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A manifesto for Gentle Protest: how to change our world one stitch at a time.Award-winning campaigner and founder of the global Craftivist Collective Sarah Corbett shows how to respond to injustice not with apathy or aggression, but with gentle, effective protest.
This is a manifesto – for a more respectful and contemplative activism; for conversation and collaboration where too often these is division and conflict; for using craft to engage, empower and encourage us all to be the change we wish to see in the world.
Sarah's craftivism has helped change laws and business policies as well as hearts and minds; here, with thoughtful principles and practical examples, she shows that quiet action can speak as powerfully as the loudest voice.
List of contents
Introduction
Part I: Definitions
1 Craftivism
2 Gentle Protest
Part II: Power in the Process
3 Slow Activism
4 Mindful Activism
5 Crafterthoughts
6 Communal Crafting
7 Inner Activism
Part III: Power in the Product
8 The Gift
9 Graceful Activism
10 Compete with Beauty
11 The Message
12 Catalyst not Conclusion
Part IV: Power in the Public Sphere
13 Intriguing Craftivism
14 Pretty Protests
15 Wearing Your Convictions
16 Reaching Out
17 Shareability
18 Measuring Success
Epilogue
Wellmaking Clinic
Endnotes
Acknowledgements
Supporters
About the author
Sarah P. Corbett is an award-winning activist, Ashoka Fellow and founder of the global Craftivist Collective. She was born into an activist family in a low-income area of Liverpool and has worked in campaigning for over a decade, most recently with the UK Department for International Development and Oxfam GB. Sarah set up the Craftivist Collective in 2009, providing products and services to help individuals, groups and organisations become effective changemakers using her unique 'gentle protest' methodology. Corbett regularly gives talks around the world and her TED Talk, 'Activism Needs Introverts', has received over a million views so far.
Summary
Award-winning campaigner and founder of the global Craftivist Collective Sarah Corbett shows how to respond to injustice not with apathy or aggression, but with gentle, effective protest.
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