Engaging Citizens To Make A Difference

n this webinar we interview Emmanuel Gotora the Lead Organiser of The East London Communities Organisation (TELCO), the founding Chapter of Citizens UK.

We will discuss what is Citizen UK and what it hopes to achieve and how it hopes to do it.

Citizens UK is a people power alliance of diverse local communities working together for the common good

Community Organising is a method of social change with a rich history in the US Civil Rights movement and a 30-year track record here in the UK. Their approach is to use Community Organising to build diverse alliances of local communities, capable of making change on a range of issues for the long-term.

Theur projects, grown out of the many successful campaigns our members have created, help underrepresented groups, like low-paid workers, refugees and new parents win justice, settle into our communities and achieve change.

Before joining the staff team at Citizens UK in 2008, Emmanuel was a TELCO Leader on the Living Wage campaign through the Wood Green New Testament Church of God. Emmanuel worked with cleaners, staff and students at the University of London to win the Living Wage for over 150 cleaning staff in 2010. In the lead up to the 2010 General Elections, Emmanuel worked with 10 Pentecostal churches across London Citizens to form the Black Clergy Caucus.