Tag: lived experience

• From Teesside to Geneva

  

  A special guest testimonial from Julie Easley Who would have thought when I joined Tees Women Poets that I would end up at the United Nations, for the CESCR (Committee for the Economic, Social & Cultural Rights) 7th Review of the United Kingdom in Geneva, Switzerland? It all started when Tees Women Poets partnered up…

  Kirsten Luckins

  March 19, 2025

  By our members, News, Poems

  lived experience, poetry, political poetry, poverty, representation, social justice, spoken word, Tees Women Poets, Thrive Teesside, Thriving Women, truth to power, United Nations

• Scum!! The voices of Thriving Women

  

  International Women’s Day is here again, and with that comes the myriad voices of women across the world, shouting out their experiences, their opinions, and their visions for a more equitable future. We’re so proud to showcase the work of the Thriving Women collective again today, with a brand-new collective poem and film-poem called ‘Scum’.…

  Kirsten Luckins

  March 8, 2024

  By our members, Poems, Video

  activism, International Women's Day, IWD2024, lived experience, performance poetry, poetry, poverty, social injustice, spoken word, Tees Women Poets, Teesside, Thrive Teesside, Thriving Women, women