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...
#ShakeTheSystem: In Conversation with Rose & Tiff
#ShakeTheSystem is led by Cultural Producer Rose Ziaei, Associate Art Director Tiff Webster, Art Director, and Strategic Mentor Sai Murray and Strategic Consultant and Mentor Farzana Khan. Rose and Tiff were both participants on the Shake! programme, bringing their own insider experience and...
Contribute to The #ShakeTheSystem Anthology
To all our Shake! family, Hoping you and yours are well and safe and sending you love and healing. During this time of mass confusion and uncertainty, we recognise the necessity to amplify the voices of those marginalised and the necessity of our resistance and innovation....
#ShakeTheSystem: A Decade of Shaping Change
It’s 2020 and we’re celebrating 10 years of Voices that Shake! with an anthology, toolkits, workshops, showcases and more. Over 200 marginalised and underrepresented young people have directly been part of the personal and community transformation that the unique space of Shake! offers. Many...