Housing inequality in Oxford: workshop and discussion

It’s official. The housing crisis in Oxford is the worst in Europe. How did we get here? What can we do to tackle it? Join us on 29 March at the Blackbird Leys Bowls Club to discuss the state of Oxford’s housing crisis and how we can come together to solve the inequality. Open to all, the community workshop will begin with an accessible intro to talking about our relationship to class, before reconvening after lunch to talk strategies on how we solve the housing crisis.

ALL ATTENDIES MUST BOOK THEIR PLACE AND FILL THE WORKSHOP QUESTIONNAIRE PRIOR TO THE EVENT.

The Class Work Project is a workers’ co-operative developing theory, analysis, and practice around issues relating to class identity, oppression, and stigma in Britain and beyond. We seek to centre the knowledge and experiences of poor and working-class people through publishing, writing, research, education and training.

We run workshop programmes called “Exploring Class”, which last one or two days.

These happen across Britain and also online with community groups and social movements.

Our workshops have helped people who are economically marginalised to:

• Reflect deeply on class and how power and resources affect their lives.
• Make stronger connections with each other.
• Understand class differences, including how wealth, networks, education and status play a role.
• Recognise stigma and social status as real pressures, not just ideas.
• Create real change: wealth redistribution, support networks, clearer paths forward.

Some of the positive outcomes of our work:

• Organisations and communities have started redistributing resources more fairly.
• Members recognise inequality and support others more intentionally.
• People identify how class tensions show up in their work and lives — and what to do about it.
• A clearer grasp of how class shapes power, and how to move forward while keeping class at the centre.

Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.

Get App

Host or Publisher Lumpen Magazine