Global Issues Forum:
20 January 2004

Invitation to Global Issues Forum, The Ark (change of venue), 18th May

The meeting will take place on Tuesday, 18th May from 7.30pm to 9.30pm in the upper room, The Ark, Cotham Road South, Kingsdown, Bristol. It will be a joint meeting with the Bristol SPEAK group.

The main focus of the meeting is to raise awareness of summer campaigning (Jubilee Debt Campaign, the Trade Justice campaign and SPEAK) and to show churches how they can take action.

Agenda

1. Introductions
2. Feedback from last meeting and events (minutes attached), including website (www.bcan.org.uk/global)
3. Feedback on the Jubilee Debt Campaign (and World Debt Day, 16th May) (Diane Barnard)
4. News about the Bristol SPEAK group, a group for students and young adults (see www.speakbristol.org.uk) (Martin Parkes)
5. The Trade Justice Movement, coaches for the lobby of the Labour party conference 26th Sept and why 2005 is a key year for the campaign
6. Forum: sharing news, action and prayer requests
7. AOB, meeting dates