On Monday, we had the first full rehearsal of Freedom Moving Then & Now with all performers, choir, and musicians.
We can't wait for Friday, which is now totally sold out! Those who have a ticket are in for a treat!
@artscentres.bsky.social #OurFreedom #VeDay #FutureArtsCentres #FreedomRoad
Weekly poem #97
Freedom Road by Simon Armitage
A new poem from the current poet laureate. Freedom Road is a reflection on our values and where they sit, prompted by the marking of VE and VJ Day.
#colchester #acegrams #weeklypoem #poetry #freedomroad
New book alert!
I’m proud to have contributed the Foreword to this breakthrough book full essays by those targeted by White Christian Nationalism.
10% of royalties go to @FreedomRoadRoad.us
This is more than a book—it’s a call to justice. #FreedomRoad #QuoirPublishing #ResistChristianNationalism
'If we want to walk along Freedom Road
then away we go' 🕊
Last week we marked the launch of Our Freedom: Then and Now with Simon Armitage's premiere of the poem #FreedomRoad.
Art centres, libraries, and communities coming together to reflect on #OurFreedom and what freedom means to us all.
Thanks to @contactmcr.bsky.social and CEO Jack Dale-Dowd for having us, and thanks to everyone who joined us - with venues from the Western Isles to Devon represented! It's brilliant to be on the #FreedomRoad with you all, and we can't wait to see where it takes us. (5/7)
Simon Armitage on stage, speaking at the launch of Our Freedom
Yesterday we marked the start of the programme with Poet Laureate Simon Armitage's first reading of #FreedomRoad - his new poem which will sit at the heart of the projects UK-wide - as all the participating venues gathered at @contactmcr.bsky.social in Manchester. (3/7)
Exterior of Contact Theatre, Manchester, on a sunny day with blue skies and white clouds above.
Annabel Turpin and Gavin Barlow of Future Arts Centres standing on stage, introducing the Our Freedom Project. Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and Darren Henley of Arts Council England are sitting behind them, and a group of community representatives from some of the participating projects are on their other side. Text on a large screen behind them reads: "Exciting projects and events across the UK, reflecting on what freedom means 80 years after the end of the Second World War."
Annabel Turpin and Gavin Barlow of Future Arts Centres standing on stage as the locations of the 60 participating projects are shown on a map of the UK on a large screen behind them. Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and Darren Henley of Arts Council England are sitting behind them, and a group of community representatives from some of the participating projects are on their other side.
Poet Laureate Simon Armitage on stage about to read his new poem. Annabel Turpin and Gavin Barlow of Future Arts Centres, and Darren Henley of Arts Council England are sitting behind them, and a group of community representatives from some of the participating projects are on the other side.
Brilliant to be with the @artscentres.bsky.social team launching Our Freedom: Then and Now at @contactmcr.bsky.social today. And such a privilege to hear the first reading by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage of his new poem, #FreedomRoad.
ourfreedom.org.uk #OurFreedom #RememberOurFreedom #ThenAndNow
7/7
No map can guide us now. We must trust our own compass, built on the dreams of those who came before.
#FreedomRoad #DiversityIsStrength #UnityIsStrength #ReclaimOurStories
Interesting YouTube documentary about Highway 20 between Williams Lake to Bella Coola
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-38d... #Chilcotin #Highway20 #FreedomRoad
🇹🇳Explore Tunisia's path to freedom: An enlightening interview with Ghofran Vilquin sheds light on the challenges ahead.
📙Read the article & join us as we navigate the journey towards democracy in Tunisia! 👇
www.democracy-international.org/road-freedom...
#FreedomRoad
@MaracleLee #ColonizationRoad Reconciliation only starts after they stop standing on my F--g feet. #freedomroad
#freedomroad #ColonizationRoad Shoal Lake 40. Water water everywhere, and not a drop to drink...well, except in Winnipeg.
