Shake is coming to an end
For 14 years, we have been shaking it up. Supporting Global Majority youth to take up space, unapologetically; creating spaces of healing, art, care and radical political education. We want to keep the pressure for change authentically youth-led. So, in 2025, we have made the considered decision...
Youth work backstories, reimagining safeguarding and embodiment
In June, we had the pleasure of coming together for the second rendition of our Safe Yeah? course that we ran in April. Even though we had run the same workshops two months beforehand, we know that each course is different and special. We started the Saturday with welcomes, a grounding ritual,...
Safe Yeah? Reflections from our recent course
On Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th April we were delighted to run our first edition of “Safe Yeah?”, a free weekend course on radical youth work for People of the Global Majority. Shake!’s history originated with running courses for young people, and it felt like passing the baton to transition into...
A World Without Racism Book with a chapter from us!
We are so delighted to announce that we will have a chapter on 'Creative and Embodied Approaches to Antiracism' in Joshua Virasami's new book 'A World Without Racism: Building Antiracist Futures', published by Pluto Press. This book will be released in July 2024 with chapters on topics such as...
Safe yeah? – Radical Youth Work in a hostile environment
Dates: Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th April 2024 Location: Holloway Road, London, N7 6PA What does it mean to be a Global Majority* youth worker today? For many of us, it often means being caught between what's in the best interest of the communities we not only work with, but the communities we...
Hope for a more loving world
This Valentine’s Day, I’m thinking about how a hope for a more loving world sustains us in these testing times. This week, with scenes in Rafah and the continued attack on Palestine, it’s been hard to stay hopeful. Times have been hard and realistically, an end to it all doesn’t feel like it’s...