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Lawmanity@lawmanity.com · last mo.

🎙️ New Episode: Law, Exclusion, and Racial Justice, with Pheona Matovu Our final one-on-one guest interview for this first series is with Pheona Matovu – activist, researcher, and co-founder of award-winning social enterprise Radiant and Brighter 💫 🎧 Listen here ➡️: podfollow.com/lawmanity/view

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Lawmanity@lawmanity.com · last mo.

NEW EPISODE REMINDER: Fiona McPhail – human rights lawyer & lecturer – on what social justice lawyering looks like in practice and why legal success is not always measured by court victories. Swipe to read some of Fiona’s insightful reflections ➡️ 🎧 Listen here ➡️: podfollow.com/lawmanity/view

All slides have: *text of quotes from the episode *picture of Fiona in the bottom left corner, with her name written next to it *text: equality before the law *Lawmanity logo Quote 1 reads: OPENING SLIDE: (1) “People think of lawyers as being driven by a very individualistic and competitive sense, but you’re not going to get far in the social justice fields if that’s your approach. It has to be about collaboration and connections.”(2) “An eviction for any person is an extremely stressful thing to contemplate … but for this particular group [appeal rights exhausted asylum seekers], it’s important to emphasise, contrary to what some people may think, they had no entitlement to statutory homeless services. So eviction for them more often than not would mean the streets.”(3) “Notwithstanding the appeal process starting, SERCO announced in July 2019 that it was going to enforce its lock change policy. So we went from having a safe space to lock changes being imminent… That’s when the pressure really hit, because the four law firms involved went from the position of doing legal surgeries to having to raise urgent proceedings… In the space of three months or so there were 159 such cases raised.” (5) “Have courage and conviction, and you do that by surrounding yourself with [social justice minded people] … We have to be in the best shape and the best state of mind to give the best fight that we can.” listen to the episode for more!
Lawmanity@lawmanity.com · 2mo ago

🎙️ New Episode: The Stop Lock Change Evictions Campaign, with Fiona McPhail We’re back with another one-on-one guest interview – this time with human rights lawyer and University of Glasgow lecturer Fiona McPhail 🎧 Listen here ➡️: podfollow.com/lawmanity/view

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Lawmanity@lawmanity.com · 2mo ago

🎙️ New Episode: Law and Justice for Disabled People We’re back with a special joint episode featuring three brilliant guests: Heather Fisken (Inclusion Scotland), Tressa Burke (Glasgow Disability Alliance), and Louise Whitfield (Liberty) ⚖️ 🎧 Listen here ➡️: podfollow.com/lawmanity/view

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Lawmanity@lawmanity.com · 2mo ago

NEW EPISODE REMINDER: Lily Greenan on VAWG and LGBT activism, the limits of legal reform, and the role of joy and collective action in creating social change. Swipe to read some of Lily’s insightful reflections ➡️ 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts

All slides have: *text of quotes from the episode *picture of Lily in the bottom left corner, with her name written next to it *text: equality before the law *Lawmanity logo Quote 1 reads: (1) “I used to believe that the law could change the world. … It’s a very long-term process, and I did used to have more faith that… if we focused on transforming the legislative framework around whichever issue, that it would feed into a wider understanding and acceptance and recognition. But I think now that we need something different. We’re up against really big challenges, and just focusing on the law in isolation doesn’t do it anymore for me.”(2) “Women were not equal citizens, didn’t have the same rights as the accused… they could be subjected to any range of questions about any aspect of their lives: their relationship with the accused and what they’d been doing before, what they did after, who they spoke to, whether they’d been drinking, what they’d been wearing, what their underwear looked like. They were all considered valid questions. And they still are [considered valid].”(3) “Sometimes the framing shifts, the legislation moves on, but the way in which it is implemented doesn’t because the system is still rooted in where it was 40 years ago.”(4) “There are areas of our activist histories that are just not visible… we need to be able to learn what worked and what didn’t work. … The picnic in the park was all about: ‘they’re telling us we’re not real, we’re going to have a party.’ And finding ways to hold on to those bits of joy and successes is worth it. Other people need to know.”
Lawmanity@lawmanity.com · 3mo ago

NEW EPISODE REMINDER: Nani Jansen Reventlow on confronting injustice at its roots, the limits of law as a tool for change, and why real transformation requires both imagination and action. Swipe to read some of Nani’s insightful reflections ➡️ 🎧 Listen here ➡️: podfollow.com/lawmanity/view

All slides have: *text of quotes from the episode *picture of Nani in the bottom left corner, with her name written next to it *text: equality before the law *Lawmanity logo Quote 1 reads: (1) “Radical simply means grasping things at the root. It connects to the desire in the book to really set out root causes of injustices that we’re seeing in the world today. If we don’t really understand the systems of oppression we’re facing and that we’re resisting, we’re unable to properly address them. We might end up with superficial or cosmetic solutions.”(2) “There are so many ways in which the impact of the transatlantic slave trade and colonialism is showing up in our day-to-day lives right now… there are so many entry points in which we can actually start addressing that… very much still alive dynamic, rather than [calling it a] ‘legacy’, which implies it’s something behind us.”(4) “I hope for people who are engaged in activism, in whatever shape or form, it can be a combination of recognition and inspiration… by reading about what others are doing to resist in different parts of the world, that it might spark new ideas… that people feel like we have allies, that there are others doing similar things… and that it might encourage and reinvigorate what people are already doing.”(5) “The other thing is that I hope some people will pick up the book because they’re fed up with what they’re seeing around them and want to figure out how they can get involved… and that the book can… open some doors and lower some thresholds to taking action.” listen to the episode for more!
Jen Ang@jena.ng · 4mo ago

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Jen Ang@jena.ng · 5mo ago

“We are living in the imaginaries of those who have been long gone. We are living the world they wanted...” Angela Davis Nani Jansen Reventlow challenges us in her new book Radical Justice to grasp the roots & build new imaginaries of a better world 🌎

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Lawmanity@lawmanity.com · 5mo ago

“So what I would tell a younger version of myself is what you’re seeing around you right now doesn’t have to be that way” 11 UK-based activists answer the question: what advice would you give your younger self? Their responses offer a wealth of wisdom 🌟 Listen here: podfollow.com/lawmanity/view

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Jen Ang@jena.ng · 9mo ago

This is Andrew. Today is the 8th anniversary of our first date, and this is where we first met. That day, Andrew’s honesty, sincerity and brilliant wit shone through. It took me another 7 years to fully appreciate his selflessness, unerring sense of justice and fierce loyalty to those he loves.

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