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Spotlight On: Marai Larasi
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Spotlight On: Marai Larasi

In this edition of Spotlight On, SHaME’s Principal Investigator Prof Joanna Bourke interviews Marai Larasi, ‘rock star’ feminist activist and College Fellow of Birkbeck, University of London.

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Joanna Bourke 18 February 2021
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In February 2021, SHaME Principal Investigator Joanna Bourke interviewed ‘rock star’ feminist activist Marai Larasi, who is a College Fellow of Birkbeck, University of London.

Watch their interview below to hear Joanna and Marai speak about how her experiences in different locations – London, Jamaica, the US – shaped her activist roots, Marai’s strategic advocacy work with UK-based Black feminist organisation Imkaan on the experiences and needs of black global majority survivors of sexual violence, and her involvement with #MeToo, #TimesUp and taking her activism to the Golden Globes:

 

FIND OUT MORE:

Website: www.imkaan.org.uk/
Twitter: @Imkaan
Facebook: @imkaan

SHaME blog: Imkaan, Intersectionality, and Sexual Violence

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Further Reading

Reflections on Ecoar!

09 Dec 202220 Jan 2023
Rhian Keyse
General
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On 24 September, Ecoar!, the second Shameless! Festival of Activism Against Sexual Violence took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Seeking to empower survivors in their healing, and to provide a call to action for urgent changes to professional practice and policy around abuse, the festival aimed to create a space to share perspectives and build ongoing collaborations. The SHaME delegation to Rio reflect on their experience.

Announcing Ecoar! the second Shameless! Festival of Activism Against Sexual Violence

21 Sep 202228 Sep 2022
SHaME team
Events
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On 24th September, the Shameless! Festival of Activism Against Sexual Violence will take place in its second year in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro. Called Ecoar! Festival, the one day festival will be created and presented by Redes da Maré, in partnership with SHaME and the WOW Foundation.

Global conversations about a rape-free world

24 Aug 202208 Nov 2022
SHaME team
Events
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On October 7th, SHaME will be celebrating the release of Professor Joanna Bourke's new book, Disgrace: Global Reflections on Sexual Violence, published by Reaktion Books. Joanna will be joined by Jude Kelly CBE, Marai Larasi, Dr Rhea Sookdeosingh, and Maisha Sumah in a conversation between artists, activists and academics on boundary-crossing global approaches to creating a rape free world.
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