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  • The Future Of Food

    conference hall

    A small number of corporations control our food. Does this make our food supply vulnerable? What can we do about it? There will  be a book stall provided by RISC.

  • risc roof garden summer events: 2025

    Sun 20 July • Sun 14 Sept Rdg Heritage Trail ….. Award-winning sustainable garden: 185 species, low maintenance, multi-use perennial planting, edible forest, water harvesting, hard landscaping with renewable/recycled/reused materials

  • Reading International Festival 2025

    The Reading Interntional Festival celebrates Reading’s diverse communities and action groups. The programme highlights the many international activities, twinning links and solidarity in Reading. Click on the image for more information. Download events programme here The theme highlighted this year is: We Must Dare To Invent The Future We must dare to: • invent a […]

  • Women of Hebron – Supporting Fair Trade Livelihoods in Palestine

    conference hall

    Talk by Nawal Slemiah founder and director of Women in Hebron, a cooperative that produces traditional Palestinian embroidery. She will be speaking about the work of the cooperative in helping women earn a living wage through the sale of fair trade handicrafts. Palestinian crafts and products available for sale. Free snacks and refreshments. British Islamic […]

    Free

  • Matt Kennard – Uncovering Empire from Palestine to Haiti

    RG1 4PS 35-39 London ST, Reading, UK, Berkshire, United Kingdom

    Free please register https://www.eventbrite.com/e/matt-kennard-uncovering-empire-from-palestine-to-haiti-tickets-1742492083729 Matt Kennard former Financial Times investigative journalist, author of the Racket and Silent Coup, will draw on his in-depth investigations of violence, exploitation and resistance by the world’s biggest enterprises. His reporting covers many years in more than a dozen countries including Haiti, Palestine, Bolivia, Mexico, Tunisia and Egypt. RISC, 35-39 London […]

    Free

  • Burkina Faso – Daring To Invent Its Future

    RG1 4PS 35-39 London ST, Reading, UK, Berkshire, United Kingdom

    Learn about how Burkina Faso is leading Africa towards self sufficiency and full sovereignty. Wend-Panga Compaore will update us on the latest news and events. Historic photographic exhibition from the Sankara years by Dave Richards. Music, food and stalls.

    Free

  • Film Screening – Nae Pasaran!

    RG1 4PS 35-39 London ST, Reading, UK, Berkshire, United Kingdom

    Director: Felipe Bustos Sierra Winner: Best feature Film, BAFTA Awards Scotland, 2018 A heartfelt documentary that tells the true story of Scottish workers who managed to ground half of Chile’s Air Force, from the other side of the world, in the longest single act of solidarity against Pinochet’s brutal dictatorship that had toppled the government […]

  • Race, Racism &Anti-racism in Education

    An introduction to Global Citizenship & the issue ofracism in education. Exploring different aspects of racial inequality in the British education system. With current research & strategies to combat racism & promote inclusivity in schools.  

    £30

  • Climate & Migration Community Film Festival

    Film screening of two short documentaries @RISC: And Still, It Remains (2023) dir. Arwa Aburawa & Turab Shah Until The Last Drop (2020) dir. Tim Webster & Ernesto Cabellos