num_pages: 320
description: How to Be a Craftivist is a manifesto for quiet activism: how to tackle issues not with shouting and aggression but with gentle protest using the process of making to engage thoughtfully in the issues we are about to influence and effect change.Sarah Corbett  professional campaigner and founder of the Craftivist Collective  shares her journey from burnt-out activist tired of marching confrontation and demonizing opposition towards a more respectful activism: using craft to contemplate global issues provoke thought and start conversations rather than arguments; to engage empower and encourage people on and offline to become part of change in the face of injustice inequality and prejudice.Interwoven with Sarahs personal stories of causes fought are ideas and suggestions for every novice craftivist. From how to think about the medium itself to looking at colour fonts size and message here is inspiration for every detail of your creation.In todays world its easy to feel helpless but here is a book to initiate debates rather than shouting matches to enable collaboration in place of confrontation. Gentleness can be a great strength and quiet action can sometimes speak as powerfully amid the noise as the loudest voice. And if we want a world that is beautiful kind and fair shouldnt our activism be beautiful kind and fair?
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title: How to be a Craftivist: The Art of Gentle Protest
publisher: Unbound