Tending the Fiyah and Building Caring Futures
This October, we had the pleasure of running two workshops where a radical approach to working with young people was central. Tending the Fiyah was a one day course supporting Shakers! from our ENRGY courses this year to run their own workshops for young people during the half term. Building...
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...