What motivates your activism?

–>  So many of the conversations that take place during Shake! planning and delivery engages with the discussion of what our motivations for activism are? Is there a space for ‘feelings’? Should we be motivated by love or anger? Do they even stand in...

rough draft of a never-ending process

rough draft of a never-ending process1“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter” 2so let us Begin:to disbelieve in any system claiming to have a “monopoly on the truth”3to make Noise – and to listento Eat great food – but not too muchto...

BORN INTO THIS?

Charles Bukowski was listed as an influence of one of the Shake!rs for the Shake!’13 @SLCT week. Bukowski was a German -born American author, prolific poet, short story writer, columnist and novelist.  His work has inspired and influenced so many great writers...

Shake! ’13 @SLCT, The Low down…

Having completed our first Shake! intensive for 2013 we are bursting with ideas, continuity projects and creative ways to use our voices to shake things up. The week at the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust was truly inspiring, uplifting and emotional.Through...

Blown away by visit to Shake!

It’s Friday 22nd of February and I walk up to Stephen Lawrence Centre wondering what the showcase for Shake! will be like. I worked on the pilot in 2010 so had some idea…I walk into the main workshop space and the vibe is hushed, focused, calm. 6 or 7...

DJ Eric Soul Shaking from Rwanda

Shake! 2013 at the Stephen Lawrence Centre is GO!DJ Eric Soul – our valued team Shake! music facilitator since 2010 may be many miles away in the beautiful surrounds of Rwanda but by the power of (slightly temperamental) technology he will be joining...
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