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Critical Signals

The Young Activists Workshop

  • 8 September 2026 | 16:00–18:00
  • 22 September 2026 | 16:00–18:00
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Being a teenager in Aotearoa right now is hard. You can’t vote, you’re watching the government try to dismantle Te Tiriti, you’re being hurt by the government’s racist, transphobic and misogynist rhetoric you’re seeing everywhere, you are worried about your future, your parents might have lost work - you’re worried about finding work. So what is there to do? 

Come and hang out with some activists and get radicalised! Do some crafting! Make some badges! Create some cool designs in session 1 and we’ll print them together in session 2! Find community to help you to organise protests and events to help your communities. Or just hang out and play games…

Everyone is welcome - all ages - please register.

BYO garment and ideas for tees and badges. And if you can, please bring koha for the tee shirt press.

Session 1: Designing tees and badges while sharing stories and developing your activism

Session 2: We’ll come to this session with your designs ready to go, and you’ll leave with your cool screen-printed garment, badges and stickers - and a new activist community!

Please sign up for both sessions when you sign up

Tickets Koha 7 attending

Hosts

Emily Writes Emily Writes Emily Writes is a queer mother, writer, volunteer, and advocate. Emily has published three books with Penguin Random House. Her newsletter Emily Writes Weekly reaches thousands of New Zealanders, encouraging them to … Ash Holwell Ash Holwell Ash is a design activist creating places through community ownership and participation, prototyping ecosystems of functional care, and pushing the boundaries of sustainable design through the simple and complex social …