Activism with Sarah Corbett

This week we’re talking about activism and kindness with the inspiring activist and creator of the Craftivist Collective, Sarah Corbett. We hear about Sarah’s remarkable journey growing up as the daughter of activists who campaigned for social change around the world, and her subsequent journey into activism as a career.Sarah’s work challenges traditional ideas of activism as loud and confrontational, as well as what constitutes a campaign ‘win’. Her gentler, more empathetic approach has brought some amazing results. Sarah talks us through some of her success stories as well as about how being kinder to yourself and others is an effective way to change the world.We also hear from Katherine and Paul about why they're still not over not being in the fields with thousands of Greenbelters this year, who their dream bookings would be, and what we have planned for our virtual Greenbelt this summer. As always, you can find links, resources and episode timestamps (for all you skippers out there) below.____ABOUT SARAHSarah Corbett grew up in an activist family and has worked as a professional campaigner for over ten years, most recently with Oxfam. She started doing craftivism (craft + activism) in 2008 as a reaction to traditionally more aggressive or ‘quicker’ forms of activism. Due to demand Sarah set up the global Craftivist Collective in 2009, which now has thousands of supporters across the world taking part in her craftivism projects.https://craftivist-collective.com/Twitter: @CraftivistsFacebook: @CraftivistCollectiveInstagram: @craftivists____LINKS AND RESOURCESCraftivist Collective https://craftivist-collective.com/Craftivist Collective campaigning for living wage (Rosa Parks Hankie) https://craftivist-collective.com/What-we-achieved-at-Marks-and-Spencer-AGM Positive News Magazine https://www.positive.news/ ____MORE FROM SARAH AT GREENBELThttps://www.greenbelt.org.uk/artists/sarah-corbett/Gentle Protest: how gentleness can be a powerful tool in activism (2017) https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/talks/gentle-protest-how-gentleness-can-be-a-powerful-tool-in-activism/ A spoonful of craft helps the activism go down (2017) https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/talks/a-spoonful-of-craft-helps-the-activism-go-down/ ____00:00 - Welcome to Somewhere To Believe In00:30 - Katherine and Paul catch up04:30 - Katherine and Paul talk about Greenbelt Festival 202010:40 - Messages from listeners14:17 - Introducing Sarah Corbett and her work14:50 - Sarah joins the conversation15:40 - Sarah on Greenbelt Festival16:43 - Sarah on how she got into activism19:20 - Sarah on being an introverted activist20:58 - Sarah on faith and Jesus22:46 - Sarah on activism as a career and avoiding burnout24:35 - Sarah on craftivism27:10 - Talk Snippet from #GB17 'Gentle Protest: how gentleness can be a powerful tool in activism'38:50 - Sarah on seeing the best in people40:08 - Sarah on other forms of activism 41:20 - Sarah on anger43:14 - Sarah on the personal benefits of gentle activism48:00 - Katherine and Paul reflect on the conversation with Sarah57:18 - Coming up in next week’s episode57:30 - How to get in touch with us59:30 - Thank you’s____A huge thanks to the Greenbelt Volunteer Talks Team for all their hard work on editing this episode. Our podcast music is ‘I Can Change’ by Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires.____https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/#SomewhereToBelieveIn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.