RAW Festival 2022 – 3rd to 4th December (STOPWATCH)

Bolney Meadow Community Centre
31 Bolney St, London, SW8 1EZ

Lots of sessions and activities for the whole community with free entry and food.

What is RAW?
This year, it’s a festival
RAW is StopWatch’s exciting new ‘Rights and Wellbeing’ project, aimed
at providing resources, group workshops, and individual support to equip
individuals with the knowledge of preventing and reducing harm from
police encounters, while also addressing the broader impacts of stop and
search by providing therapeutic support to help people process and deal
with its after-effects.

The RAW festival is a two-day weekend event raising awareness of and
introducing new perspectives to dealing with the harms of negative policing by
showcasing artists, therapists, and activists’ insights as they share ways to help
people heal from their encounters with the police.
The festival will provide a framework for understanding the problems of
overpolicing, and present solutions to the challenges identified. There will be
music, poetry, self-care workshops, thinking sessions, panel discussions and
opportunities to get involved. We’ll also have a legal team on standby for those
seeking personal advice. It is free to attend, and you can drop in on any of the
sessions or stay for all of them.