songs of solidarity
three-day book festival for all
songs of solidarity (SOS) is three-day book festival celebrating, acknowledging, and sharing stories of resistance and resilience, songs from indigenous and intersectional voices across aotearoa and the global south.
the theme of this pilot festival is intersectional solidarity – rooted in the idea of emancipation and liberation for all. now, more than ever, we need to collectively come together and work across local, national, and transnational contexts – while being mindful and respectful of different knowledge system and relationality.
december 5-7, friday-sunday
115 taranaki street, te aro
funding
thank you to Wellington City Council for believing in us and our ideas. the grant that we received under Creative Communities Scheme has been a great help in organising SOS.
venue
“Access to space is a major barrier for many people to create, gather, and build communities,” says Ash Holwell. SOS would like to extend big thank you to Ash Holwell + spacelamp for sharing 115 taranaki street with us where we are inviting community to gather in solidarity and imagine a just world for all through songs.
who made SOS possible
whānau whānui/extended family/परिवार who have supported SOS from day one and continue to do so — ngā mihi/thank you/धन्यवाद. a growing list…
ahinata kaitai-mullane | anahera gildea | ash holwell | bhagya herath | cameron | erin matariki carr | jason muir | joshua toum’ua | jieying cai | kerry ann lee | khadro mohamed | mirza tauseef baig | nadine hura | nadia solomon | nam chucks | suvendu mallick | valerie morse | leftword books | midland bookshop | rebel press | spacelamp | taraheke press | tarns hood | teirangi klever | urban dream brokerage | welmie | zuber baig
let’s imagine together
a better and just world for all