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March 12th, 2016

3/12/2016

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Saturday 20th February saw another A Living Tradition event, in conjunction with The Black Portraits exhibition at the Discovery Museum. On this occasion, we were celebrating the Northeast's great heritage of human rights and community work in general and the work of Newcastle City Council in particular, as part of this heritage.  A number of councillors, including the Lord Mayor of Newcastle, were among the good-sized audience. During the course of one and a half hours, those attending were rewarded for their attendance with two presentations, a couple of songs, a short play and a poem, all written and composed by myself.

The play examined the coal trade between Northeast England and London 200 years ago and some of the human rights issues of the time and how they relate to our lives today. One of the songs celebrated the Pitmen's Great Stand of 1765, is called We are Strong and can be heard in the music and writing section of this website, whilst the other, also in that section of this website, was the Lady Waits about Aung San Suu Kyi and her long struggle for democracy in Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi was one of three human rights campaigners who have been awarded the Freedom of Newcastle by the city council who were talked about at the event.  

After the songs, play, poetry and presentations, people went upstairs to view the excellent paintings. The feedback from those attending was excellent and I was delighted with the way it went.  My thanks to all those who attended, especially the Lord Mayor and councillors, Paul Piercy, whose paintings were much appreciated and Lewis Cuthbertson who ably assisted me by acting with me in the short play. 
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    Peter Sagar

    Peter is a teacher and human rights activist. He is also an historian, specialising in the history of North-east England over the last 250 years.

    Peter has been a teacher of young people and adults in North-east England since 1987.

    Peter has been the Regional Rep for Amnesty International in the North-east and Yorkshire Region since 2000 and has also served as Trade Union Co-ordinator for Burma Campaign UK and in various other positions in human rights related organisations.

    Peter holds an M.Phil in the regional identity of North-east England, from the University of Northumbria in 2005.  His subsequent writing on human rights and about North-east England has been published in numerous publications.

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