For four months, we at Shake! knocked about the idea of what the content for our “Social Policy seminar” should be. We rigorously discussed how it should function as a tool for change. It only came to light after two months that we had an issue with the title – social policy seminar. Not because […]
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AmaZulu Free Write Review
Last Thursday we held a screening of AmaZulu –Children of Heaven at the Platform office. As usual at Shake! we don’t do things normally, after watching the film, we all participated in a short free write. Free writes are exactly what they say they are; free writing. No thinking, no processing, just pen on paper. […]
I Will Not Let An Exam Result Decide My Fate – Suli Breaks
Great Video about how some young people are wise to some of the failings of the education system. Virtually every line hits a point of observation to provoke thoughts about how education catergorizes people, and lacks true bearing to the current affairs in the real world. A serious comment on the future for young people. Thanks to […]
Shake! vs School?
Ed Lewis is part of the Shake! team, focusing in particular on political education. Here discusses the significance of the project for him and reflects on the most recent Shake! course, held at the Stephen Lawrence Centre this February. I spend most of the working week as a teacher in a secondary school. I experience […]
Blown away by visit to Shake!
It’s Friday 22nd of February and I walk up to Stephen Lawrence Centre wondering what the showcase for Shake! will be like. I worked on the pilot in 2010 so had some idea… I walk into the main workshop space and the vibe is hushed, focused, calm. 6 or 7 young people are busy writing, […]
Supporting Malala, supporting girls’ rights to education
(If you want to go straight to her interview, it starts at 1min 4 seconds. She speaks in English) Malala Yusufzai, 14, who has been campaigning for girls’ education and against religious extremism since the age of 11, was shot in the head last week in Pakistan, by members of the Taliban. This assassination attempt […]