Brick by Brick – Building Black Power: Festival of Collective Liberation 2025
LIMITED AVAILABILITY ON DISCOUNT £10 TICKETS – ENDS ON 30th June
WHEN: Saturday 19th July 2025, 10am – 8pm
WHERE: Friends House, Euston, London NW1 2BJ
PRICE: £10 – 30
HOW: Click here to get tickets
Programme Schedule
Event Details
The Festival of Collective Liberation 2025 aims to inspire, organise, and equip Black and multicultural communities in Britain to confront systemic racism, racialised poverty, and rising fascism through collective action, solidarity, and cultural resistance. This festival seeks to build a robust, interconnected movement that links anti-racist, anti-poverty, and climate justice struggles
Better futures can be built and won. Join us in analysing, confronting and organising the issues of austerity, accelerating inequality and an active and organised far right.
As one of Britain’s leading abolitionist organisations, we are creating a space for both radical imagination and to develop national abolitionist movement infrastructure. We hope you can join us to positively inspire and impact our communities to practice hope as a discipline that brings material improvements that our communities need.
We have three central themes for the festival this year:
1) Abolitionist organising: Building communities united against poverty and austerity
2) Migrant solidarity: Creating networks of solidarity in defence of migrants and migration
3) Far-right Resistance: Reversing the fascist violence and seduction in working class communities
🎥 Filming & Photography
This event will be documented through photography and filming for future use in community archiving and promotion.
We believe in celebrating our work and honouring our presence—and also in protecting each other’s right to privacy and safety.
By participating in the space, you may appear in photos or footage. If being visibly identified is a concern for you—for any reason, including safety, immigration status, or political privacy—we fully understand and respect that.
We encourage anyone who prefers not to be identified to consider wearing a mask, hood, or face covering, much like people do at protests to protect themselves while still being present.
✨ Entry & Care Check
To help keep this space safe, supportive, and welcoming for everyone, there will be a mandatory bag and pocket check at the door. This is required for entry into the event and we are arranging it to be done in a trauma-informed way as part of our collective commitment to care.
We recognise that searches can feel uncomfortable, especially for those of us who’ve experienced surveillance, criminalisation or state violence. That’s why our approach is grounded in respect, consent, and transparency—not suspicion or punishment.
Our team will:
- Be clear and gentle throughout
- Work in pairs wherever possible
- Explain what they’re doing at every step
- Never touch your body
- Respect your boundaries and access needs
- Offer support from a volunteer if you’d like someone to accompany you during the check
We ask everyone to arrive with enough time to pass through this care process with ease. If you have any concerns or access needs, please speak to a member of the team in advance or on the day—we’re here to support you.
This is how we practice safety without policing.
How we protect each other—with intention, with love, and with care. 💛
If you have any additional queries, please email hello [at] ukblm.org