Jersey Holocaust Day 2020 - and Human Rights

On 27 January 2020 the annual Jersey Holocaust Memorial remembered that Auschwitz camp was "liberated" 75 years ago.
It is also 75 years ago that Jersey was "liberated" from Occupation
Below are video recordings of the two main speakers at the 2020 Holocaust Memorial ;
Jersey Bailiff Tim Le Cocq and Dean of Jersey Mike Keirle.

Bailiff Tim Le Cocq (above)

Dean of Jersey Mike Keirle (above



Later this year, after the official "Liberation 75" celebrations on and around 9 May, I am organising a Human Rights Conference/Seminar on 27 and 28 May (tentative dates) at the Jersey Institute of Law (Highlands College).
This is still being planned but it is proposed that expert Human Rights lawyers and academics  - some of whom spoke in Jersey 25 years ago at my "Liberation 50" Human Rights series - will return to give a progress report on world-wide achievements and Human Rights failings.

The  public will enjoy free entry to the conference and will be encouraged to discuss Human Rights issues.
Local experts will also be speaking at this conference to ensure that the discussions are relevant to residents of the Channel Islands.

Of course I cannot organise and fund this project on my own.
I need sponsors and active helpers and volunteers to make this a successful event.

Today about 100 people attended the Holocaust Memorial Day event.
Jersey has a population of  over 106,000
I think that Human Rights needs a much higher profile and better public understanding.
It is a matter that affects us 365 days per annum - so a couple of hours on one day per year is not enough. We must build on the Holocaust Memorial and Liberation Day celebrations to embrace human rights standards in Jersey.
If you agree - please make contact with me on 01534 862929 or PM me Mike Dun on Facebook
or email mikedunjersey(@)gmail.com

Blue Monday and Wednesday - The Fury at Sand Street car park continued....

I posted about the problems with paying for car parking at Sand Street - St Helier on "Blue Monday" when I was threatened with a parking ticket for stopping to ask for guidance.

That parking ticket arrived in the post on "Blue Wednesday" so I have updated my blog to include the latest information.

For clarity all the events here were taking place and recorded on Monday and Wednesday - I refer to "yesterday" a couple of times in error....
and on Monday the 2 Parking Control Officers supposedly posted to give help to the public were standing alongside the entrance - not in a car as my voice-over suggests in error. I was in the car but got out to speak with them.

I must now waste everybody's time by challenging the £100 parking ticket by email and shall be attaching this Blog to that

PART ONE - MONDAY

PART TWO - WEDNESDAY

I hope that there will not be a part three....

Liberation 75 and Human Rights in Jersey 2020 - Disability Discrimination and Gill Curtis MBE

I bumped into Gill Curtis today.
That's not unusual because I see her and hear her words all the time - although she died in 2008.

Gill was of course an artist with vision who worked for the Jersey Pottery for years - but I knew her mostly because of her campaigning for equality and how she saw the unfairnesses of discrimination - most especially from the perspective of disability.
Sadly, I have no recording of her speaking although I would expect the BBC or CTV to have something in their archives but I am provoked by her memory into action whenever I encounter "poor design."

So today I encountered some aspects of poor design that she would have campaigned against - yet they are still commonplace today.

Many people will dismiss these observations as trivial but I try to remind people that we all start life as helpless babies needing everything to be done for us and many of us experience vulnerability again - personally or otherwise - as we make this curious journey towards mortality.

Gill helped me with the Liberation 50 Human Rights seminars 25 years ago and its so sad that she is not here today to help organise something similar for Liberation 75.
Maybe this will provoke others to volunteer.

Here follows a few words about Gill Curtis and her major work in Jersey which sadly remains unfinished.

Anybody who would like to record a video interview or wants more information about a possible Liberation 75 Human Rights Project can contact me Mike Dun by PM on Facebook or tel Jersey 862929