ENRGY RE-UP day two: Tai chi, radical counter responses and group poetry
In July 2023, we had the pleasure of running part 2 of our ENRGY course: ENRGY RE-UP. Our free weekend course on radical facilitation for young people and youth workers, offered a deeper dive into the principles of inclusive, radical justice-oriented practices of facilitation, radical...
ENRGY RE-UP day one: Key pillars, relationships of safety and Kin Structures
In July 2023, we had the pleasure of running part 2 of our ENRGY course: ENRGY RE-UP. Our free weekend course on radical facilitation for young people and youth workers, offered a deeper dive into the principles of inclusive, radical justice-oriented practices of facilitation, radical...
HJL’s life-affirming event filled us with joy
On 7th June, we attended the uplifting and heartwarming “Life-affirming infrastructures” event, organised by Healing Justice London and Kin Structures, in collaboration with RESOLVE Collective. This event marked the first physical event of Healing Justice London’s 2 year Rehearsing Freedoms...
Chagos Archipelago: An African bastion still fighting British colonialism
The Chagos Archipelago is a group of about 60 atolls located in the Indian Ocean. An atoll is a ring- shaped island, including a coral reef that encircles a lagoon. The archipelago includes Peros Banhos, Diego Garcia and the Solomon Islands. Since the French colonised Mauritius in the 18th...
Our learnings on ENRGY-filled radical facilitation
Explorations on body-informed practice; boundaries; radical safeguarding and international and intergenerational solidarity. In February 2023, we ran our first course, ENRGY, since the pandemic began. The weekend course focused on radical facilitation for young people who wanted to hold space and...
ENRGY!
Dates: 11-12 February 2023Location: Healing Justice Offices,Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, London N7 6PA More than ever before we are being called to practice how to hold ourselves and each other in community. We are in urgent times of need, with the continuous rise of food...
#ShaketheSystem: Chapter 1 – The Cry – an evening celebrating a decade of creative movements
On December 2nd 2021, we celebrated 10 fantastic years of Shake! with young people, partners and friends. Toynbee Hall in London was the venue for the Shake! the System launch night, holding an outpouring of love, honouring and beauty. This was also the launch for our new trilogy of publications...
#ShaketheSystem: in conversation with Annick & Haneen
Annick and Haneen were both participants on the Shake! programme, and now bringing their experiences and skills to the #ShakeTheSystem - A Decade of Shaping Change research project. Annick is a youth worker and a racial justice and Black feminist activist from France. She is a member of French...
#ShaketheSystem: Anthology Submissions
We are sending love and healing during this time of immense collective trauma, grief, loss impacting us, especially Black folks. We remain grounded in our communities and our commitment to racial justice and demanding Black liberation and joy which has existed way before and way beyond the current...