Sisters of Frida at Leeds for Change 8th November 2014

  Sisters of Frida are proud to be invited to at Leeds for Change launch as guest speakers. Please come along if you are in the area to say hello!

Book tickets at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leeds-for-change-presents-summat-new-tickets-13222054521

Leeds for Change presents…Summat New | Saturday 8th November 2014

Join us for the launch of Leeds for Change!

Get connected, share skills and join in action for change, with a day of guest speaker panels, workshops hosted by groups from Leeds and further afield, films, art, singing and lots in between for all ages!  The full programme will be available in the next few weeks.

Guest speaker panels will feature:

• Paul Mason – Chanel 4 Economics Editor, prolific author and digital media guru
• Pragna Patel – Founder of Southall Black Sisters, activist and listed in the Guardian’s 100 Top Women
• Clara Osagiede – RMT representative, powerful living wage campaigner for London Underground cleaners
• Eleanor Lisney & Armineh Soorenian – Sisters of Frida, a Disabled Women’s Cooperative
• Aderonke Apata – Lesbian from Nigeria fighting for asylum in the UK & campaigner
• Representative from Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty – campaign group fighting austerity measures

In the evening, we will be celebrating with dinner cooked by The Real Junk Food Project, music from Leeds choirs, and comedy from Chris Coltrane.

The event is FREE to attend, but donations towards running costs can be made through Tidal’s page on LocalGiving. This means we can get gift aid, and after 14th October your donation will be doubled!

Leeds for Change promotes social change across the city. We aim to connect groups, improve access and facilitate the sharing of resources and skills amongst those who share a similar vision for Leeds.

We’re putting on this event in collaboration with the wonderful Economic Justice Project.

Sisters of Frida at the Showroom in discussion about identities : Saturday 27 September 3–5.30pm

 

There is BSL signing 

Sisters of Frida have been invited by Patrick Staff to public discussion events exploring disabled and queer identity, austerity, illness and flexibility. Particularly on Saturday 27th where we will be leading it.

Since summer 2013 Staff has utilised a range of choreographic strategies in order to explore and question how bodies are presented, produced, represented and assessed within the fields of performance, healthcare, technology and labour. This has included research at the Trinity Laban archives; discussions with groups of practitioners, researchers and activists; and physical workshops with other artists, members of local groups such as Opening Doors London (which supports older generation lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people) and DreamArts (a youth performance group), as well as public participants. From 20–28 September, Staff will display a series of large format posters on the exterior of The Showroom’s building which will feature an interview between the artist and one of the project’s collaborators. A series of public discussions, led by invited practitioners, will respond to the text in relation to their own work and lives. Invited guests will include the research group Manual Labours, choreographer Hamish Macpherson, members of Opening Doors London and the disabled women’s co-operative Sisters of Frida.

The discussions are free and open to all and will take place outside The Showroom gallery building, 63 Penfold Street, NW8 8PQ on:

Thursday 25 September 3–5.30pm: discussion led by Opening Doors London

Friday 26 September 6–8.30pm: discussion led by Manual Labours and Hamish MacPherson

Saturday 27 September 3–5.30pm: discussion led by Sisters of Frida

http://www.theshowroom.org/programme.html?id=1829