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Radicalised by Being Alive

As my time at SCM is coming to an end, I’ve been reflecting a lot on how I came to this role as a Faith in Action Project Worker and why. I have come to realise that I haven’t shaped my own activism through research and knowledge; my life experiences have shaped my activism. I am from a large, majority working class, former heavy industry town in the north west of England. We have vast socio-economic issues, cultural divides, issues of racism and racial violence, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, and Othering of those who are not ‘British enough’.