“A Sacrifice” film screening hosted by STAR, GU Amnesty and Students for a Free Tibet October 7, 2013

After our usual Wednesday night meeting STAR members rushed from the Queen Margaret Union over to the Boyd Orr Building to take part in a truly engaging and moving film showing experience.  The evening began with an brief introduction to the situation in Tibet by Aime from Students for a Free Tibet, followed by the screening of Theo Hessing’s documentary film “A Sacrifice” which  looks at the experiences of the Tibetan refugee Lhamo Kyab as he discusses his activism and the self immolations in Tibet.  After the film there was a great discussion in the theater lasting over an hour – with many people staying behind afterwards to continue discussions!

Thanks to the 70+ people who came along!  It was a truly memorable night!

For more information on the film visit – http://asacrificefilm.com/

For more information on Students for a Free Tibet – http://www.sftuk.org/

For more information on Glasgow Uni Amnesty – http://www.guamnesty.org.uk/

STAR meeting 02/10/13 October 7, 2013

This week was STAR’s volunteering fair!

Many people we spoke to at the Fresher’s Fair were very excited about this meeting, and as we expected we got a great turn out!  Each organisation present was given five minutes to talk to the group each, and after all the talks were done our members could wander around the meeting and talk to each representative individually.  A fair like this is a great way to get to know all the local groups working in your area and we were lucky enough to have representatives from the Red Cross Glasgow, the Bridges Programe, Scottish Detainee Visitors, Positive Action in Housing and Unity in the Community!

Our next meeting is “How to win an argument about the asylum system”, where we will give you the tools to dismantle racist and ignorant arguments and challenge negative misconceptions about asylum seekers!

Event page here – https://www.facebook.com/events/746761798674401/

STAR newsletter 28/09/13 September 28, 2013

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STAR Social – Mazloom play September 28, 2013

Last week six members of STAR journeyed out to the south side of Glasgow to see the short play Mazloom.  

Mazloom was created during a series of workshops with young afghan men who are seeking asylum in the UK, as a means for them to explore their feelings through art and as such the play was based on an amalgamation of their experiences in the UK and, in particular dealing with the UKBA.  It was a very powerful play to watch, although difficult too, but I think we’re all glad that we had the opportunity to see it in Glasgow.

After the play there was music and spoken word by one of the founders of “Seeds of Thought” a regular event in Glasgow, who is a Zimbabwean refugee and finally, the event was closed with a discussion on the subject of forced removals of young people and the unfair reality of the asylum system in the UK featuring representatives from NCADC, GRAMNet and Young People Seeking Safety.

Welcome Back! September 16, 2013

Welcome to Glasgow, freshers and returning students and staff!

STAR will be at the Fresher’s fair on Tuesday 17th (in the Concert Hall) and on Wednesday 18th (in the Cloisters) – Come along and find us!

Our committee has been very busy over and we hope to reveal our Semester 1 plans really soon!

As well as a mailing list (email us at starglasgow(at)googlemail.com to be added) and this website we have a facebook group here!

Here’s a photo of some STAR committee members at a demo outside the UKBA last week  – covered here and here!