Food for Thought - Five Rules For Rebellion: Let's Change the World Ourselves
Sophie Walker, Activist, journalist, founding leader of Britain's Women's Equality Party
Had enough? Feeling hopeless? Don't give up - join the rebellion.
Activist, journalist, founding leader of Britain's Women's Equality Party and 'modern-day suffragette' Sophie Walker presents an inspiring, five-step journey to incorporating activism into our lives. Learn how to see activism not as a series of pitched battles but as a positive, lifelong learning experience. Escape the numbing effects of despair, learn to channel anger, arm yourself with hope, practise perseverance and connect with others compassionately. Sophie Walker offers support to convert our confusion and impatience into a powerful force for change.
Sophie Walker spent twenty years at Reuters as an international journalist. After supporting her elder daughter through a diagnosis of autism, she started campaigning for disability rights, particularly those of girls on the autism spectrum. In 2015, she helped form and led the Women’s Equality Party, ran for London Mayor in 2016, and in 2017 stood for election to the UK Parliament, campaigning for investment in care, equal pay and an end to violence against women. She is a feminist strategist, activist, speaker and counsellor for would-be campaigners. She is also the co-founder of Activate, a UK fund to support women from minoritized communities to stand for political office; and the author of Five Rules For Rebellion: Let’s Change the World Ourselves.
