Episode 2: Amie Kirby

In this discussion, I chat with Amie Kirby, a working-class, queer, and disabled woman from Manchester. Amie shares her passion for grassroots activism and community engagement, and dreams of more commonplace acts of kindness.   Below are links for organisations and projects that we discussed:   Arts Emergency: www.arts-emergency.org   Big Flame: https://wcml.org.uk/get-involved/big-flame-inspiring-community-organising-then-and-now/    The Lighthouse Bookshop, Edinburgh: https://lighthousebookshop.com/    Bird and Blend, Manchester: https://www.birdandblendtea.com/products/autumn-chai-lock-in-manchester    House of Books and Friends: https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/    Breeze Frame Film Club: https://breezeframefilmclub.co.uk/    Rose’s website: www.rosecondo.net    Rose’s website artwork is by Niamh Wood: www.etsy.com/shop/LittleBadgerArts    Have A Kind Word With Yourself podcast music was composed and recorded by Eleonora Rosca: www.instagram.com/eleonorarosca