Join the Craftivist Collective sewing and stitching in protest against human rights injustices, all in the setting of a vintage boutique and teashop...

The venue is a lovely vintage clothes shop/cafe called Paper Dress Boutique. So head down and support a local business by crafting in the cafe with a cup of tea or coffee.

As part of our ongoing commitment to exposing social injustice, the Collective will be contributing to Norwegian artist Lise Bjørne Linnert’s current project, entitled DESCONOCIDA UNKNOWN UKJENT. The project uses the art of embroidery to highlight and protest against human trafficking and femicide, specifically in the city of Ciudad Juarez on the Mexican border. Since 1993, 800 women have been brutally murdered in Ciudad Juarez and hundreds more have gone missing, while the Mexican government turns a blind eye. Prostitution in the region has increased 400% in the same time period.

At this event, you will be embroidering the name of one murdered woman on each label alongside the word “unknown”, in remembrance of the hundreds of unidentified victims of similar crimes worldwide. The project is a mass act of solidarity. So far, 2100 individuals in 27 countries have embroidered more than 4000 labels. The Craftivist Collective will add to that figure and help to spread awareness of these atrocities.

All resources provided but if you have threat and scissors please bring them too.

And bring £3 or as much as you can afford to help fund us to colour print the first edition of our craftivism zine and future projects
 
For more info please visit: www.craftivist-collective.com