Sat 13th Oct at 3pm at Platform Theatre, London
Join us for the launch of Black Cultural Activism Map, the first of a two-part series of events celebrating and connecting visions, stories, lessons and legacies of Black and Brown cultural resistance in the UK.
The Foundation has commissioned young artists, activists, designers and researchers to explore moments of […]
#2DEGREESFESTIVAL
Toynbee Studios
28 Commercial Street E1 6AB
T 020 7650 2350
From India to the US via the UK, Skin Deep will look at how different communities continue to organise for climate justice, and what different methodologies and histories we can draw from in creating a broader understanding of climate change in it’s varied manifestations.
Weaving together music, videos, […]
#BreathingOut Shake! Showcase no.7 will feature poetic, filmic, zinic and musical responses to social and political injustice from our recent intensive course: SurvivingTheSystem: Building Economies & Ecologies Of Resistance.
Hosted by Numbi Arts who will begin the evening with a theatre scratch night showcasing exciting short plays from emerging writers, actors and directors including resident artists […]
Announcing our next free 5 day intensive course!
#SurvivingTheSystem: Building Economies & Ecologies of Resistance
Brady Arts and Community Centre, Tower Hamlets
24-28 October, half term holiday, 2016
This is the latest in our series of free 5 day courses for 16-25 year olds which explores Race/ Art/ Media/ Power. Designed for those
who are angry about the injustice […]
I got goosebumps doing this duet with Luwi earlier this year at the 6th Shake! Showcase at Rich Mix: #ResistanceIsFertile. Lil Sis went in <3
Looking forward to doing it again with Adinkra Arts Collective Afrikans on Film Festival Saturday 10th Sept at Bussey Building, Peckham.
Check this link for more details about the film festival and […]
Two poems from last week’s event Black Words Matter at Rich Mix from Wangu Mureithi.
More photos from the night are up on our Facebook here.
Pregnant with Pain
by Wangu Mureithi
My heart weighs several tonnes right now.
My body is achey as a result of it.
Tear ducts have run dry
And the birds no longer sing,
Instead the sounds of […]
Today, we’ll be sharing our films, poems, and other alternative media at #BlackWordsMatter Rich Mix London: a conversation about media justice – poetry – film – performance.
How do Black words matter? To whom should they matter? And aren’t words only part of the story? And what about the power to have those words heard […]
by Sai Murray
A Reminder for Our Liberal Selves:
Black people are systematically destroyed by the media and the marketers
as well as by police bullets.
Black voices are destroyed by well-meaning White voices
We do know… it’s Christmas
We know what time it is
We have known the time, calculated the time
lived in rhythm with the moon cycle and seasons for […]
Sarah Reed – Shake! statement of support:
Please come to this vigil tonight, 7pm outside Holloway Prison. Sarah Reed’s murder holds up what we know already, we know that people of colour and women will only ever be safe outside the system. Outside state structures that are in fact systems of oppression. Sarah encountered state violence […]
We had a full house and a thoroughly engaged audience at our 6th Shake! showcase of film, poetry, music, song, zines and creativity. Pure magic, beauty and power.
Big love and thank you to all the beautiful people that made the night so special. ♥♥♥
Here’s a selection of feedback we received:
it was amazing as always last […]
