Our Stories: part of 16 days against gendered violence
PAST EVENT
Resilient and Resisting in collaboration with Hackney Museum.
We invited individuals to come and listen to stories of survival and agency, focusing on the theme of violence against women and girls.
These stories contain explicit content and mention domestic violence, sexual abuse, rape and gendered violence. All stories are produced in collaboration and ongoing consultation with interviewees. The readings focussed on first hand accounts which show how, through individual or group resilience, people have found ways to speak up, name experiences, organise and survive.
The stories presented are from longer pieces collected as part of Resilient and Resisting, an oral history and collaborative storytelling project. The event was supported by Hackney Council’s 16 days of action against gender based violence, part of the UN’s campaign to help eliminate violence against women and girls. 2019 campaign had the theme #HearMeToo, linking to movements which feature the voices of the voices of survivors and activists.
This event was Trans and Sex Worker inclusive.
This was a free event.
Organiser
Jet Moon is a writer, performer, director and activist producing politically engaged creative work. Jet produces events, works and collaborations that push for change, re-evaluation and empowerment. Jet is the founder of the Resilient & Resisting Organisation.
Resilient & Resisting is a collaboration between groups and individuals, with artist/activist Jet Moon, produced with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund and Arcola Participation. Fierce, intimate oral histories, collaborative stories, D.I.Y. research and interviews from people at the intersection of several kinds of marginalisation.
The museum is conveniently situated in central Hackney next to the Town Hall Square. Hackney Museum is a local history museum located in the London Borough of Hackney. Amongst other aspects of the Hackney area, the museum explores the history of immigration.
