Shakaring: Rep The Road

Rep The Road: Our series on repairing the routes and roads of colonial violence in our communities, building roads to representation beyond tokenism, and reppin' from the streets! An invitation for our next Shakaring - an intimate sharing space and community Scratch Night! ( only limited spaces...

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Surviving the State

Introducing Surviving The State - a short film made by the young people at Shake!. This film explores the pressing issues of gentrification and youth violence/ deaths in a hope to expand narratives around these pressing issues and share how this is affecting black and brown youth.   In their...

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Gentrification: Where Are We Now?

Saturday 10th March A programme of film screenings of "Failed By The State - The Struggle in the Shadow of Grenfell" and "Surviving the State" and Q&A open discussion.   Following on from the Voices that SHAKE! first film screening at "Healing The Cuts: Community Repairing thru Sharing",...

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Healing The Cuts – Shakaring

  On 01st February 2018, we piloted our new community showcase format - the Shakaring. The space is an interactive, intimate sharing space, where youth artists perform new works developed over two intensive courses #HealingTheCuts and #MovementMedicine. Featuring poetry, film, song &...

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Reading Group – All About Love: New Visions

Welcome to our new community knowledge-building and conversation platform - the Shake Reading Group. The first piece of literature we read and discussed was bell hooks' All About Love: New Visions. In our first cozy Sunday session on 21st January 2018, we discussed our teachings from the book...

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Reading Group – Swing Time

This month we read Swing Time by Zadie Smith. We used the novel and links to our own experiences to explore identity, race, class, culture, friendship, music, dance and representation in the arts.  Want to join us next time?  -Tell us (ziaeirose@gmail.com) so we can confirm your place...

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