Great Food. Big Questions. Deep Conversations.
Next Café:
Thurs, 13 Feb, 6-8pm
What do you LOVE about Jesmond?
Free, with included homemade meal and a wine reception
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About our
topic
& speaker
Eda Seyok MA MArch, PhD Candidate
The empirical evidence suggests that creating positive public spaces is important for improving the quality of life in residential areas. Jesmond is known as one of the best residential areas to live in Newcastle upon Tyne. What do you think the reason for this? Which qualities make a place more livable? These are important questions to be addressed for the future of our residential areas. As community members, we have the voice to share the aspects that are valuable for us, and we have the ability to take action to make our residential areas even better. Let's work together to bring true value to our residential area"
Eda Seyok has an MA from the University of Edinburgh and an MArch from Strathclyde University. Now, she is studying for her PhD in "Quality of Urban Life in Post-Industrial Cities" at Northumbria University. She is specifically interested in topics such as the challenges in post-industrial cities, the quality of urban life in residential areas, and the role of open public spaces."
What is a Big Questions Café?
It’s a friendly, fun gathering where we first share a meal and get to know others around our table. Then, just after we get pudding, we hear a 15-20 minute presentation addressing one of the big questions facing our lives and community. We’re then invited to discuss a series of questions arising from the presentation around our tables, digging deeper. There’s opportunities to engage with the speaker as well.
We start with a wine reception, and our food will be a delicious homemade meal! It’s free, but we gratefully accept donations. Please RSVP on this site so we can best meet dietary needs!
Where:
Jesmond United Reformed Church, NE2 3AE
Who is sponsoring this and why?
The Café is sponsored by Jesmond United Reformed Church, with the Friends of Jesmond Library. Over the past year, we’ve engaged in community listening exercises and a ‘Futures Literacy’ session. What we heard was the need for improved community cohesion. We always think it’s best to have discussions around a table filled with good food, so we thought these ‘Big Questions Cafés’ might be a way to bring us all together. These cafés are offered up with no other expectation than for people to show up, share in a great meal together, and engage in discussion over big questions that help us identify what we can do together. There’s no charge as we see this as a ministry, but donations are gratefully accepted—just click the donations link when registering are contribute when you arrive.