So We Stand is an emerging grassroots movement of people who consciously work for empowering social change to develop multiracial politics and self defence strategies for environmental and climate justice. DIY Popular Education Collective is their trading name and the training ground for popular educators.
Satements in Support:
‘One of the most important things that I learned and loved so much about popular education, was that you need to trust the people and trust their process of understanding and action. What a wonderful opportunity for the people to share their thoughts and feelings of how they can make our world a better place.’ Cathy McCormack?
Cathy McCormack is a campaigner who lives in Easterhouse, Glasgow. She is widely known as a conference speaker in the spheres of housing and inequality and author of ‘A Wee Yellow Butterfly’.For those trapped in a toxic mixture of economic circumstance and bad politics, life can be hard. Yet, as Cathy McCormack’s story shows, a strong spirit and a refusal to accept what is given can release energy and creativity for individuals and their communities.
‘This project is about hope. It gives us all real hope that we can do something about the situation we are living in. John Stewart
John Stewart is a veteran campaigner, coordinator of airport affected communities coalition ‘AirportWatch’ and winner of the The Independent’s ‘most effective environmentalist 2008?
