Episode 25 : The Art of Gentle Protest with Sarah Corbett from The Craftivist Collective

A chance conversation about a small embroidery project while on a long train journey led Sarah Corbett to unite her interest in craft with her passion for activism. Sarah says that at the time of that conversation, while working on a cross-stitch kit during a 5-hour-long train trip, she was feeling burned out by her job as an activist. But she realised there was a way to marry the mindfulness of stitching and other crafts with getting important messages across and supporting the under represented in society.

Sarah now single-handedly runs The Craftivist Collective and has engaged thousands of crafters from around the world (including the inspirational change-maker Malala Yousafzai) in creating their own acts of gentle protest on a range of issues from climate change to gender equality and the campaign for a living wage.

You can hear Sarah’s episode here alternatively search for Making Stitches on your favourite podcast app.

My sincere thanks to Sarah Corbett for speaking to me for Making Stitches Podcast.

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The music featured in this episode is Make You Smile by RGMusic from Melody Loops.

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