At our 2016 conference we reflected on the words of Matt Griffiths from the National Foundation for Youth Music, who said that ‘inclusion is not something we do on a Wednesday afternoon’. This year, we are taking this idea one step further and looking at the link between the work we do with music and young people, and social justice.

We are strengthening our commitment to building a more equitable world, with more meaningful opportunities to engage with music and the arts. Through conversations with our Challenging Circumstances Music Network over the past year, and seeing the continued injustices of the world, we have created a conference that tackles some big questions head on.

The day aims to go beyond the rhetoric of diversity and look at the systemic issues that allow and uphold inequalities. We will unpack equity and look at the challenges social justice poses to our organisations, structures and practice – social justice is about the way we see the world, our place with it and our connections to others; it constantly demands that we reconfigure ourselves, bring to the centre the most marginalised, and improve society for everyone.

£85, or 30% off early bird ticket offer until 13 October.

More information and booking online at:

http://www.sound-connections.org.uk/news/booking-now-open-sound-connections-social-justice-conference