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How To Be A Craftivist in the art of gentle protest by Sarah P Corbett
How To Be A Craftivist in the art of gentle protest by Sarah P Corbett
A free talk and Q&A about how craft can be a powerful and successful tool for positive change.
If we want our world to be more beautiful, kind and fair, can we also make our activism more beautiful, kind and fair? Join Sarah P Corbett for a free talk and Q&A about how craft can be a powerful and successful tool for positive change. Corbett is an award-winning activist and author, and is the Founding Director of the global Craftivist Collective. She’s an Ashoka Fellow, an Honorary Fellow at Goldsmiths University of London, a Brother of the Art Workers’ Guild,and a Service Designer trained at the Royal College of Art. Her unique 'Gentle Protest' approach to activism has helped to change hearts, minds, policies and laws around the world and has worked with organisations including Save the Children, The Climate Coalition, Girlguiding, Helsinki Design Week, Tate and V&A, BBC, SkyArts and Secret Cinema amongst others. She is passionate about engaging introverts and non-activists in gentle protest, helping stop activism burnout and mitigating risk of polarisation in campaigns.