At the start of a the latest residency, we were given a question to explore, which was along the lines of "what does TCFT mean to me- can we explain it or share it with others?”. A week or so later, I emailed my thoughts. When asked whether I would consider publishing them online, weeks of procrastination ensued from some unidentified place of hesitation…
“I’m going to talk about my three linked careers, and the political principals that convinced me to make the decisions I felt were necessary to change one career for another. I want you to understand I am addressing Anglo/American conditions. What they may imply about your own countries is for you to decide.”
“I am not usually good at showing appreciation and I usually forget to say thank you but this NEEDS to be said without a doubt!!”
Mhairi shares her experience of participating in TCFT activity for the first time at TCFT Croydon 2018.
Shaniqua looks back on the first day of TCFT Croydon 2018, while looking forward to the upcoming days in the programme.
In university Robert became active in politics on the campus where the Students for a Democratic Society had been formed. He ran a political campaign demanding equal rights for all and then joined a small group of University of Michigan students to go to Montgomery Alabama. MLK had asked for white students to help present a demand to the racist governor George Wallace to allow the second Selma march to be allowed to proceed in peace. Robert’s groups were savagely attacked by mounted KKK, supported by state troopers on motorbikes.
