Sarah Corbett – A Gentle Craftivism Workshop
Activism often conjures up quick, reactive, transactional signing of petitions, clicktivism, loud and aggressive ways to demand justice. There is a need for these types of activism. There is also a need for slower, quieter and more gentle forms of protest.
Sarah Corbett, founder of the global Craftivist Collective will host a craftivism (craft + activism) workshop offering the opportunity to ‘slow down and stitch’, completing a tangible craftivism project to take home to keep as a form of ‘Gentle Protest’.
Join this hopeful workshop providing a safe space with soothing smells, sounds and create a physical tool to encourage you to be the best global citizen you can be each day and how to be a gentle protester.
Stitch by therapeutic stitch, as you reveal the face of your chosen changemaker on a beautifully made letterpress printed card to keep: Reflect on the values threaded through them and their lives to help you reflect on how you can be part of the positive change you wish to see in our messy world. End with making a small papercraft craftivism project to send out out into the world to support the Fashion Revolution.
Limited to 15 adults per workshop. All craft resources supplied and ethically sourced. No craft skills needed. Adult workshop (suitable for 14+)
Sarah P Corbett is an activist, author and Ashoka Fellow. Born in Everton, the fourth most deprived ward in the UK, she worked at Oxfam GB before founding the global Craftivist Collective in 2009. Corbett calls her unique methodology ‘Gentle Protest’ and her work has helped change hearts, minds, policies and laws around the world. Collaborations include Save the Children, The Climate Coalition, Fashion Revolution, Tate, V&A, Helsinki Design Week and Secret Cinema amongst others.
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