Barnet and Culture for Youth Advocates: Welcome to the Education Apocalypse

Welcome to the Education Apocalypse

THIS IS A zine (pronounced 'zeen') created

by Barnet & Culture for Youth Advocates: ela, amelie, Joel, anna, dom, mia, rangina AND zara.

a zine is many things, most commonly described as a mini-magazine. A zine can be used for advocating on social, economic and political issues or it can be used as a form of scrapbooking and archiving.

our zine: - is a combination of all of our ideas AND personalities - looks at how education has not evolved with society - showcases the necessity of the arts in education - and introduceS ideas for a curriculum revamp

Read and listen as we educate you on how to teach us!

Index page 1: lack of diversity in education pages 2-5: lack of diversity in english pages 6-7: women in literature pages 8-11: lack of diversity in film & theatre pages 12-13: sex education revamp page 14: one mic real talk podcast with art against knives

page 15: the importance of the arts page 16: art acrostic pages 17-20: arts importance page 21: stress pages 22-23: art for arts sake page 24: revel pages 25-26: thank yous

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LACK OF

^INDIVERSITY EDUCATION

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Culture is

a form of communal

art in which freedom is bonded with expression.

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What is the relevance

of 16th century poetry to the 21st century when power and

society has shifted dramatically?

and s e c r einfo r e r and pea s s e e p k y a Sh reot e t s ith s w e t n o o tati prom n e s e itic repr m e l S u i f , ant harm t s i c f ra o ge. e a s u u g n s hi t la s i x e and s

there is no modern po etry in our englis h gcse cu rriculum today from people of diverse backgrou nds. all the poe ms are fro m or told from eithe r straight white perspecti ves.

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Dear Hollywood,

FIX YOUR ACTORS!!

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There are plenty of actors from diverse backgrounds.

Choose them to make your movies!

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On the walls of theatres, the people you see in portraits are NOT diverse and are NOT inclusive.

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We have not experienced different acting styles or plays within our cirriculum or by any one other than a white man.

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TR AN AR S E ME M EN N

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EN M O W N S E N M TRA E WO AR

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scan here to listen to the Advocates on art against knives podcast 'one mic real talk' :

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Art Acrostic

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Art Bright Creative Design Exceptionally Fantastic Gorgeous Human Inspiring Joyful Knowing Learning Meaning Natural Open Peaceful Quiet Rocket Supersonic Tremendous Understated Worldly eXpertly Youthful Zenith

By Mia

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To listen to Ela's reading, scan here:

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k n a h T ! u ! o y

we hope you have been inspired by what we have said and we hope that we have been the creative catalyst for you to...

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We would also like to take the time to thank : - Matthew Lyons, Head of Young Company at Chickenshed - Romana Flello and mezze from Representation in Drama - katie elphick from berlarus free theatre - katie greenall, artist - jake and lucy from art against knives

with special thank to the artsdepot team for holding our event and to francesca and cheniece for facilitating and curating the barnet & culture youth advocates sessions and zine.

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WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED OUR ZINE! To find out more info on B&CY for Advocates scan here: