2012 - It’s time to build a future where everyone always had enough to eat.
This will be a year of learning and taking action to create a more just world.
St. Mary’s is linking with the global GROW campaign run by Oxfam. This is an ambitious campaign which challenges head on the political and practical injustice of the world. With a focus on food, and the urgent need to end starvation, it will be a unifying theme throughout the work of the year.
The possibility of strengthening links with St. Matthews in Possilpark is currently being explored.
Calendar:
Sunday 27th May 2012
Jo Swinson MP will be speaking at St. Mary’s after the service at 12.15 and all are welcome to come and listen and ask questions. Next month from 20th to 22nd June sees theRio + 20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. 20 years on from theRio ‘Earth Summit’, what has been achieved and what commitments do we want to see from the world’s governments who gather there? Jo is a strong advocate of fair trade (she organised a debate in Westminster Hall on the subject not long after she was elected for the first time) and will take our views back to Nick Clegg and Caroline Spellman who are attending Rio. With all else that’s in the news,Rio + 20 is not getting much coverage. All the more reason to get a good turn-out for this meeting to show that people really do care about these issues. If you want to find out more, ask the stewards for the J&A leaflet aboutRio + 20 which highlights some of the key issues, not least the importance of fair and sustainable methods of increasing global food production, support for smallholder farmers and cooperatives and increased investment in sustainable small-scale agriculture.