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an open workshop exploring class for those of Bristol who want to dig deeper and find solutions to class based issues within their communityAbout this event
The Class Work Project Presents:
Exploring Class OPEN Workshop BRISTOL
Saturday 22nnd and Sunday 23rd October 2022
Venue - The Peoples Republic of Stokes Croft
All those who operate in and amongst the political left, anti-oppression, social justice movements and community groups of Bristol are welcome!
COME - If you have a desire to learn more about how class impacts relations and dynamics.
COME - if you believe that you and your mates/community are impacted by class dynamics and oppression.
COME - If there are structural and material classed based problems in your life and community that need addressing.
Deadline for tickets is 10th August
*if you are currently living below the breadline, struggling to make ends met, homeless, recently out of prison or living through other obstacles that mean you may not be able to buy a ticket, then get in touch.
AIMS of the workshop
Make space for poor & working class folks to centre and articulate their own experiences and knowledge
2. Support the middle class and owning class folks to gain recognition and take responsibility for the psychological and material benefits of their class position and take steps towards solidarity and change.
3. Make space to talk and plan for taking action such as collectivising and redistributing financial and other resources
4. Support the mobilisation of cross-class people working towards radical social change.
5. Support a culture of mutual aid and accountability amongst individuals living and working in Bristol and surrounding area.
MORE INFO
Class helps shape all aspects of our lives, including how we organise in social justice movements. This two day workshop aims to deconstruct our classed experiences and the ways in which we reproduce the same class system we fight against, in order to create stronger, more egalitarian social justice movements.
Long winded and pretentious description:
The UK class system is complicated and contested. It is embedded within the global class system, at the same time as having its own specific characteristics and compositions. The working class is told to unite and fight, but some segments of this class are given far greater rewards by the capitalist system, whilst others are marginalised and demonised. Whether this is through unemployment, insecure housing and work or immigration status, the impacts can have profound socio-psychological effects on the individuals who experience it.
This workshop will explore the processes of fragmentation and stratification within the non-owning and non-governing classes within the UK. It will emphasise the voices of those with lived experience of prolonged poverty and marginalisation, while also looking at the ways people of all class backgrounds can actively fight against class injustice. Drawing on our personal experiences as class embodied individuals, together we will examine the ways in which our lives are shaped by our class position.
We will be careful not to remove class from its capitalist context. This means emphasising our access to material resources and the ways this affects our lives and social justice politics. Only then will we also look at the ways cultural and social capital affect class. This means looking at the way “what you know” and “who you know” can provide access to education, jobs, service provision, etc.
All of this will be done by drawing from our personal experiences, examining the ways our lives are shaped by our class position. We will also pay attention to the ways class intersects with other parts of our identities, such as gender, race and ability.
While we will introduce some ideas and concepts, please be aware that much of the workshop will require your active participation and willingness to reflect on your own class position with the group. As facilitators, we want to create a safe but challenging environment in which to learn from each others’ knowledge and experiences.
If you want to read some feedback by a participant of a previous workshop you can go here.. https://www.solidarityeconomy.coop/.../coops-class…
https://www.theclassworkproject.com/testimonials-for-class-work-project
SLIDING SCALE TICKETS, WHAT IT COSTS US TO RUN, AND SOLIDARITY
Our events costs us a lot of time and energy to run. not only is it the two day facilitation, it is the liasing, the prep, the research, scheduling, travel, and programme development. i
We want to ensure that at least 50% of all participants have or still have experience of being socially and economically marginalised, which means others who can, need to buy high price tickets to cover our costs. please be honest with how much you can afford, if you are, then we can keep going, and poor and working class folk can continue participating in these political projects.
breakdown of costs:
£17.00 ph for each facilitator over 3 days. £714
prep time - 1 day - 3 people - £300
liasing with local people - 1 day of work - £100
travel - £150
food, 2 days x between 30 and 50 people - £300
venue hire - £tbc
research - endless
breakeven costs - £1700 ish (depending on venue hire).
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
PRSC, PRSC, 17-35 Jamaica Street,, Bristol, United Kingdom