About the Same Skies network
Following our 'What Kind of Region Do We Want To Live In?' event in Manningham, Bradford in November 2015, the organising group have become the Same Skies network - working for a hopeful, fair, prosperous and inclusive regional democracy.
The network's priorities are:
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enabling 'unheard' voices to be heard as effectively as possible
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encouraging the democratisation of devolutionary processes towards self-determination
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identifying and supporting positive ideas for regional democracy.
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engaging with people across political parties and of none whilst also ensuring that the collective engages on its own terms and doesn't allow itself to become a tool of any one political party.
The founding members of the network are:
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Leila Taleb @leilastaleb
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Yoshiko Stokoe @notyosheeko]
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Alex Schafran @alexschafran]
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Andrew Wilson @hannahfestival]
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Ian Martin @ianeastleeds]
All founding members of the Same Skies network live and work in West Yorkshire
We will often communicate via our
What stayed with you from Listening to West Yorkshire?
On April 7th 60 people from grassroots organisations got together on zoom for Listening to West Yorkshire. People joined the session from Baildon, Batley, Birstall …
What do the Public Think of West Yorkshire Devolution?
Recent polling conducted on behalf of the Centre for Cities encouragingly indicates that there is strong support for devolution but concerningly it suggests that awareness …
#NotWestminster - Local Democracy for Everyone
Andrew Wilson from the Same Skies collective is one of the organisers of a series of Local Democracy for Everyone events in Huddersfield this February …