Grassroots storytelling and community building for economic justice
As part of a symposium exploring research on storytelling, Journey to Justice volunteers (pictured below) led a workshop on economic justice and clothing accessibility. The event was held at the University of Nottingham and brought together a variety of people, including academics from the distinct fields of politics and fashion, local trade union organisers, and members of Sharewear Clothing Scheme and the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation.
Using Chapter 1 of our film, The Long Shadow of Class, participants considered what an economically just society looks like to them and whether it is possible to achieve. They then reflected on clothing poverty, fast fashion and sustainability and began thinking about the links between these, economic justice and people’s right to clothing. Our suitcase of free resources (pictured below) facilitated a section on campaign building. In small groups people drew on stories and explainers from our Economic (In)justice project and used our tactics cards to think about how to build a campaign.
Our project coordinator, Dr Abi Rhodes, presented early findings from her research with Journey to Justice that explores the role storytelling plays in galvanising ‘ordinary people’ to take action for economic justice.
