Those of us who want to bring about social change often struggle to get our messages across. It is the personal stories that reflect the present, and it is through stories about living conditions and life opportunities that we can create change in the right direction - but how do we make sure that the stories get through the noise and the fast flow of information?
This program is for those who want to change and improve society, but who, like many others, struggle to reach out. For one hour, we will hear Silvia Kakembo talk about her work and her book Between the Dream and the Toil. Silvia gives us tools to create public opinion and to increase the impact in the public debate.
Silvia Kakembo works as Agency Director at Arena Opinion, a public relations and communications agency that targets non-profit organizations, grassroots movements and businesses that want to improve society. In this role, she is passionate about ensuring that people, through small and large organizations, can make their voices heard. Silvia previously worked as a policy expert at the Ministry of Finance. Before that, she was involved in cultural, educational and youth issues. She also has a background as an organizational development consultant and as an editorial writer at Dagens Arena.
We also get a short presentation of the disability rights project Rights are Ours! which resulted in the exhibition that will be shown in Sara Cultural Center during the Storytelling Festival week.
ARR: Västerbottensteatern together with Rättighetscentrum Västerbotten and the functional rights project Rättigheterna är våra!
During the Storytelling Festival October 14-19, parts of the Västerbotten Museum's exhibition of the same name, which has been developed within the framework of the project Rights are ours! The project is owned by Sensus Study Association and run by the anti-discrimination agency Rättighetscentrum Västerbotten, in close collaboration with Funktionsrätt Västerbotten and Västerbottens museum. The project is funded by the Swedish Inheritance Fund until January 2026.
Photographer is Anneli Nygårdhs
