BRINGING TOGETHER YOUNG PEOPLE, ARTISTS & CAMPAIGNERS TO DEVELOP CREATIVE RESPONSES TO SOCIAL INJUSTICE.
What we do
We build holistic decolonial educational programmes and creative campaigns to foster a catalytic and self-determined community of creative organisers/leaders embedded in and led by the grassroots. Together we work towards and cultivate transformative justice, systemic change and community accountability.
We work collectively to centre the leadership and solutions of the marginalised, to uplift and politicise the role that young people of colour have, to prefigure the world we would like to live in: diverse, just, sustainable, community-led and resilient.
*This theory of change was written as a collective effort with the core team, our long-term collaborators and Shake! participants.*
Buy the Anthology of Voices That Shake! movements 2010-2020.
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#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...
#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....
#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...
#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...
Contribute to The #ShakeTheSystem Anthology
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.
We are calling out for your voices.
As we enter our 10th year we are calling for you to be a part of our #ShakeTheSystem! 10 Year Anniversary.
#ShakeTheSystem: A Decade of Shaping Change
#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 of us have gone on to start our own collective projects, social change action, art initiatives.
Through Shake!’s approach, we have influenced 1000s of people, in and beyond the UK, through our politics, artworks, short films, poetry, critical writing, events, trainings, actions, talks, activism, and community support. From our family, our friends, to people in youth work, education, youth policy, funders, arts/culture, community and social movements – we have made an impact.
Voices that Shake! Artwork & Flyers
Flyers for Voices that Shake! 2010 - 2019 Artists, photographers, illustrators: Grainne Aldred, Maia Kelly, Sara Jaffrey-Roberts, Anni Movsisyan, Sai Murray, Diriye Osman, Orla Price, Sameer Designer: Liquorice Fish, Patrice Etienne, Sara Jaffrey-Roberts [ngg_images...
On Saturday 4 May 2019 Voices that Shake! and Healing Justice Ldn presented poetry, dance and film, considering themes of race, gentrification, health, art and public imagination at the Raven Row Open House. Artists presenting from Shake! included:...
Britain’s Black activists – you are not alone
Zahra Dalilah on Black History Month & Black Activism Map in today's Guardian ahead of the launch tomorrow. I didn’t realise for some time that what I was looking for was a map. A way to navigate the past and present, connect the dots between space and time to...
Launch of Black Cultural Activism Map
Sat 13th Oct at 3pm at Platform Theatre, London Join us for the launch of Black Cultural Activism Map, the first of a two-part series of events celebrating and connecting visions, stories, lessons and legacies of Black and Brown cultural resistance in the UK. The...
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