Join Stella Dadzie, Suzanne Scafe and Cradle Community at Brighton Book Festival to hear about two landmark books that evolved out of collective organising. The discussion will explore how, as people of colour in the UK, the struggles of our past have shaped our present and futures.

How can we dismantle structures of oppression while building safer, stronger communities together?

The Heart of the Race, first published in 1985 and republished in 2018, is a testimony to the collective experience of Black women in Britain and their long relationship to the violence of the state. It was written by Beverly Bryan, Stella Dadzie and Suzanne Scafe, members of OWAAD (Organisation of Women of African & Asian Descent).

Brick by Brick is the first book by Cradle Community, a collective of organisers committed to radical education and building understanding of prison abolition and transformative justice. It was published in 2021 as an important resource for those who dream of building a just, caring, prison-free society, illuminating how harmful ideas of criminality and punishment can manifest in many ways beyond the prison industrial complex.

This event is hosted by the Race Beat, a mutual-support network for people of colour in the media.

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