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.*
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Safe yeah?
Dates: Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th April 2024Location: Holloway Road, London, N7 6PA What does it mean to be a Global Majority* youth worker today? For many of us, it often means being caught between what's in the best interest of the communities we not only work...
#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...
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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.
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As we enter our 10th year we are calling for you to be a part of our #ShakeTheSystem! 10 Year Anniversary.
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