{"id":55647,"date":"2024-02-22T10:43:11","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T10:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=55647"},"modified":"2024-02-22T10:54:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T10:54:10","slug":"open-mic-fundraiser-for-palestine-held-in-sheffield-city-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/02\/22\/open-mic-fundraiser-for-palestine-held-in-sheffield-city-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Open mic fundraiser for Palestine held in Sheffield city centre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Showroom Cinema in Sheffield hosted an open mic event, with all proceeds going to Palestine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheffield Writers For Palestine organised the event and raised around \u00a3500 on Wednesday which has already been donated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mamie, the founder of SWFP, said: &#8220;I have a friend out in Gaza at the moment who runs a charity so I wanted to raise some money as well so I came up with the idea of an open mic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I hope events like this can keep the conversation going as news can become old news very quickly. It&#8217;s also about bringing people together and having solidarity with the people of Palestine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a tiny thing we&#8217;re doing but it all helps.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/leaflet-1024x694.jpeg\" alt=\"leaflet for SWFP\" class=\"wp-image-55667\" style=\"width:407px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/leaflet-980x665.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/leaflet-480x326.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">leaflet for SWFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Poems were read out by writers, poets and anyone who wanted to have their say and spectators were asked to pay what they wanted on the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the second event of such kind organized by SWFP after they hosted one in Nether Edge a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mamie added: &#8220;I wanted to put something on that a different demographic of people could come to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I thought of this sort of event  because I am a writer, I have writer friends and I know people love open mic and reading out their own work so I wanted a way to monetise this and ensure it was going to a good cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I hope to keep organising these kind of things whilst people are interested in it and are happy to donate.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"fundraiser\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UfFkLEp_0OY?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Charlie Stewart, 21, who attended the event said: &#8220;It was a brilliant event for a brilliant cause. 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