Solidarity Economy Showcase for BPOC

Hosted by Decolonising Economics

Solidarity Economy Showcase for Black and People of Colour

July 6th 2024 

10-7:30pm 

Story Gardens UK 

This event is for and by BPOC. If you're an ally and would like to buy a ticket for a someone to attend, email us at info@decolonisingeconomics.org. 

The Solidarity Economy Showcase is a day long festival in celebration of the Black and People of Colour-led solidarity economics organising in the UK past and present. 

Celebrating 5 years of Decolonising Economics, as led by Guppi Bola and Nonhlanhla Makuyana, we will be showcasing our community of organisers from our Nourishing Economics programme and speakers along the themes of resistance organising, collective resourcing, community ownership and self governance, international solidarity actions.

The Solidarity Economy Showcase will also feature workshops focused on organising towards a Just Transition and a series of delicious activities that aim to seed our collective efforts towards building nourishing economic realities:

• Tea ceremony
• Screen printing
• Book fair 
• Healing hub
• Creative installations 
• Kids corner
• Incredible food
• Live music in the evening
• Live podcast recording stage

Nourishing you throughout the day 

Your ticket price covers the full cost of your food for the day! On site you will be able to get access to: 

• Breakfast of pastries and fruits 
• Coffee cart and tuck shop (extra charge) 
• Nutritious GF+V lunch by Seeds of Wild
• Chicken wing corner by Kavian 
• Aperetivo hour @ 5pm (patties and pop) 
• Water bottle refill on site 

BSL interpreters, hearing loops and live captions will be available across the site. Check our Insta @decolonisingeconomics for a video of the site.  We will have a quiet corner and a kids space to keep young ones happy. Please be in touch if you need more access information or details of our child centred activities 

• Kojo Koram
• Mikaela Loach
• People Dem Collective
• Save Latin Village
• Claude Hendrickson

Solidarity Economy Showcase programme

Breakfast and welcome 🤗 

10-10:30am - Breakfast  (Main Space)
 

10:30-10:45am - Opening ritual  (Main Space)

 

Morning 🌺 

10:30-11am - Geeks Corner (Live Podcast Recording): Disability Justice with The Triple Cripples  (Classroom)
 

11am-12pm -  Session 1: Community Resistance for Self-Determination ( Main Space)
 

11am-12pm - Session 2: Community Resourcing and Self-Provision  (Roundhouse)
 

Afternoon 🌱

11:45am
-12:30pm - Geeks Corner (Live Podcast Recording):  Stolen Wealth and Reparations with Kojo and Steph  (Classroom)

12:30-1pm - Plenary: Introduction to the Solidarity Economy  (Main Space)

1-2pm - Lunch  (Community Kitchen)

2-3pm - Workshop: Relational Dynamics of Solidarity Economy Organising  (Main Space)

2-3pm -  Workshop:  Movement and Infrastructure  (Roundhouse)
 

2-3pm  - Workshop: Reclaiming Our Ancestral Connections  (Classroom)
 

3:15-4:15pm  -  Session 3: Community Ownership and Self-Governance  (Main Space)

3:15-4:15pm -  Session 4:  Internationalist Perspectives on Practising Solidarity  (Classroom)
 

4-4:45pm - Geeks Corner (Live Podcast Recording):  In Conversation with Elders with Elaine, Last and Yvonne  (Classroom)
 

4:45-5:30pm -  Plenary: Imagination and Experimentation with Jacob, Kimberly and Mikaela  (Main Space)

 

Closing 🎤 

5:45-7:15pm - Closing ritual, aperitivo hour and live music  (Main Space)

Activities 💛 

If you want to dip out of the main programme to join an activity or pick up a book from the Black Feminist Bookshop, here's what we've got planned:

• 10-11am and 1-2pm - The Black Feminist Bookshop
• 11:15am-12:15pm - Radical Rest Book Reading with Evie Muir at the Black Feminist Bookshop 
• 1-2pm - Block Printing Workshop with Jade and Jess
• 3-4.30pm and 5-6.30pm - Tarot with Kirstin YZ Wu
• 4- 4:45pm - Healing Modalities For Social Justice Organisers with Dre, Manna and Sophie