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Don’t Touch My Hair: crowning glory, power and identity

Charting the cultural history and symbolism of Afro-textured hair, Emma Dabiri's work sweeps from pre-colonial Africa to the dubious provenance of Kim Kardashian's braids, showing how black...
Speaker(s): Emma Dabiri

Five Tiny Acts of Revolution

In April 2019 a heavily-armed young man entered two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 52 people and injuring 49 others. That day, armed with a flat cap and a piece of cardboard, Andrew...
Speaker(s): Andrew Graystone

Love in the face of Empire

The Festival Communion service at Greenbelt 2019 put the story of Christmas at its heart. Here, you'll find all the words from the service to download and share and use – along with the thinking...

Statements

Trying to manage the social media presence of an organisation is tricky, as anyone who's done it will tell you. The platforms you invest time and energy in are not your own, and you are at the...

Threshold to the Kingdom

We are thrilled to be able to exhibit this video installation, made in 2000 by the 2007 Turner prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger. The narrative is simple, passengers arriving at London City...

Greenbelt presents…

The best things in life aren't things. And some of the best programming at festival are ideas and events that have grown up from within the Greenbelt community itself, over years of passion and...

Catherine Rowett

In May 2019, Catherine Rowett made history by becoming the first Green Party MEP elected in the East of England (which covers Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Essex and Bedfordshire),...

Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers

Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers is Community Educator for Reform Judaism. She is an environmental and interfaith activist, winning a 21 for 21 interfaith award in 2018. She teaches interfaith engagement...

Open Michael

Grass-roots talent abounds at Greenbelt. So Open Michael is your chance to take the stage! Sing a song, recite a poem, limbo dance through your partners' legs, do a magic trick — all are...

Mount Hawke Skate Ramp

Mount Hawke is best known for being one of the oldest indoor skateparks in the UK, with 24,000 sq ft of purpose built ramps that for over 30 years has drawn some of the biggest names from the worlds...

Pickwell Foundation

The Pickwell Foundation collaborates with charities working with displaced people and with those combating climate change. They support our dedicated climate change-focussed venue and programme in...

We know Greenbelters like to take part, so this year we've got even more ways you can get involved and be part of the bill. The Roots Stage Making a welcome return after a little rest, our Roots...

Trussell Trust

The Trussell Trust supports a network of more than 1,200 food bank centres, who give emergency food and support to people in crisis across the UK, where one in seven people face hunger. In the last...

CCLA

At CCLA, we manage investments for charities, churches and faith-based organisations, the public sector … and, as of last year, individuals can now invest, too! Founded in 1958, we have over sixty...