s anti-migrant “Hostile Environment”, the Nationality and Borders Bill and ALL Deportations. The Government is facing opposition from all sides over the new levels of inhumanity it is undertaking, such as trying to deport people seeking asylum to Rwanda. We must continue to build this…
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Migration Matters Festival

Sheffield - various venues
Migration Matters is a celebration of sanctuary, from 17th – 25th June 2022, known nationally as Refugee Week. It’s a festival that creates a platform to champion the voices of people who are so often pushed to the side, and whose identities are marginalised. It brings together all the people of the city, all Sheffielders to recognise each other, and…
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