Demilitarise Education (dED) is a collective on a mission to use research, media, collaboration and technology to support peace movements. Our current focus is looking at how we can help untangle, expose and end UK University ties to the global arms trade. To do this we will be launching a community research project called 'The People's Plan for Divestment' within this report we aim to address how divesting from arms companies (and fossil fuels in-collaboration with People & Planet) would affect The University of Manchester, how divestment would be possible and what those investments and partnerships could be replaced with both for the success of universities and global sustainability. After tackling The University of Manchester and fully engaging with the local community we hope to travel UK Universities and build a database which compares UK Universities ties to the global arms trade and encourage the growth of dED communities so we can set a national precedent for divestment and HYPE UP THE PEACE FORCE! @dED_UCATION every month we get to know and hype a different peace organisation. We have a podcast, we share content, we record a video where we talk about the what we have learnt about their organisation and we have a monthly pub quiz dedicated to their campaign. As we build our community, research and media presence we will work to look at how Blockchain Technology can best be used to support the success of peace organisations....but we have a long way to go yet!
Peace is not just a political process but a creative one too. If you are good with social media, graphics, arts or anything creative that can help us build the dED community then please get in contact and together lets hype up the peace force!! #WeAintdEDYet!
Posted on Jun 12, 2019
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