Social Justice Salon

Welcome to Episode 7 of Justice studio Session. In this episode Marianne Moore explains the importance of understanding fear and anxiety within organisations. She explains how they got to be so fearful in the first place, what the symptoms of an anxious organisation are, and some practical ways that anxiety can manifest in organisations, such as through over-functioning and under-functioning.

Marianne Moore is a management consultant with two decades of experience in strategy and organisational development. She has consulted for over a hundred different clients including governments, charities, and multilateral bodies such as UNICEF and the Council of Europe. Marianne began her career in leading public-sector consulting firms Capita Consulting and Tribal Consulting before establishing her own boutique consulting organization, Justice Studio, in 2011. Marianne has developed a style of consulting that emphasizes an appreciation and understanding of both emotional intelligence and skill-based methodologies.

This episode will help you to understand the key concepts and recognises importance traits of anxiety in yourself and others so that you can begin to address them in your own life and through you work with your or a client’s organisation.

The Compassionate Consultancy Course including workshop on: Managing anxiety, trauma and conflict to be held on Thursday 25th April 2024 can be found here: https://justicestudio.org/compassionate-consultancy-training

To book an advisory session with Marianne follow this link:

https://mariannemoorejs.as.me/schedule/6d76d711

References for this episode:

Bowen, M & Kerr, M. 1988. Family Evaluation: An Approach Based on Bowen Theory. W.W Norton & Company: London.

Keegan, S. M. 2015. The Psychology of fear in organizations: How to transform anxiety into well-being, productivity and innovation. London: Kogan Page Limited.

Miller, J. A. 2008. The Anxious Organization. BTB Publications.

Further Links for this episode:

Justice Studio’s website: www.justicestudio.org

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Title Music by Luke Fraser @the_tonic_

Show Artwork by Marianne @creatrix.studio

Welcome to Episode 6 of Justice Studio Sessions. in this episode we delve into the issues of Older LGBT+ people in England and Wales. Justice Studio has undertaken a number of projects to promote and understand LGBT+ activism as well as the challenges facing older people, and we are glad to discuss these important issues in this episode.

Joining us for our discussion is Bridget Symonds. Bridget is the CEO of Opening Doors, a charity dedicated to supporting LGBT+ people over 50 across the country. Before this she was Head of Women's Centres and Safeguarding at Women in Prison, and has worked extensively with survivors of domestic and sexual violence, homeless people, and older women fleeing domestic abuse.

In this episode we discuss the people at the intersection of LGBT+ discrimination and ageism, in some difficult topics such as loneliness, and experience of abuse in care homes. But we also speak of inter-generational solidarity, recognising the beauty and wisdom in age, the innovative Pride in Care Mark, and celebrating older LGBT+ people through Silver Pride.

It is with deep sadness that we postscript this episode with the news that unfortunately Opening Doors had to close due to funding issues after this episode was published.

Links for this episode:

Opening Doors' website: https://www.openingdoors.lgbt

Follow Opening Doors on Twitter: @openingdoorsuk

Follow Opening Doors on Instagram: @openingdoorslgbtq

Justice Studio’s website: www.justicestudio.org

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Follow Marianne on Instagram @creatrix.london

Welcome to Episode 5 of Justice Studio Sessions. In this episode we discuss equitable quantitative research. Perfect for research nerds and data scientists, we will be deep diving into numbers, statistics and all that is “hard data” to establish what to do to ensure that, however you crunch it, it is equitable.

We are joined by the super smart Heather Krause, who is a data scientist and cross-sector thought leader in data equity issues. Caring passionately about data and people she set up We All Count which fosters a data equity community through their newsletter and forum.

Links for this episode:

WeAllCount website: https://weallcount.com/

Their community forum: https://community.weallcount.com/

Justice Studio’s website: www.justicestudio.org

Follow Justice Studio on Instagram: @justicestudio

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Welcome to Episode 4 of Justice Studio Sessions. In this episode we will be discussing Children’s Rights in Somaliland. Justice Studio worked in Somaliland during 2014 and 2015 to develop their first Children's Rights Act. We were working for a taskforce led by the Somaliland Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MOLSA), UNICEF and Save the Children. The creation of the Act included consultations across the country with children, teachers, parents, elders and religious authorities.

During this project our colleague was the inspiring and impressive Guleid Ahmed Jama who joins us for this episode. Guleid is a Human Rights Lawyer and activist. He established and was Chair of the Human Rights Centre Somaliland from 2013 to 2019, and he's also just completed a PhD on children's rights in unrecognised States at Maastricht University in the Netherlands.

In this episode we discuss the country of Somaliland – how it came to be – and is still unrecognised, and what that means for children. We also delve into the process we went through in creating what became the Children’s Rights Protection Act and what this act looks like today. Please note that we cover some difficult topics in detail including discrimination, child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM).

Links for this episode:

Follow Gulied on Twitter: @GuleidJ

Follow the Human Rights Centre Somaliland on Twitter: @hrcsomaliland

The Human Rights Centre Somaliland website: hrcsomaliland.org

Justice Studio’s website: www.justicestudio.org

Follow Justice Studio on Instagram: @justicestudio

Follow Justice Studio on Twitter: @justicestudio

Follow Marianne on Instagram @creatrix.london

Welcome to Episode 3 of Justice Studio Sessions. In this episode we will be discussing Women in Prison in Uganda.

We’re delighted to have Doreen N. Kyazze joining us for this episode.

Doreen is a Human Rights lawyer, Prison Reformer and Regional Director at Penal Reform International, she also has her own organisation the Zebra Foundation which advocates for the rights and dignity of women in prison and other vulnerable situations.

Links for this episode:

Follow Doreen on Linkedin: Doreen N. Kyazze

Follow Doreen & the Zebra Foundation on Twitter: @DKZebra

To donate to the Zebra Foundation's work please send to Rachel Nakawungu (Doreen's Sister & member of the Zebra foundation): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RNNino

Justice Studio’s website: www.justicestudio.org

Follow Justice Studio on Instagram: @justicestudio

Follow Justice Studio on Twitter: @justicestudio

Follow Marianne on Instagram @creatrix.london

Title Music by Luke Fraser @the_tonic_

Show Artwork by Marianne @creatrix.studio

Welcome to Episode 2 of Justice Studio Sessions. In this episode we discuss food poverty, and in particular, Food Banks in London.

We’re delighted to have two guests with us to delve into this topic:

Dr Irum Ali, is a social scientist and consultant who works in diversity, equity and inclusion in the charity sector, and is also on the Board of Trustees at the Bow Foodbank in Tower Hamlets

Lily Bissett was formerly Justice Studio’s Operations Director and is still a dear friend, she is currently the manager at Highams Park Food Aid in Waltham Forrest,

Links for this episode:

Bow Food Bank’s Double Donation Drive for year end 2023: https://www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/communities-together-3

General website and details on how to donate food or volunteer: https://www.bowfoodbank.org/

Instagram: http://bit.ly/bowfoodbank

Follow Irum on Linkedin: Irum Ali and visit her website: www.inclusivegrowth.co

Highams Park Hub can be found at http://hphub.co.uk

Their Crowdfunder: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hpfoodhub

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/HPFoodHub

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/highamshub/

Justice Studio’s website: www.justicestudio.org

Follow Justice Studio on Instagram: @justicestudio

Follow Justice Studio on Twitter: @justicestudio

Follow Marianne on Instagram @creatrix.london

Title Music by Luke Fraser @the_tonic_

Show Artwork by Marianne @creatrix.studio

Welcome to Justice Studio Sessions!

In this very first episode of the podcast, Marianne Moore introduces Justice Studio. She takes you through the reasons why she set Justice Studio up, the kind of work and projects we do, and the values and philosophy behind how we do things.

Links for this episode:

Justice Studio’s website: www.justicestudio.org

Follow Justice Studio on Instagram: @justicestudio

Follow Justice Studio on Twitter: @justicestudio

Follow Marianne on Instagram @creatrix.london

Title Music by Luke Fraser @the_tonic_

Show Artwork by Marianne @creatrix.studio