Photo: Solomon Islands YWCA Members Jean Lele, Jocelyn Lai, Alice Kale, and Pauline Soaki celebrate women’s achievements for safety and dignity on International Women’s Day 2011 in Honiara. Link here to learn more about SI intergenerational feminist organizing. Credit: DFAT/Jeremy Miller ©© BY-SA 2.0 By datejie cheko green Wednesday...
What are your #OrganizingStories?
By datejie cheko green In collaboration with the Organizing Equality International Conference, taking place March 24-26 2017, solidarity conscious radio is showcasing interviews and conversations with invited organizers, activists and scholars. In the lead up and beyond, I am asking organizers everywhere, no matter how big or small, “what are...
Calling All People’s Photojournalists
Image: A Free Syrian Army rebel fighter holds up a portrait of one of his friends killed in battle. Aleppo, SYRIA – 11/4/2013. Credit: Ali Mustafa/SIPA Press By: Ali Mustafa Memorial Collective Tuesday, 15 November 2016 TORONTO, Ontario–Applications are open for the Ali Mustafa Memorial Award for People’s Journalism and...
The Ali Mustafa Memorial Award for People’s Journalism
Applications now open! Value: $3,000 Apply Now | Deadline: December 15, 2016 The Ali Mustafa Memorial Collective is pleased to announce the 2017 round of the Ali Mustafa Memorial Award for People’s Journalism. The award honours Ali’s life and work by supporting other freelance journalists documenting causes or issues related...
solidarity conscious multilingual manifesto
Collection conceived and written by datejie cheko green, designed by LOKI Design, translated by many comrades (see below) • translations gallery I wrote the solidarity conscious manifesto in my first language, English. Note that I don’t describe English as my mother tongue. As a person of Jamaican and English/Scottish descent,...
Strategic Communications – “We Do Work” (CMG 2014)
Conceived and designed by datejie cheko green • While working as Freelance Organizer for the Canadian Media Guild, (2013-15), I produced this web photo and postcard series about freelance workers, by freelancer workers, in support of freelance workers. It came to fruition after spending several months in the role, working...
Big thanks & props… Remixing the Digital Archive
Banner photo credit: Ross Howey By datejie cheko green On a blustery, wet Wednesday evening in London, Ontario, four astute, creative and incredibly talented guests – three of them, London natives – joined with me to bless this Remix-themed event, the first in my “Dialogues” series. ...
Announcing: Dialogues with Solidarity Conscious Knowledge Workers
Illustration: “Collaboration” by artist, agitator & intellectual, Favianna Rodrigues © 2012 Dialogues with Solidarity Conscious Knowledge Workers by datejie cheko green, Asper Fellow in Media & dialogue moderator As Asper Fellow in Media at the Faculty of Information and Media Studies, Western U, I am producing a series of events...
on solidarity conscious
solidarity conscious manifesto (English version) solidarity conscious is a worldview that sees relations of integrity as paths to a just and balanced world. It knows we are all, and always will be, interrelated and interdependent, regardless of borders, nations, languages and laws. solidarity conscious is about mutually valuing our bodies,...
Canadians take Syrian Refugee Crisis into Own Hands
http://newcanadianmedia.ca/item/28453-canadians-take-syrian-refugee-crisis-into-own-hands