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Lawmanity@lawmanity.com · 4w ago

NEW EPISODE REMINDER: Pheona Matovu – Radiant and Brighter co-founder – on how law often reinforces exclusion, and the importance of designing systems with those most affected by them. Swipe to read some of Pheona’s insightful reflections ➡️ 🎧 Listen here ➡️: podfollow.com/lawmanity/view

All slides have: *text of quotes from the episode *picture of Pheona 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) “I’m not quite sure that I would put equality in the same sentence with law. I think the law is there to do something else other than equality. … It feels like we keep adding layers to either dilute equality or increase power for those that hold power. So I wouldn’t say it works. I think it does what the system wants it to do, which is often around exclusion.”(2) “When people are seeking asylum, they are expected to go to court to present their case because the law stipulates that they have to present a case. But … they are already operating from a position of being disempowered just by putting them in a position where they have to express themselves by law rather than express themselves by the experiences that they have. … We should be dealing with them on the basis of humanity and dignity.”(3) “We must consider that when these laws were put in place, perhaps the people that should have been in the rooms were not in the rooms. … If the very people that have to adhere to the law are not in the room, what is being designed and who is it being designed for and for what?”(5) “We can do different. We can see different. We can design different.” listen to the episode for more!
Lawmanity@lawmanity.com · last mo.

NEW EPISODE REMINDER: Sandy Brindley on three decades of campaigning for survivors of sexual violence, the progress that has been made, and the barriers that still stand in the way of justice. Swipe to read some of Sandy’s insightful reflections ➡️ 🎧 Listen here ➡️: podfollow.com/lawmanity/view

(2) “I still remember really vividly the first woman that I supported in court when she was giving evidence in a rape trial … I was so shocked at how she was treated. I actually couldn’t believe it. It wasn’t just the questions. The demeanour of the defence lawyer was almost mocking and so demeaning towards her. Here is a woman who, this is devastating for her, it’s terrifying, going to give evidence in court – and we’re treating her with such a lack of humanity.”(3) “The legal system really replicates the trauma of being raped because of the lack of control women have going through the criminal justice system. And the clear answer to that is: give complainers in rape trials as much control as possible. That’s difficult in an adversarial system, but where you have the potential for choices and agency, give those choices and agency.”(4) “The way to make change really is relationships and finding common ground. I think we have built some really positive relationships with the Faculty of Advocates, with the Crown Office, with the Court Service, and really trying to work together and make things better, while still retaining enough of a critical edge to stand outside and criticise where it’s absolutely necessary.”(5) “Your starting point is supporting and listening to survivors. That gives you the answers to what needs to happen, which then informs your trajectory of how you want to change the world.” listen to the episode for more!
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 REMINDER: Heather Fisken, Tressa Burke, & Louise Whitfield on the gap between rights on paper and lived reality, and the possibilities and limitations of using law to secure justice Swipe to read some of their insightful reflections ➡️ 🎧 Listen here ➡️: podfollow.com/lawmanity/view

All slides have: *text of quotes from the episode *picture of the speaker in the bottom left corner, with her name written next to it *Lawmanity logo Quote 1 reads: (1) TRESSA: “My members say regularly to me that they have to work hard on not giving up because we tell them about all the treaties and conventions… all the different pieces of legislation – and yet they still don’t have the rights. They are saying, quite rightly: what is the point of having these rights if we can never have them realised or challenge them in any meaningful way?”(2) HEATHER: “From when you wake up in the morning until when you go to bed, and everything you do in between – whether that’s employment, learning, being a family member, trying to access services, socialise, use transport, use general services like shops – there’s discrimination in all of that. Which bit do you challenge? It’s exhausting.”(5) LOUISE: “There is something about the way we litigate these cases where we are not bold enough [in our argumentation] … the challenges around things like the equality duty or the failure to consult are just about the process. Whereas I would want to try a more challenging legal case that basically said: ‘you cannot take this level of support away from people. That’s a breach of human rights.’ ”(6) TRESSA: “Social justice for disabled people, if they were having all their legal rights realised and fulfilled, would be about having access to a meaningful life, a life of purpose and a life of choices. … Fairness, freedom, dignity, choices – and the same choices that non-disabled people take for granted.” listen to the episode for more!
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!
Lawmanity@lawmanity.com · 3mo ago

🎙️ New Episode: Law, Protest, and Social Change, with Lily Greenan We’re back with another one-on-one guest interview – this time with Lily Greenan: activist, researcher, and former Scottish Women’s Aid Chief Executive ✊ 🎧 Listen here ➡️: podfollow.com/lawmanity/view

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Lawmanity@lawmanity.com · 3mo ago

📖 BOOK GIVEAWAY - Radical Justice by Nani Jansen Reventlow In collaboration with Lighthouse Bookshop in Edinburgh Details in images below You can claim a copy by stopping by the bookshop or by placing an online order, using the code RADICAL-JUSTICE-GIVEAWAY

Picture contains: * Text: BOOK GIVEAWAY! * Book cover of Nani Jansen Reventlow’s ‘Radical Justice’ * Lighthouse bookshop logo * Lawmanity logoPicture contains: * Text detailing book giveaway (same text as in caption) * Lighthouse bookshop logo * Lawmanity logo Text reads: Following our latest podcast episode with human rights lawyer and author Nani Jansen Reventlow, we’re excited to announce a giveaway of Nani’s book, ‘Radical Justice’, in collaboration with Lighthouse Bookshop in Edinburgh! There are five free copies of the book available through Lighthouse Bookshop, on a first come, first served basis. This giveaway is for anyone interested in building a more radical, fairer, and more just world. If you manage to get your hands on a copy, feel free to share a photo on socials! We hope you find the book useful, thought-provoking, and inspiring 🌱Picture of Radical Justice book on bookshelf, facing forward, meanwhile surrounding the book are other books on the bookshelf, showing only the spines
Lawmanity@lawmanity.com · 3mo ago

NEW EPISODE REMINDER: Davie Donaldson – Scottish Traveller advocate and social justice campaigner – on navigating a legal system not built for Traveller communities, and the fight for dignity and justice. Swipe to read some of Davie’s insightful reflections➡️ Listen: podfollow.com/lawmanity/view

All slides have: *text of quotes from the episode *picture of Davie in the bottom left corner, with his name written next to it *text: equality before the law *Lawmanity logo Quote 1 reads: (1) “For Gypsy Travellers, the law has always been weaponised in Scotland… you can go right back to the early 1500s and see some of the first anti-Gypsy legislation being brought into play. The law has always been seen by settled communities, particularly settled authorities who don’t want Gypsy Traveller or nomadic people to exist at times… The law’s been their tool to curtail that. So for Gypsy Travellers, it’s always been this David and Goliath battle.”(2) “So they were beside themselves with worry. They had no idea what this meant. All they knew is that the letter threatened sheriff officer action where their vehicles would be torn away, where their caravans would be removed from the site, and where police enforcement might happen. So they were terrified.”(4) “There’s very little opportunity for Gypsy Traveller families who are stuck in these situations of cyclical eviction or facing human rights abuses… to learn their rights… I think if we had that level of empowerment… landowners and authorities start to question their actions… because they’ll have the recognition that families know their rights.”(5) “It’s about … having the ability to come together as a community and experience your own sense of identity and your own sense of belonging. Currently, the justice system in Scotland is a barrier to all of that.”
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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