kategray
@revkategray.bsky.social
Activist. Practitioner Pastor. Dr. Theologian. Researching faith responding to poverty in the UK & trauma theology. Interest in climate crisis, overcoming exclusion & fascism. #phd #CoventryUni #Manchester #UnitedReformedChurch
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
A fantastic learning exchange between KIM Inspire, North Wales and Dandelion Savers, Wythenshawe, & community partners in Chorlton and Burnage, exploring KIMs amazing neurodivergent girls project and work covering 3 counties with 2 PT staff working with 13-25 yr age girls.
November 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
A fantastic learning exchange between KIM Inspire, North Wales and Dandelion Savers, Wythenshawe, & community partners in Chorlton and Burnage, exploring KIMs amazing neurodivergent girls project and work covering 3 counties with 2 PT staff working with 13-25 yr age girls.
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"A masterclass on the intersection of trauma and art and on how and why such poems touch us deeply, The Wounded Line will be cherished by anyone wishing to explore their own painful experiences or those of the people who came before them."
The Wounded Line: A Guide to Writing Poems of Trauma
Who among us has never written about experiences of trauma—in a diary, a journal, an unsent letter? How can we take those expressions further, transforming them into art?
www.jewishbookcouncil.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
"A masterclass on the intersection of trauma and art and on how and why such poems touch us deeply, The Wounded Line will be cherished by anyone wishing to explore their own painful experiences or those of the people who came before them."
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They said if you don't see the space you want, create it.
We're creating a community that is 10 toes down for:
Black women
Intersectional analysis
Rest
Healing
Holistic Wellness
Love
Justice
Interfaith appreciation
"Come celebrate with us!"
November 26, 2025
We're creating a community that is 10 toes down for:
Black women
Intersectional analysis
Rest
Healing
Holistic Wellness
Love
Justice
Interfaith appreciation
"Come celebrate with us!"
November 26, 2025
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
They said if you don't see the space you want, create it.
We're creating a community that is 10 toes down for:
Black women
Intersectional analysis
Rest
Healing
Holistic Wellness
Love
Justice
Interfaith appreciation
"Come celebrate with us!"
November 26, 2025
We're creating a community that is 10 toes down for:
Black women
Intersectional analysis
Rest
Healing
Holistic Wellness
Love
Justice
Interfaith appreciation
"Come celebrate with us!"
November 26, 2025
Class system is alive and well in Oz
“The rich get breezy upper stories with the view, pool and state-of-the-art amenities, while the poor are hidden away downstairs with a discreet entrance and no access to facilities”
What was that about Australia not having a class system? #inequality #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
What was that about Australia not having a class system? #inequality #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Poor doors’: affordable housing tenants have to use back entrance to access Barangaroo apartments
Those paying discounted rent at Watermans Residences can’t use pool or gym, either. Critics say segregation ‘a dystopian microcosm of housing inequality’
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Class system is alive and well in Oz
Some peace, calm and prayer for you wherever you are from an outdoor grotto in Ransk, nr Antwerp, Belgium.
November 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Some peace, calm and prayer for you wherever you are from an outdoor grotto in Ransk, nr Antwerp, Belgium.
This weekend I dreamt of Cheryl. Today I heard the sad news of my long time friend and colleague Revd Dr Cheryl Dibeela. Rest in peace, rise in power. A force to be reckoned with and full of the spirit of life, solidarity and justice.
November 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
This weekend I dreamt of Cheryl. Today I heard the sad news of my long time friend and colleague Revd Dr Cheryl Dibeela. Rest in peace, rise in power. A force to be reckoned with and full of the spirit of life, solidarity and justice.
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This Halloween, don't let conservatives scare you into thinking that any public spending for the common good is "socialism." https://youtu.be/xq02yuY4wDQ?si=1pZ3aUVE7u452gtr
Socialism Fear-mongering is Bananas | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
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November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This Halloween, don't let conservatives scare you into thinking that any public spending for the common good is "socialism." https://youtu.be/xq02yuY4wDQ?si=1pZ3aUVE7u452gtr
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📉 When people can’t afford food, fuel or housing, it’s not just hardship, it’s a failure of justice.
Join us and the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights on 9 December for our online event - 'The future of human rights and justice in the UK'
🎟️ Tickets here
Join us and the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights on 9 December for our online event - 'The future of human rights and justice in the UK'
🎟️ Tickets here
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October 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📉 When people can’t afford food, fuel or housing, it’s not just hardship, it’s a failure of justice.
Join us and the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights on 9 December for our online event - 'The future of human rights and justice in the UK'
🎟️ Tickets here
Join us and the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights on 9 December for our online event - 'The future of human rights and justice in the UK'
🎟️ Tickets here
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Kemi Badenoch is absolutely right about this.
At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years
At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years
October 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Kemi Badenoch is absolutely right about this.
At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years
At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years
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NEWS: CBS News gutted its climate team as part of the big Paramount layoffs this week. These journalists had been doing incredible reporting on extreme heat, flooding, clean energy investments and more.
I've got details for Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/cbs-news-g...
I've got details for Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/cbs-news-g...
CBS News just gutted its climate team
Paramount and Bari Weiss aren't off to a great start. Here's why David Ellison should change course.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:55 AM
NEWS: CBS News gutted its climate team as part of the big Paramount layoffs this week. These journalists had been doing incredible reporting on extreme heat, flooding, clean energy investments and more.
I've got details for Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/cbs-news-g...
I've got details for Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/cbs-news-g...
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Ministers have dumped plans for a major white paper containing a swathe of further cuts and reforms to disability benefits, following months of activism by disabled people and allies that forced the government into a major U-turn this summer.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwps-plans-i...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwps-plans-i...
DWP’s plans ‘in tatters’ as McFadden scraps white paper on further disability cuts
Ministers have dumped plans for a major white paper containing a swathe of further cuts and reforms to disability benefits, following months of activism by disabled people and allies that forced th…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Ministers have dumped plans for a major white paper containing a swathe of further cuts and reforms to disability benefits, following months of activism by disabled people and allies that forced the government into a major U-turn this summer.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwps-plans-i...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwps-plans-i...
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Really looking forward to this conversation on Thursday about my new book on empathy and politics.
You can find out more and register below 👇🏻
You can find out more and register below 👇🏻
This Thursday, join @claireyorke.bsky.social at LSE as she explores how empathy can transform politics and leadership, with insights from Alexander Evans.
💡Find out more and register to attend online or in person: shorturl.at/fpjM7
💡Find out more and register to attend online or in person: shorturl.at/fpjM7
Can empathy really transform politics and leadership?
Thurs 16 Oct, 6.30pm | 'Can empathy really transform politics and leadership?' with Dr Claire Yorke
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October 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Really looking forward to this conversation on Thursday about my new book on empathy and politics.
You can find out more and register below 👇🏻
You can find out more and register below 👇🏻
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Good news from Netherlands. By no means a great victory -- a small one, incomplete -- but a step in the right direction at a time when the wrong direction exerts so much gravity. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w...
Dutch Voters Deliver Major Setback to Far-Right Party of Geert Wilders
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Good news from Netherlands. By no means a great victory -- a small one, incomplete -- but a step in the right direction at a time when the wrong direction exerts so much gravity. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w...
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Decades of economic growth have failed to end #poverty, exacerbated inequalities & driven environmental collapse.
Today #EndPovertyDay 17 Oct, I present the ‘Roadmap for Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth’ — an urgently-needed rethink in the fight against poverty: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7htI...
Today #EndPovertyDay 17 Oct, I present the ‘Roadmap for Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth’ — an urgently-needed rethink in the fight against poverty: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7htI...
Beyond growth — a new approach to combatting global poverty
YouTube video by Olivier De Schutter
www.youtube.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Decades of economic growth have failed to end #poverty, exacerbated inequalities & driven environmental collapse.
Today #EndPovertyDay 17 Oct, I present the ‘Roadmap for Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth’ — an urgently-needed rethink in the fight against poverty: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7htI...
Today #EndPovertyDay 17 Oct, I present the ‘Roadmap for Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth’ — an urgently-needed rethink in the fight against poverty: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7htI...
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Social protection is a human right.
In a new report, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights @deschuttero.bsky.social warns that weakening social protection fuels the rise of far-right populism.
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In a new report, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights @deschuttero.bsky.social warns that weakening social protection fuels the rise of far-right populism.
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Welfare cuts are fuelling far right rise, warns UN expert
NEW YORK – The rolling back of protections for people living in poverty has created fertile ground for far-right movements across the world, warned the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human ...
www.ohchr.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Social protection is a human right.
In a new report, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights @deschuttero.bsky.social warns that weakening social protection fuels the rise of far-right populism.
Read more:
In a new report, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights @deschuttero.bsky.social warns that weakening social protection fuels the rise of far-right populism.
Read more:
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The administrative incompetence and disregard for reality and people’s right to social security are staggering. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
HMRC cuts child benefit for 35,000 families based on incomplete travel data
UK tax agency apologises after flagging people as having emigrated, often when they return via different routes
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The administrative incompetence and disregard for reality and people’s right to social security are staggering. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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📢 Applications are open for the Sociology (SOC) and Work, Employment and Society (WES) Editorial Boards!
Both welcome ECRs, with Sociology offering mentoring for those newer to reviewing.
🗓️ Deadline: 30 Oct 2025, 17:00 GMT
👉 Apply or nominate: www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
Both welcome ECRs, with Sociology offering mentoring for those newer to reviewing.
🗓️ Deadline: 30 Oct 2025, 17:00 GMT
👉 Apply or nominate: www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
Nominations
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October 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
📢 Applications are open for the Sociology (SOC) and Work, Employment and Society (WES) Editorial Boards!
Both welcome ECRs, with Sociology offering mentoring for those newer to reviewing.
🗓️ Deadline: 30 Oct 2025, 17:00 GMT
👉 Apply or nominate: www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
Both welcome ECRs, with Sociology offering mentoring for those newer to reviewing.
🗓️ Deadline: 30 Oct 2025, 17:00 GMT
👉 Apply or nominate: www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
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"There’s now a seven-percentage point difference in financial wellbeing between genders, a divide that has grown even larger since last year.”
#Inequality
www.thetimes.com/article/cost...
#Inequality
www.thetimes.com/article/cost...
Cost of living hits women hardest, widening gender wellbeing gap
Women are less likely than men to have a savings safety net but more likely to have lower wages and childcare costs, a report finds
www.thetimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:55 AM
"There’s now a seven-percentage point difference in financial wellbeing between genders, a divide that has grown even larger since last year.”
#Inequality
www.thetimes.com/article/cost...
#Inequality
www.thetimes.com/article/cost...
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Join @trusselluk.bsky.social
and I in calling on the chancellor to end this cruel policy. It only takes a moment 🙏
action.trussell.org.uk/tell-your-mp...
and I in calling on the chancellor to end this cruel policy. It only takes a moment 🙏
action.trussell.org.uk/tell-your-mp...
Tell your MP the two-child limit must be fully removed
No child should know what a food bank is, let alone need one. But almost a third of food bank parcels provided by the Trussell community go to families with three or more children. We all know how qui...
action.trussell.org.uk
October 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Join @trusselluk.bsky.social
and I in calling on the chancellor to end this cruel policy. It only takes a moment 🙏
action.trussell.org.uk/tell-your-mp...
and I in calling on the chancellor to end this cruel policy. It only takes a moment 🙏
action.trussell.org.uk/tell-your-mp...
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BEYOND, the UK's leading conference for creative R&D, comes to Greater Manchester, November 24-26!
Join us for three days of inspiration, innovation and connection. Explore the ideas shaping the future of the creative industries and meet the people making it happen.
beyondconference.org/tickets
Join us for three days of inspiration, innovation and connection. Explore the ideas shaping the future of the creative industries and meet the people making it happen.
beyondconference.org/tickets
October 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
BEYOND, the UK's leading conference for creative R&D, comes to Greater Manchester, November 24-26!
Join us for three days of inspiration, innovation and connection. Explore the ideas shaping the future of the creative industries and meet the people making it happen.
beyondconference.org/tickets
Join us for three days of inspiration, innovation and connection. Explore the ideas shaping the future of the creative industries and meet the people making it happen.
beyondconference.org/tickets
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Block-Bridge-Build is a framework rooted in theory & practice of conflict transformation, civil resistance, & democratic renewal & aims to resist harm (block), facilitate dialogue across divides (bridge), & construct more inclusive, resilient futures (build)
nonprofitquarterly.org/block-bridge...
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Block, Bridge, and Build: A Framework to Forge a More Democratic Future - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
Amid rising authoritarianism, people in US-based movements need to work together in new ways. Here are some diverse approaches to help guide collective action.
nonprofitquarterly.org
May 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Block-Bridge-Build is a framework rooted in theory & practice of conflict transformation, civil resistance, & democratic renewal & aims to resist harm (block), facilitate dialogue across divides (bridge), & construct more inclusive, resilient futures (build)
nonprofitquarterly.org/block-bridge...
nonprofitquarterly.org/block-bridge...
In our church we celebrate refugees. We believe God wants us all to live in safety not fear. In our United Reformed Churches in the UK we acting in solidarity with people seeking asylum and with refugees. We are doing this in Manchester and Salford. Where are you doing solidarity work? @urc.org.uk
October 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
In our church we celebrate refugees. We believe God wants us all to live in safety not fear. In our United Reformed Churches in the UK we acting in solidarity with people seeking asylum and with refugees. We are doing this in Manchester and Salford. Where are you doing solidarity work? @urc.org.uk
Cooking up community with magical ingredients of creativity, care & colours of autumn! This is what inclusive neurodivergent children & family work looks like today with tots to teens, connection & space to be together @urc.org.uk
October 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Cooking up community with magical ingredients of creativity, care & colours of autumn! This is what inclusive neurodivergent children & family work looks like today with tots to teens, connection & space to be together @urc.org.uk