Why do People Gather

Welcome to this exciting journey of exploring more about society and thinking.

• Interview with Volunteer: the Tynesiders Project of Headliners20th Mar 2020
  On the basic level, it looks like its just a free photography course, but at the core, it’s about creating and representing different communities in the northeast and to better create like a bigger picture of representation.
• Embrace Us Embarrass Racists: Under Coronavirus Outbreak, Are We Also Experiencing a ‘Corona Racism’ Outbreak?19th Mar 2020
  On February 17th, there is a signature signing event called “Embrace Us, Embarrass Racism!” at Newcastle University Student Union’s main entrance starting from 1pm aiming to gather signature from people who would like to support the effort of fighting against racism especially the coronavirus-related racism. This campaign was organized by Chinese student representative Jason Jiao and was joined by Newcastle University Stand Up To Racism society. Students kept coming and sign on the big banner and Jason Jiao told us that this banner is going into NCL’s History Room as a symbol and memorial of Newcastle University’s students fighting against
• Teacher’s Strike in Newcastle: Why Strike Again in Just 3 Months?19th Mar 2020
  February 20th starts the first week of teacher’s strike organized by University and College Union (UCU) in 2020 and this time the strike will last for the duration of 4 weeks with 14 days of strikes at 74 universities including Newcastle University. Teachers and representatives from UCU gathered at multiple spots on campus and they holding banners while sending out leaflets to let people know what is happening and why are they doing that. Since the last strike of November 2019, only 3 months have passed and it seems like teachers are not getting what they want by the last
• NHS Winter Crisis: Is NHS in Crisis the Whole Time, We Just Didn’t Notice?18th Mar 2020
  On February 15th, a leafleting event organized by Keep Our NHS Public North East organization has taken place in Newcastle City Center form 11am-2pm to call for action on NHS Winter Crisis, which is said to be currently the worst winter crisis on record. They sent leaflets to people passing by, and the organizers told the significance of the event through speakers, calling for attention, and people who were willing to follow closely to the winter crisis could sign and register their contact information. According to the KOPNE website, they received more than 60 signatures at the event. “There is
• Kick Racism Off Our Campus Rally in Newcastle University: Coronavirus is Spreading, So is Racism15th Mar 2020
  Dozens of students and activists gathered in Newcastle University to hold the rally of Kick Racism off Our Campus on February 11th to fight against racism and hostility towards the East Asian community with the outbreak of coronavirus. They gathered under Newcastle University’s landmark building the Arches from 11:00 to 11:45am with huge slogans and leaflets calling for attention and action to stand up to Racism. This rally is organized by Newcastle University Stand Up To Racism Society and according to their leader, the reason why they want to stand out and take action is that there are increasing racial
• Hello and Welcome!!!18th Feb 2020
  Welcome to ‘Why do People Gather’~~ See the video to find out more about our site and our inspirations~ Whenever you see a crowd of people holding banners, are you curious, what are they doing? Whenever you hear people shouting slogans and walking on the streets, are you wondering what is the significance behind doing this? Whenever you see people gathering, do you want to know why they form such a group and why together? Our website has the same curiosity and doubts about human gathering activities. We can’t help but want to discover what kind of stories are hidden

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