It was great that four of the people who went on the women's visit were at the CADFA Brent event today. Sumiya told the story if the visit with interruptions from the others of us. Although we're back and getting rested, the visit has made a strong impression on us all and it is good to talk to other people about it.
From the organisers' point of view, one of the successes of the visit is the strong feeling we have that the people on the visit will really follow it up with strong actions. Already Maha is making a radio programme, Annika is back leading the women's stall at Bloomsbury, with offers of help from many of the others, Sheila is making a room booking at a community centre near her for a feedback event, Chadia, Maha, Sumiya all helped with this one and Kate travelled all the way from Northampton to be there. Frances and Patricia have talked about the visit in Hackney and many more we're sure. It certainly has given a boost to the women's links part of CADFA.
So it was really nice as part of this event to meet Khalida and Humera from Al-Nissa organisation in Wembley, and discuss the ways their work with women and ours could overlap and help each other. .. The situation in Palestine is terrible but we are building a network of friends all over the place who care about each other and interested in working hard for human rights.
Thanks everyone who came and helped! Hope to see you at the next one.
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