{"id":5398,"date":"2018-08-20T09:16:54","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T09:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?p=5398"},"modified":"2018-08-20T09:16:54","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T09:16:54","slug":"reflecting-on-the-past-and-looking-to-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?p=5398","title":{"rendered":"Reflecting on the past and looking to the future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emilymatters_80096b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emilymatters_80096b-1024x170.jpg\" alt=\"Emilymatters_80096b\" width=\"819\" height=\"136\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"post-title single\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #6fa78e;\">Reflecting on the past&#8230;<\/span><span style=\"color: #6fa78e;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/EM_Gridline_banner.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/EM_Gridline_banner-1024x256.jpg\" alt=\"EM_Gridline_banner\" width=\"614\" height=\"154\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #7d0b68;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #7d0b68;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=5294\" target=\"_blank\">Through drama and creativity we help empower young people to use their voice and be heard.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>From the <strong>House of Commons<\/strong> to the <strong>Scottish Independence Referendum<\/strong> the <strong>2015 General Election<\/strong> and the <strong>EU Referendum<\/strong>, <span style=\"color: #7d0b68;\"><strong>#<span style=\"color: #7d0b68;\">Emilymatters<\/span><\/strong><\/span> was there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bringing people together<\/strong>, to celebrate how far we have come and\u00a0to empower a new generation to use their voice and be heard is central to the <strong><span style=\"color: #7d0b68;\">#Emilymatters<\/span> <\/strong>initiative.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"post-title single\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #7d0b68;\">EQUALITY \u00a0MATTERS<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #7d0b68;\"><a style=\"color: #7d0b68;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emilymatters\"><b>Twitter<\/b><\/a><\/span>\u00a0|\u00a0<span style=\"color: #7d0b68;\"><a style=\"color: #7d0b68;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tofreedomscause?_rdr=p\"><b>Facebook<\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>|\u00a0<span style=\"color: #7d0b68;\"><a style=\"color: #7d0b68;\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/tofreedomscause\/\"><b>Instagram<\/b><\/a><wbr \/>\u00a0<\/span>|\u00a0<span style=\"color: #7d0b68;\"><a style=\"color: #7d0b68;\" title=\"Contact\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=28\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Email<\/b><\/a><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=4677\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=4677\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=4677\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5145 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/teawithem_PankhurstC_suffragette_Manc_09Sept17-web-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"teawithem_PankhurstC_suffragette_Manc_09Sept17-web\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/teawithem_PankhurstC_suffragette_Manc_09Sept17-web-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/teawithem_PankhurstC_suffragette_Manc_09Sept17-web-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/teawithem_PankhurstC_suffragette_Manc_09Sept17-web-1-768x765.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/teawithem_PankhurstC_suffragette_Manc_09Sept17-web-1-1024x1020.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/teawithem_PankhurstC_suffragette_Manc_09Sept17-web-1.jpg 1158w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><span style=\"color: #7d0b68;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #7d0b68;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=4677\" target=\"_blank\">Click on the #teawithemily image to receive #Emilymatters updates!<\/a> <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #6fa78e;\"><strong>19th August\u00a02018<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1101 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/To-Freedoms-Cause_large_only_figure.jpg\" alt=\"cause2\" width=\"137\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/To-Freedoms-Cause_large_only_figure.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/To-Freedoms-Cause_large_only_figure-168x300.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 137px) 100vw, 137px\" \/><br \/>\nOur <span style=\"color: #7d0b68;\"><b><a style=\"color: #7d0b68;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=5294\" target=\"_blank\">outreach work<\/a><\/b><\/span>\u00a0includes\u00a0<b>performances<\/b>, <b>talks<\/b>, <b>speeches<\/b> and <span style=\"color: #7d0b68;\"><strong>&#8216;<\/strong><b><a style=\"color: #7d0b68;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=244\" target=\"_blank\">To Freedom\u2019s Cause<\/a>&#8216;<\/b><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>This year we have worked with a range organisations and grassroots groups, including Macclesfield&#8217;s\u00a0<b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?p=5378\" target=\"_blank\">Barnaby Festival<\/a><\/b> and the UK Civil Service\u00a0<b>Suffrage Centenary flag<\/b> <strong>launch<\/strong> in Westminster.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5400 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/CivilService_CenSuff_group_070218_LR-web-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"CivilService_CenSuff_group_070218_LR-web\" width=\"677\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/CivilService_CenSuff_group_070218_LR-web.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/CivilService_CenSuff_group_070218_LR-web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/CivilService_CenSuff_group_070218_LR-web-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It has been fantastic to be part of so many <strong>Vote 100<\/strong>\u00a0events. There is much to celebrate and it&#8217;s absolutely right that we mark this important chapter in the UK suffrage history.<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, I have become increasingly aware of the gap between people across the UK coming together for Centenary suffrage themed events and the backdrop of our current political narrative of fear and division.<\/p>\n<p>Listening to women and young people, in particular, it has become increasingly clear that their voices are not being heard in Westminster.<\/p>\n<p>Mindful, of what <span style=\"color: #7d0b68;\"><strong>Emily Davison<\/strong><\/span>, <strong><span style=\"color: #7d0b68;\">Mary Leigh<\/span><\/strong> and their brave suffrage sisters campaigned for, the time feels right to support the call for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peoples-vote.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>People&#8217;s Vote<\/strong><\/a> on the final Brexit deal.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><em>Kate Willoughby<\/em><i><br \/>\n<\/i><\/b>Actor &amp; Writer of Emily Wilding Davison play <span style=\"color: #7d0b68;\"><a style=\"color: #7d0b68;\" title=\"2014: Play micro trailer &amp; trailers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=1704\"><b>To Freedom\u2019s Cause<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #6fa78e;\"><strong>PREVIEW OF &#8216;COURAGE CALLS!&#8217;<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BmsfGfhgAI2\/?utm_source=ig_embed\" data-instgrm-version=\"9\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:28.194444444444443% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC\/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5\/P8\/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo\/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI\/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf\/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BmsfGfhgAI2\/?utm_source=ig_embed\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by tofreedomscause (@tofreedomscause)<\/a> on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2018-08-20T09:10:40+00:00\">Aug 20, 2018 at 2:10am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async defer src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit addtoany_list\" data-a2a-url=\"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?p=5398\" data-a2a-title=\"Reflecting on the past and looking to the future\"><a class=\"a2a_button_twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/twitter?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.katewilloughby.co.uk%2F%3Fp%3D5398&amp;linkname=Reflecting%20on%20the%20past%20and%20looking%20to%20the%20future\" title=\"Twitter\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/icons\/twitter.png\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Twitter\"\/><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/linkedin?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.katewilloughby.co.uk%2F%3Fp%3D5398&amp;linkname=Reflecting%20on%20the%20past%20and%20looking%20to%20the%20future\" title=\"LinkedIn\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/icons\/linkedin.png\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"LinkedIn\"\/><\/a><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\"><img src=\"\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reflecting on the past&#8230; Through drama and creativity we help empower young people to use their voice and be heard. 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