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Caste Away Arts at Manchester Met Uni…come join us!
Mar 23rd
Caste Away Arts are heading up north on 1st April for a seminar on Dalit Cultural production in the UK in the context of political and legal activism. We will be talking about our play The Fifth Cup and our other work. We will also be taking part in a podium dsicussion about our work. Below is a programme of the day and who to get in touch with if you want to come:
Programme: 1-1.10 pm Welcome and introduction: Annapurna Waughray, Senior Lecturer, MMU School of
Law and Nicole Thiara, Associate Lecturer in English at MMU
1.10-1.35 The international struggle against More >
freedomtodiscuss.com
Feb 21st
Sunday saw the launch of a new website – http://freedomtodiscuss.com/ - it’s a forum to explore and discuss world issues such as development, governance, conflict or human rights related, or more simply the issues that affect many of us day in, day out. This can include topics and issues which we hadn’t realised before or which perhaps main-stream media is overlooking.
Caste Away Arts is supporting this great new website, it’s about time we stopped relying on mainstream media to form our opinions. We have written an article for the site called “Different Shades of Brown”. This article explores the age-old issue of More >
Creative Enrichment Programme: RELEASE UK
Jan 23rd
Release UK met Coventry DJ and youth worker Asha Banton who spoke about growing up in a children's home and the racism he faced.
Release UK is a community arts club that comprises of young people enjoying the enrichments of a bespoke programme held every weekend at Barrs Hill School. Release UK’s workshops centre on youth led Drama, Citizenship, Assertiveness Training, Elocutions and studying popular British culture as a means of integration. Release UK is run at The Tamil Welfare Associations (TWA) weekend Arts and Academic school in the Midlands. TWA are proud to celebrate their Tamil heritage by teaching More >
Caste Discrimination in Great Britain
Dec 17th
Caste discrimination does exist in British Asian communities!…this is something that Caste Away Arts were well aware of but new government commisioned research has found evidence of caste discrimination at work and in education. This could be a step towards caste discrimation becoming illegal in Great Britain. Read more on CasteWatchUK’s website – http://www.castewatchuk.org/CWUK_Press_Release_16-12-2010.pdf
Also listen to the BBC Asian Network report on this issues, it features Caste Away Arts’ Reena Jaisiah and Davinder Prasad from CasteWatchUK. Here’s the link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00wlc3z/Asian_Network_Reports_16_12_2010
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The Diwali drama project was a success!
Nov 2nd
A retelling of the story of Diwali through drama and dance was performed by a selection of students from Holly Lodge School, Smethwick. This project was commissioned by Sandwell Leisure Trust and the workshops facilitated by Caste Away Arts. Reena Jaisiah and Vimla Prasad fronted the project with the aid of volunteers Ravinder Karra and Christian Sadler. This intensive half term project was based on how these young people see Diwali. Through their own research and teamwork, these talented youngsters devised and produced their own short play which was performed at the Public in West Bromwich last Sunday to a lively audience. The event had More >
