16 Days - Workshop: Permission to Speak with Caroline Stancer

‘I realize that if I wait until I am no longer afraid to act, write, speak, be, I’ll be sending messages on a Ouija board, cryptic complaints from the other side.’ – Audre Lorde.

When attacks on women’s voices in public spaces are increasing, it can be daunting to develop our ideas and write them down. Have I really got anything important to say? What if I’m wrong?

In this two-hour workshop we will look at poems which help us to write what we want to write, and we’ll create our own poetry in response. It will be led by doctoral student, Caroline Stancer.

This event is part of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, a series of poetry readings, panels and workshops led by academics in the field. Our events examine how poetry can create transformational social change in partnership with the public and policymakers.