Name: Right-wing Extremism and the Church
Start: 2025-01-14T10:30:00+00:00
End: 2025-01-14T16:30:00+00:00
Location: Hodge Hill United Reformed Church

Creative conversations about the possibilities of Englishness. With a range of speakers including John Cotton from Birmingham City Council.
About this Event

Right-wing Extremism and the Church: Creative conversations about the possibilities of Englishness

Join us at Hodge Hill United Reformed Church, Birmingham for an insightful day on the impact of right-wing extremism and the response of the church.

Don't miss this opportunity to engage in meaningful dialogue and learn how we can work together to promote tolerance and unity.

This is for you if you are clergy (cross-denominational), lay leaders, voluntary sector workers, community leaders, or anyone interested in how the two intersect.

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Guest Speakers include:

Contextual Perspectives

David Gould
Alex Cameron
Simon Jay

Creativity and Criticism

Al Barrett
John Cotton (leader of Birmingham City Council)
Maria Power
Mahmooda Qureshi (reflections from a Muslim friend)

More information and bios to follow.

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Alex Cameron is the Director of CHIPS (Christian International Peace Service), a peacemaking organisation dedicated to fostering peace and reconciliation in communities affected by conflict. CHIPS currently focuses on projects in Northern Ghana, addressing tribal conflicts, and in Brixton, London, working to reduce serious violence. Alex brings extensive experience in humanitarian emergency response, having worked across the globe with communities impacted by conflict. This background drives her commitment to tackling the root causes of division and building sustainable, peaceful futures.

Simon Jay is a pioneer Baptist minister who has been working in a multi-ethnic neighbourhood in Birmingham for the last 24 years. Although he was born in Oxfordshire, Simon spent the whole of his childhood growing up with his adopted parents in a small town in Somerset, where his brother and he were the only Black children in the entire community. Aged 21 he left to study community and youth work at Birmingham university, and later in life completed an MA in theology. He currently sits on several steering groups that deliver training and awareness around racial justice and supports Black young people and children who are in the care system.