Shannon Downey aka Badass Cross Stitch is an artist, activist, craftivist, community builder, and general instigator. Her work moves people from passive consumers of art into engaged creators and leverages craft-based art forms to bring people together, present them opportunities to transition from makers to change makers, and inspire radical hope for what is possible.
In this episode:
- Want to help save the world? Pick one thing and commit!
- Shannon's family background in the Labor Movement and how growing up around organizers made activism feel fun and normal.
- How doing something analog and physical (not on a device or computer) allows our creativity to flow, new ideas to arise and healing to take place.
- Crafting and Cross Stitch in particular as an easily accessible way for people to express themselves and commit to social justice.
- Shannon's brilliant new book: Let's Move the Needle, an activism handbook for artists, crafters, creatives and makers is out NOW and will guide you through the concrete steps to go from *wanting* to do something to create social justice to *doing it*, sustainably and effectively.
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