Learning as activism: how to do it

In 2023, is developing yourself a form of activism?

“If we don't take the risk, we will find ourselves stuck in a level of mind inadequate to the demands of the times.” - Dancing at the Edge

75% of adult Brits are worried about climate change, but nowhere near this many people join protests. More and more of us want to take action, but many do not identify as traditional activists. What else can we be doing?

We want to make the case that learning can be activism. Through this event we’ll explore how you can put activism into practice through how you choose to learn.

We believe that:

• What you choose to learn, and how you choose to learn it, can contribute to the change you want to see in the world.
• The power of learning to fuel change is hugely understated and overlooked at a time when it has never been needed more.
• When ‘learner’ is part of your identity it can open you to new perspectives and new ways of living, working and being. In other words, it can help you prepare to evolve and change.

AKA, curious learners create a fertile soil from which change can grow!

This event will explore the what and how of learning as activism, via the different perspectives of the speakers. Each speaker will share reflections from their context, plus 3 ways to make this real in your life this year. We invite you to listen to the discussion, reflect, then pick n mix from the speaker’s offerings, to create a recipe for how to put this into practice.

If ‘curious learner’ describes you, this event will be for you. You might be; wondering how to develop an activist practice that works for you; looking for new ways of learning that don’t perpetuate old ways of thinking; an activist curious to explore other modes of action.

You'll hear from:

• Ed Fidoe, CEO, London Interdisciplinary School
• Anthea Lawson, Author, The Entangled Activist
• Leila Hoballah, Global Distribution and Activation Co-Lead, The Week
• The discussion will be hosted by Daniel Ford and Zahra Davidson from Huddlecraft

Accessibility:
This event will take place on Zoom, with automatic transcription available. If you have further access needs, please email daniel@huddlecraft.com and we’ll do our best to support this.

Event series:
This event is part of an event series where we're exploring and responding to this question: Could we create a surge of peer-to-peer learning, to amplify the impact of movements for change? Find out more and join us for the journey.

The Abundancy Fund:
All proceeds from this event will go to the Abundancy Fund for inclusive learning, which provides bursaries for underrepresented or under-resourced folks to participate in peer-to-peer learning Huddles.