81 Acts of Exuberant Defiance Lived Experience Library

Brixton

10 Apr-2021

81 Acts of Exuberant Defiance Lived Experience Library

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Greetings!

Thanks for you interest. I hope that this finds you well, connected and reaching the end of 2020 with those you love.

As we move into 2021, the 40th anniversary year of the 81 Uprisings, we are reaching out to respected people in the community who might be interested in working with us to mark this moment.

We have been building a programme to do this called 81 Acts of Exuberant Defiance.

It is a community-led commemorative programme that marks the anniversary of the 1981 Brixton Uprisings that sparked widespread resistance against police racism, racial oppression and injustice around England.

We’re hoping that you might be interested in influencing the stories that are told and celebrated as part of 81 Acts of Exuberant Defiance by sharing your personal experience of the Uprising.

Who are 81 Acts?

We are a collective of Brixton and Lambeth based organisations, residents, artists, businesses and community members who hold a shared ambition to honour the uprisings of 1981 and are collaborating to create a programme of activity in 2021.

WE NEED YOU!

We are hoping that you will be interested in contributing your lived experience of the Uprisings to help us to make sure that the programme packs the punch it needs to to effect positive change.

We want every single one of the 81Acts to be  fuelled by the real life happenings of 81 so that future generations are able to understand the significance of this moment and the effect that it had on Brixton, the UK and beyond. In order to do that we need as many different experiences of what happened as possible.



Where

Brixton
Brixton SW9
United Kingdom

When

10 Apr 2021, Saturday, 12:00 AM
Till
17 Apr 2021, Saturday, 12:00 AM

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Event Info

We believe that, in 2021 we need more than ever to explore how conflict can build grounds for consensus; how justice has been served, and how healing from violent trauma occurs. MAKING US WISER.

We think that the best people to mark the 40th Anniversary of the Brixton Uprisings in 1981 are the people who live, breathe and fuel Brixton. MAKING US TOGETHER.

We believe that this is an important moment and a huge opportunity for the communities of Brixton to come together to connect, learn, share and dream together – building new strategies of resistance and resilience for the future. MAKING US STRONGER.

We think that telling the stories of this heritage from the ground-up, and examining whether lessons have been learned will inspire community ownership and activism in what happens next. MAKING US THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT WHAT’S POSSIBLE.

Currently we are reaching out to people who were part of the Uprisings or the repercussions in 81. We will then collate a library of lived experienced voices so that we can get a sense of the many narrative perspectives and experiences that are out there.

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I AGREE TO BE PART OF THE LIVED EXPERIENCE LIBRARY?

1) You let us know that you are interested in sharing your story

2) We’ll get in touch to find a time that works for you to have a chat

3) We’ll document some of the key information you share in our Lived Experience Library and send you a library card with a reference number and more info about the programme.

4) Artists/Activists/ Community Organisers/ Producers looking to make an Act as part of the programme will look through the library

5) You may be contacted (In the way you have chosen) and asked to share your story in full (there will be a financial remuneration for this

6) The Act Maker who contacts you will check that you are happy for them to use your lived experience in the way they plan

7) The complete Acts reach out and connect/inspire/influence/inspire/Incite new ways forward

We are trying to include:

  • the voices of people who have been celebrated
  • the voices of people who have yet to be celebrated 
  • the voices of those who we have lost already.

If you are able to share any of these three points please get hold of me directly.

Tony Cealy

Curator & Founder of 81 Acts

https://81actsofexuberantdefiance.com/

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