NSPM AGM

July 17, 2010 13:00

Published: July 16, 2010 10:56 by Nottingham Student Peace Movement |

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NSPM AGM
1PM
Saturday 17th July
The Sumac Centre, Nottingham (directions below)

Nottingham Student Peace Movement was first established by concerned
students in the lead-up to the US-lead invasion of Afghanistan and has
subsequently opposed wars and injustices including the illegal invasion of
Iraq and the brutal blockade and bombardment of Gaza. Our main focus is to highlight and and work against the root-causes of war and injustice. We
have been involved in a broad range of causes from anti-fascism and civil
liberties to disarmament and the environment. We employ a huge diversity
of tactics from awareness-raising and motions in the Students' Union
council to protests and actions. We work with an inclusive and
dynamic approach based on consensus processes.

In the lead-up to the war against Iraq, we organised dozens of coach-loads
of Notts students to attend the massive protests in London. We have
blockaded the nuclear bases in Aldermaston and Faslane. We have organised countless debates, discussions, conferences, workshops and have hosted fantastic lectures from timely voices in the political-wilderness.
We played a large role in organising the highly successful 'Free Hich
campaign' which mobilised the largest campus protest in the history of
Nottingham University, and has ensured the freedom of our friend and
NSPM-alumni Hicham. Many other projects and groups have emerged from NSPM, including the popular free summer-festival 'Sounds on the Downs'. These are just a few of the concrete achievements of the society over years for which it has existed.

This has been a difficult year for NSPM. All those who have been involved
are final-year students and all have been extremely busy with other
commitments. As such NSPM has not been so active and effective as in
previous years. We have not received the much-need injection of energy
from the next generation of student activists. Thousands of people have
attended our events over the years, but precious few get actively involved
in helping to organise them. The entire committee are graduating this year
and the future of the society is now in jeopardy.

In a last attempt to save NSPM we are calling an AGM on Saturday 17th
July, at 1pm, meeting at The SUMAC Centre.

http://www.veggies.org.uk/sumac/welcome.html

We need everyone who is interested in the future of student activism at
Nottingham to attend this meeting. If you are studying at Nottingham next
year or are a member of the wider community, if you have been on our
mailing list silently watching, if you are interested in peace and social
justice but have never gotten actively involved, now is your time! Please
step forward and help to save the most active and effective peace and
social justice society on campus! If NSPM folds this will be a great loss
to the diversity of political activism on campus and a great loss to the
campaigns and causes which NSPM supports.

If you are unable to attend the meeting but are keen to get involved next
year, please send an email to nspm@riseup.net. If you would like a place
on the committee please indicate this.

We hope that this lull is not the end of NSPM, but just the beginning of
the revival!

Yours in peace and hope.

NSPM

 

Contact email: nspm@riseup.net

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