WRITING FOR SOCIAL
CHANGE
WITH LOUISE WALLWEIN
What can creative
writing do to change the world?
How can a poem or a
play make a difference in your community?
Can writer/artists use
their skills to act as cultural diplomats?
Is it possible to change
the world by bridging the relationship between people/communities and
organizations but also help to bridge that distance between a person and their
own voice?
Date: Thursdays starting January 23
Time: 2.30pm - 4.30pm
Where: The Creative Communities Studio, University
College
Find out how your writing can enrich your community and how
your community can enrich your writing.
This will be a practical series of workshops designed to
motivate you to write and make a difference to your
world.
I am a passionate artist who works with many different
people from oral history projects with Lancashire Mill workers to working with
people in prison. I work from the
premise that everyone has a story to tell and everyone should have the
opportunity to tell it.
My work has been performed all over the UK and across the
globe. As a writer, I have never been limited to one way of telling a story. I
create text-based installations, films, animations.
I have been a writer ever since I was seventeen, fresh
out of the care system. I became a Playwright/Poet with my plays produced by
Red Ladder (Tagged) Contact / Arena Theatre company Melbourne / Sydney
Opera House (Skid 180) Manchester Poetry Festival (Low Flying Aircraft)
B.B.C Radio 3 The Wire (Dirty White Girl).
Engagement with people is at the heart of my
writing. I have a massive tool kit of
writing exercises and techniques and a wealth of experience that I would like
to share with you. I have worked in schools, P.R.U’s, a young men’s prison, and
in communities regenerating after they have rioted. I have been described
variously as fearless and explosive, and I usually work with people who are
deemed difficult to reach.
I will be running a project at Agape table in Osborne
Village and I’m looking for some students to volunteer to be part of this
exciting project and gain some valuable experience that will change the way you
think about what writing can do.
To sign up, please
email ccwoc@cc.umanitoba.ca or phone
(204) 480-1065.
For further information or questions contact me at ccwocwir@cc.umanitoba.ca or (204) 480-1067, or please click
HERE.