Lead producer @jasminecwhite explains our "Read By" project with @BrinkerhoffPoem, including how @MissLizBerry ended up filming poetry in her kitchen.
https://t.co/TMlNHEMJNh
What's it like to spend every day of your life thinking you might have to leave your home tomorrow? I'm hosting @SocialArtUK Oct meetup on Wednesday. Come and contemplate the politics of home with me https://t.co/UIqUe2ZElM
🎉 We are so incredibly grateful to receive a grant from the Cultural Recovery Fund.
This will help us to continue helping people and places to share their stories.
Thank you to @DCMS, @hmtreasury@ace_national. #HereforCulture
We're looking forward to hearing @AminaAtiqPoetry discuss poetry and activism during our "What is an Activist?" digital event for National @PoetryDay 2020.
Here she is performing 'Shamin' on a Train'.
https://t.co/79RJyjP0uF
The brilliant @JTaylorTrash joins our discussion on "What is an Activist?" on 1 October for National @PoetryDay 2020. Here is one of her brilliant poems: "Everything You Have Ever Lost."
https://t.co/LvsWE9yEza
This whole confected row is useful for the government; obscuring the racism embedded in their policies.
I bet this will get more attention than Mercy Baguma, who died in extreme poverty - next to her baby - after immigration rules meant she wasn't allowed to work.
📣LRU August 24 Day of Action Against Evictions📣
Join us in taking action outside county courts across London on the day that eviction hearings restart.
We’ll make it loud & clear: the gov should cancel rent debt + make the eviction ban permanent. RT & share!
'How do we bring the
community from just taking part in conversations to being an active player within the cultural ecology?'
Feeling very inspired after listening to this episode with @saadeddinesaid . Thank you @CulturePlanB1 for this much needed content 🙏
'Councils are no longer being told by government that they must get everyone sleeping rough off the streets. This has led to a mixed – and worrying – picture nationwide.'
https://t.co/RYEPm0ZOBe
Immigration isn’t bad for the economy or for ‘British culture’.
It’s anti-immigration politics - not immigration - that’s the real problem in the U.K. Remember that in this election.
Get a copy of HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT if you want to hear more
Big love to all who joined us @WiltonMusicHall last night for a special and thought-provoking evening celebrating Audre Lorde. Thanks to our brilliant host @AkwugoEmejulu, speakers @bridgetminamore and @misschazmatazz and actor @babiryebukilwa for bringing so much to the event.
Excited to announce that dance artist Julia Cheng, Creative Director of @houseofabsolute will join @LaviniaGreenlaw this June for 'The Importance of Music to Girls' where she'll be leading the charge on recreating iconic dance moves through the years!
https://t.co/d0i5jceMDj
Have you checked out our line-up for #PoetryandLyrics 2019 yet?
This year we’re looking back on the songs and words of our years, from the tracks that define a moment to the words that shape our identities.
Take a look: https://t.co/v1biBtbF9D