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Leicester Secular Society @leicsecularsociety.bsky.social · 1d

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Gail and Bharat (2025): Film Screening and Discussion

Film screening of the lives & activism of anti-caste couple Gail & Bharat, followed by a discussion with director Somnath Waghmare.

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Leicester Secular Society @leicsecularsociety.bsky.social · 1d

We’re proud to host a special screening of Gail and Bharat (2025) 🎬 with director Somnath Waghmare, in collaboration with Dalit Solidarity Network UK.

📍Secular Hall
🗓️Tuesday 21 October |⏰6pm
🎟️Free, register on Eventbrite👇

✨Refreshments provided
Donations appreciated
Don’t miss this powerful event!

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Leicester Secular Society @leicsecularsociety.bsky.social · 2d

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Plan Z - From Lab Coats to Handcuffs

FILM + speaker scientist Dr Caroline Vincent

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Leicester Secular Society @leicsecularsociety.bsky.social · 2d

🌍Film Screening: Plan Z – From Lab Coats to Handcuffs🎥
Introduced by Dr Caroline Vincent, this documentary follows scientists who risk arrest & reputations to warn of climate breakdown.

📅Sun 19 Oct, 6.30pm
📍Secular Hall
🎟️Free admission
☕Refreshments provided
Donations welcome

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Leicester Secular Society @leicsecularsociety.bsky.social · 4d

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VETO!

Amnesty International's campaign to limit use of the UN veto - Ian Myson

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Leicester Secular Society @leicsecularsociety.bsky.social · 4d

VETO! – Talk by Ian Myson (Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social ) on curbing abuse of the UN Security Council veto. How it fuels wars in Ukraine & the Middle East, and why reform is vital.
📍 Secular Hall
🗓️ Sun 12 Oct, 6.30pm
🎟️ Free, with refreshments + donations welcome

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Leicester Secular Society @leicsecularsociety.bsky.social · 9d

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A Woman’s Journey from Silence to Strength

A powerful talk on growing up as a woman in an Islamic Mediterranean society, navigating patriarchy, faith, and family.

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Leicester Secular Society @leicsecularsociety.bsky.social · 9d

📢 How Did It Feel to Be in My Shoes? A Woman’s Journey from Silence to Strength.

Join us this Sunday, 5th Oct at 6:30pm at Secular Hall, for a powerful personal talk on navigating patriarchy, faith, and resilience in an Islamic Mediterranean society.

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Leicester Secular Society @leicsecularsociety.bsky.social · 17d

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Can We Celebrate Religious Secularists? - Andrew Bolton

Anabaptists, Baptists and Quakers were supercritical of Christendom, and suffered for their stand.

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Leicester Secular Society @leicsecularsociety.bsky.social · 17d

📢Can We Celebrate Religious Secularists? – Andrew Bolton

🗓️Sunday 28 Sept, 6:30pm
📍Secular Hall

✝️Anabaptists, Baptists, and Quakers once stood against Christendom and suffered for their stand. Were they the first religious secularists?

☕All welcome, refreshments provided. Donations appreciated.

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Leicester Secular Society @leicsecularsociety.bsky.social · 21d

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INHERIT THE WIND

Two great lawyers argue the case for & against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution

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Leicester Secular Society @leicsecularsociety.bsky.social · 21d

🎬Inherit the Wind — film screening
📅Sunday 21 Sept, 6:30pm
📍Secular Hall

Step back to 1925 and the famous Scopes Monkey Trial, where a teacher was prosecuted for teaching evolution.

Based on real transcripts, this courtroom drama brings history to life.

✨All welcome
Donations appreciated

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Leicester Secular Society @leicsecularsociety.bsky.social · 29d

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Leicester's Victorian Infidels

The story of Leicester’s C19th ‘heretics’ and ‘infidels’ based on new research into Leicester's radical past

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Leicester Secular Society @leicsecularsociety.bsky.social · 29d

📢✨ Leicester's Victorian Infidels – Ned Newitt ✨📚
Discover Leicester’s 19th-century “heretics” & radicals: free speech, secularism & the fight for the vote.
📍Secular Hall
🎟️All welcome, admission free
☕Tea & biscuits, donations appreciated.

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Leicester Secular Society @leicsecularsociety.bsky.social · 29d

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Leicester Secular Hall Open Day

Secular Hall: exhibition & guided tour - Come and see this unique building rooted in Leicester's radical past.

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Leicester Secular Society @leicsecularsociety.bsky.social · 29d

📢Discover Leicester's radical past at Secular Hall (@secularhall.bsky.social), a hub for free thought since 1881! Join us on 14th Sept, 10am-4pm, for guided tours, exhibitions, and more. ✨Explore this historic landmark—one of the UK's only purpose-built secularist buildings!

#HeritageOpenDay

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Leicester Secular Society @leicsecularsociety.bsky.social · Sep 3

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Caste: A Global Story

Join us for an eye-opening discussion on the impact of caste systems worldwide. Also on Zoom: (ID: 856 6301 7127 & Pass: 019219)

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Leicester Secular Society @leicsecularsociety.bsky.social · Sep 3

📖 Book discussion by renowned scholar & activist @surajyengde.bsky.social on his new work Caste: A Global Story.

🗓 Sat 6 Sept, 6PM
📍 Leicester Secular Hall & via Zoom (ID: 856 6301 7127 | Pass: 019219)

Dive into how caste operates as a global system of inequality.

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Leicester Secular Society @leicsecularsociety.bsky.social · Sep 1

📖 Book discussion with renowned scholar & activist @surajyengde.bsky.social on his new work Caste: A Global Story.

🗓 Sat 6 Sept, 6PM
📍 Leicester Secular Hall

Don’t miss this chance to engage in Q&A with one of today’s leading anti-caste voices.

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Leicester Secular Society @leicsecularsociety.bsky.social · Aug 30

📢 Join us at Leicester Secular Hall on 2 Sept, 7–8pm for a livestreamed @natsecsoc.bsky.social briefing on Marriage Inequality 💍

Speakers: Helen Nicholls, @meganmanson.bsky.social & @sandbergrlaw.bsky.social

Why UK marriage law needs reform ➡️ Don’t miss it!

#MarriageEquality #Secularism

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Leicester Secular Society @leicsecularsociety.bsky.social · Aug 29

📢Secularism as Sarva Dharma Sambhav (Equal Respect for All Religions)
with Dr. @arvindkumar.bsky.social Kumar, Political Scientist & Visiting Lecturer, University of Hertfordshire.

📅Sunday 7th Sept, 6:30pm
📍Secular Hall
💻Also on Zoom
ID: 856 6301 7127
Pass: 019219

All welcome.

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Leicester Secular Society @leicsecularsociety.bsky.social · Aug 29

🌈 The Leicester Secular Society will have a stall at Leicester Pride in Abbey Park this Saturday, from 12–6 pm! 🎉

Come find us, look out for our banners, and stop by to say hello — we’d love to see you! ✨

#LeicesterPride #LeicesterSecularSociety #Pride2025 #AbbeyPark

Leicester Secular Society @leicsecularsociety.bsky.social · Aug 15

The Leicester Secular Society will have a stall at the Leicester Mela in Abbey Park this weekend, from noon to 7 pm. We’ll be sharing it with the Asian Rationalist Society of Britain - South Asian Rationalists UK.

If you’re around, look out for our banners and come say hello! :)

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Leicester Secular Society @leicsecularsociety.bsky.social · Jul 18

📚The Glass Door – Caste, Privilege & Exclusion in Modern India
📍Leicester Secular Hall
📺Also on Zoom | ID: 856 6301 7127 | Pass: 019219
🗓Wed, 23 July | 🕢 7:30 PM BST
Join Prof. Ravikant Kisana (aka buffalo_intellectual) for a talk on caste, merit & power.

For info, please visit tinyurl.com/487nz333

The Glass Door: Caste, Privilege, & Exclusion in Modern India

Explore caste, privilege, and exclusion in modern India with Prof. Ravikant Kisana. Also on Zoom. Zoom ID: 856 6301 7127 Pass: 019219

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Leicester Secular Society @leicsecularsociety.bsky.social · Jul 11

🎵🎶 Join us for Songs of Justice with Sambhaji Bhagat—an evening of powerful music rooted in Ambedkarite values, anti-caste resistance, and social justice.
📅 Sun 20 July | 6.30–8 PM
📍 Leicester Secular Hall
More info and tickets: tinyurl.com/bdrkct5h

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