Grassroots Resilience

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Goldsmiths, University of London - Educational Studies

Kumar Prashant, upcycling artist and Ben Reid-Howells, community organiser, cofounders of the Vasudhaiva Ride, have been carrying out direct-action projects alongside communities and organisations from India to Scotland since 2017. They focus on hard-skills training, organisational capacity building, and resilient design. Their award-winning projects are based on the models of community-led processes that they have been developing alongside farmers in Bihar, artists in Kyrgyzstan and asylum seekers in the refugee camps of Lesvos.
The Centre for language, culture and learning will be hosting Vasudhaiva Ride in a story-sharing event on their journey so far. The event is free for all to attend, and further information on the project can be found here: <A HREF="http://www.vasudhaivaride.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.vasudhaivaride.com</A>  
 
Programme for the event
 
Main talk (5.00 - 6.00 pm) - Story sharing of Vasudhaiva's major projects from India to the UK highlighting the following themes with tangible examples:
 
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<LI CLASS="MsoNormal">Resilience: how vulnerable communities can become resilient communities</LI>
<LI CLASS="MsoNormal">Tangible steps to genuine grassroots, community-led projects (breaking down colonialist frameworks of aid/development)</LI>
<LI CLASS="MsoNormal">The importance of stepping out of academia to engage in local issues with a global context</LI>
</UL>
 
Open Space session  (6.00 - 7.00 pm)
 
 
Bringing together several diverse initiatives in the region working with at-risk communities / towards social justice, resilience, sustainable living, etc. Facilitating an Open Space session where the representatives of these initiatives act as conversation hosts, and have a chance to share their work and potentially recruit volunteers, as well as cross-pollinate with one another.
This event will be held at the Ian Gulland Lecture Theatre, Whitehead Building at Goldsmiths University.

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