Join us as we launch our campaign to win a seat on the London Assembly in 2021!

This election is a key campaign for the Women's Equality Party and we're fighting to win an important seat on the London Assembly - the elected body which holds the Mayor of London to account - as well as running for Mayor ourselves. Our voice and our message has never been more crucial: as we begin to recover from COVID and from Brexit we must ensure that we Build Back Equal. COVID was the great revealer of inequality in our society and it is vital that women and minority groups are not forgotten in the recovery period.

At this online event (zoom) you'll get to hear from Party Leader and London Mayoral candidate, Mandu Reid as well as other exciting speakers. You'll also get the chance to join our campaign and be part of of the team that wins this seat and ensures that we have a care-led recovery from COVID in London. You'll be able to find out more about ways to volunteer and ask questions, as well as be directed to the steps to take next.

Please note, you don't have to be from London to volunteer for this election. RSVP for the launch, and take a look at our Digital Organiser Training too!

We're really looking forward to seeing you there!

Join us for a 2 hour phone bank session to call Hackney WEP members, asking them to contact their councillors to support the petition submitted by Sistah Space asking the council to provide a safe space for them to provide their domestic abuse services for African heritage women.

Once you RSVP, you will be contacted to set up our phone bank account. On Sunday we will go through an orientation over zoom, then mute ourselves and call members using a prepared script. If you've never phone banked before, don't worry, we'll hold your hand! It's very fun and rewarding to speak to members, and at the end we'll come back to zoom to discuss how it all went. Simples!

2021 is a huge opportunity for our movement as it's an incredibly busy election year! As we finally conclude our campaign to win a seat on the London Assembly we will also be contesting elections in Scotland and local elections across England. The year behind us was extraordinarily difficult and the effects and restrictions of COVID are not yet over. We will be adapting some elements of our campaigning and branching out in creative new ways to win over voters and build communities online using social media.

Are you interested in using social media to help us reach and persuade voters to support the party in these elections and beyond? Then this training is for you!

Join us on both 25th and 26th January at 7.00 pm for a two-part training session.

We'll be going over some background, teaching you skills for organising online, supporting you to take the first steps sharing our crucial message and covering how to recruit and managing online activist communities that you build.

See you there!

** If you can't make these sessions do look out for future sessions **

** A social media novice but still interested? Social media basics training is coming soon - look out for an email **

Disability caucus meeting

We invite you to join our members meeting, via Zoom at 6pm on Wednesday 27th January 2021.

Cath Smith, Head of Campaigns, is coming along to speak to us all about the WEP Academy, and our Co-Chair Amanda will be taking us through the plan to educate all branches on accessibility. We will be looking for volunteer trainers to train their local branch or more, as well as discussing our plans for 2021. 

We hope to make the meeting accessible to all. If you require any adaptations to make this Zoom meeting accessible to you, please let us know by emailing info@womensequality.org.uk. If you want to attend the meeting but prefer not to contribute, you are still welcome. Please note this meeting will have closed captions. 

Our Culture Club meeting on Wednesday 27th January is on Holocaust Memorial Day. This the day when the United Kingdom ensures that today’s and future generations know how far human evil can take us. 

We will be joining with Edgware & Hendon Reform Synagogue to commemorate the Nazi Shoah suffered by the Jewish people and genocides suffered by other peoples at that time and subsequently around the world. We will hear testimony from 

• Ivan Shaw who survived the Nazi invasion of Serbia
• Yoletta Nyange Rwandan born journalist, who will speak about how Rwanda is or is not recovering from the trauma of genocide.

Please RSVP for the link to the event which starts at 20:00 on Wednesday 27th January,

Stay Safe & Keep Well

Lisa, Olivia & the branch team

Women's Equality Barnet
http://www.womensequality.org.uk/barnet

This month's new members meeting will be via Zoom. We'll be discussing our ongoing campaigns, with a focus on the London elections in 2021. 

Everyone welcome and there are always new people attending - no experience of politics necessary!

Zoom details will be emailed to all respondents who RSVP. 

Do join us for our friendly Barnet branch meeting on Sunday 7th February 19:00 - 20:30 approx.

This month, we will be joined by Harini Iyengar, a barrister specialising in Employment, Discrimination and Equality law. Harini has authored the book A Practical Guide to the Law of Gender Pay Gap Reporting. Harini gave expert legal evidence to the House of Commons Inquiry into high heels and workplace dress codes and is regularly interviewed as a legal expert in the media, including on “Newsnight” and “Victoria Derbyshire”. She is also lone parent of 3 children and number 1 on WEP's London List of candidates for the Greater London Assembly.

Please RSVP and we will send you the event link nearer the time.

Stay Safe & Keep Well

Lisa, Olivia & the branch team

Women's Equality Barnet
http://www.womensequality.org.uk/barnet

Digital Organiser Training

2021 is a huge opportunity for our movement as it's an incredibly busy election year! As we finally conclude our campaign to win a seat on the London Assembly we will also be contesting elections in Scotland and local elections across England. The year behind us was extraordinarily difficult and the effects and restrictions of COVID are not yet over. We will be adapting some elements of our campaigning and branching out in creative new ways to win over voters and build communities online using social media.

Are you interested in using social media to help us reach and persuade voters to support the party in these elections and beyond? Then this training is for you!

Join us on both 8th and 9th February at 6.00 pm for a two-part training session.

We'll be going over some background, teaching you skills for organising online, supporting you to take the first steps sharing our crucial message and covering how to recruit and managing online activist communities that you build.

See you there!

** If you can't make these sessions do look out for sessions on other dates **

** A social media novice but still interested? Social media basics training is coming soon - look out for an email **

This month's Branch Meeting will be via Zoom. We'll be discussing our ongoing campaigns, with a focus on the London elections in 2021. 

Everyone welcome and there are always new people attending - no experience of politics necessary!

Zoom details will be emailed to all respondents who RSVP. 

Save the date for our Galentine's Day Culture Club. Come along to share your favourite stories of female friendship and most beautiful sisterhood moments in books, films or podcasts - or simply listen in and come away with restored faith in humanity (and recommendations to occupy lockdown evenings)! 

Everyone welcome and there are always new people attending - no experience of politics necessary!

Zoom details will be emailed to all respondents who RSVP.