WEPstock Programme
The Women's Equality Party are bringing you #WEPstock - a digital feminist festival to bring together inspirational women from across the UK. The festival will aim to connect feminists from across the UK and encourage attendees to build and develop their own communities.
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Wednesday 1st September
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Intro to WEPstock |
09:00 |
A welcome from Mandu Reid |
Mandu Reid |
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'Women in the Picture' |
13:00 - 14:00 |
A workshop all about women, art and the power of looking, with author Catherine McCormack. |
Catherine McCormack |
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5x15 - Why Community Matters |
17:00 - 18:00 |
5 activists and organisers deliver powerful speeches about what community, or a lack of it, means to them. |
Host: Christine Dean Alphonsine Kabagabo - Women for Refugee Women Niki Gibbs - Holloway Women's Centre Eliza Hatch - Cheer Up Luv |
Thursday 2nd September
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Ways to Win: Elections |
09:00 |
5 minute video about the different ways you can win as a campaigner |
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Pass The Mic: Self Organising Spaces |
11:30 - 12:30 |
3 simultaneous self-organised sessions brought to you by members of the Women's Equality Party
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Pro European Pro The World in the 2020s WEP in Wales Are we ready for Fourth Wave Feminism? |
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Drop the Imposter Syndrome - how to start calling BS on self-doubt |
13:00 - 14:00 |
In this interactive workshop we'll explore the experience of Imposter Syndrome. How and why does it affect us? We'll propose a new definition, which supports personal growth and share techniques to stop it hijacking your success. |
Rachel Rowland |
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Branch events |
17:00 onwards |
Meet feminists in your area! get in touch with your local branch to find out if they're putting on a local event |
Your local branch |
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Branch Call In & Speed Networking |
18:00 - 19:00 |
Group speed networking. The opportunity to listen, learn and connect with feminists from across the UK |
Priya Brown - The Women's Equality Party |
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Meet The Changemakers |
19:30 - 20:30 |
Powerful changemakers talk about how they created and ran incredible feminist campaigns. This session focuses on the powerful #EndTamponTax campaign and how you can build a campaign yourself, giving an insight into what the WEP Academy will support activists to do in the future. |
Jenn Selby Laura Coryton |
Friday 1st September
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Ways to Win: Campaigns |
09:00 |
5 minute video about the different ways you can win as a campaigner. |
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Pass The Mic: Self Organising Spaces |
11:30 - 12:30 |
2 simultaneous self-organised sessions brought to you by members of the Women's Equality Party |
Gaming The System - Feminism through a gaming lens
WEP Disability Caucus session |
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Community for Community's Sake |
13:00 - 14:00 |
Storytime: How do you talk about feminism with your friends and family? Get some tips about talking about equality with people you know and love. |
Catherine Riley - Primadonna Podcast & Festival Shona Abhyankar - Primadonna Podcast |
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What's Next? Rebuild, reclaim, resist |
17:00 - 18:00 |
How can communities help women rebuild their lives / make change / help others |
Host: Tabitha Morton - The Women's Equality Party Lizzy Dening - Journalist and Founder of Survivor Stories Deborah Francis White - The Guilty Feminist Baljit Banga - Imkaan Polly Harrar - The Sharan Project Mandu Reid - The Women's Equality Party |
| Open Mic |
20:00 - 21:00 |
A "couch to 5k for confidence". Members are given two minute slots to find their voice and tell you about an issue that all feminists should care about. Be prepared to laugh, cry and rage with fellow members. |
Host: Chris Paouros |
Saturday 4th September
| Ways to Win: Collaborations |
9:00 |
5 minute video about the different ways you can win as a campaigner. |
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The state of our community |
13:00 - 14:00 |
Mandu Reid, leader of the Women's Equality Party, delivers her headline speech about the state of the feminist community, and what we need do next to heal and move forward |
Mandu Reid - Leader of the Women's Equality Party |
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Sandi Toksvig's Comedy Quiz |
18:00 - 19:30 |
Join Sandi Toksvig and friends for an interactive feminist quiz that you can play along with at home - expect to laugh along from your living room |
Sandi Toksvig Susie Ruffell Sofie Hagen Ava Vidal |
Does this sound like something you'd be interested in? Buy your ticket now to reserve your place!