-= Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation =-
Elected leader Glenn Jenkins from Marsh Farms outreach was an absolutely captivating speaker with real life stories.Marsh Farm Outreach are an activist and community development organisation who have helped transform the face of the Marsh Farm estate in Luton, UK, one of the poorest areas in England. In this talk, Glen gives us some of the colourful history of MFO, sharing some of the obstacles they have encountered, how they have challenged authority, and how they enable the local community to self-organise and build alternative means of community economic development.
YouTube Video Link
Youtube alternative : https://yewtu.be/watch?v=_ZJSfcwKQr0
-= Exodus Collective - Living with the enemy =-
The challenge of this bbc2 series is to live for a week with your complete opposite and if possible convert them to your view. In this film rabid anti cannabis person James Hellyer is 'anti-matched' with the Exodus Collective for whom cannabis is an integral part of life. The plan was for them all to end up at the cannabis festival on Clapham Common but Hellyer lasts just four days and then went to the police to make a formal complaint.YouTube Video Link Part 1
Youtube alternative Part 1 - https://yewtu.be/watch?v=sUslSxqVH64
YouTube Video Link Part 2
Youtube alternative Part 2 - https://yewtu.be/watch?v=_1eMbNWWhO4
YouTube Video Link Part 3
Youtube alternative Part 3 - https://yewtu.be/watch?v=qCCLFQqBdzE
-= The Exodus Story - Radio 1 documentary =-
The story of the Exodus Collective from Luton. BBC Radio 1 documentary broadcast in 2002, written and presented by Jim Carey, produced by Tim Malyon.YouTube Video Link
Youtube alternative : https://yewtu.be/watch?v=STNTeAgo5f4
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There's a bunch of interviews with Exodus explaining what happened here :
https://squallmagazine.com/E/m-ex.html
Marsh Farms YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/MarshFarmOutreach
Leviticus Collective Website :
http://www.leviticuscollective.co.uk/
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Hopefully should have a fairly complete picture of what the Exodus Collective was about, what they achieved & ultimately what happened to them. If anybody has anymore information, videos or interviews please contribute to this thread.