Wandering Hour: Walk and Talk with Professor Anna Francis

The University of Staffordshire Action on Poverty Conference 2024 speakers and participants came together to discuss poverty, actions being taken, and next steps for continued positive impact.

Information about the conference: Join us at the Action on Poverty Conference 2024!

Expect a powerful day of insightful discussions, featuring diverse guest speakers from across the UK and local voices from Staffordshire. This conference is your chance to hear authentic stories of hardship, learn from lived experiences, and explore how these truths can drive meaningful change. With the Raising Voices Taking Action group at the heart of the event, you'll engage with people and organisations committed to tackling poverty. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect, learn, and contribute to the next steps for creating a lasting positive impact.

Anna Francis led a biodiversity walk, aiming to make the link between environmental and social justice.
Walk description:
Anna Francis is an artist and researcher whose work aims to create space to discuss and reframe city resources, through participatory art interventions.
She creates situations for herself, the public and other artists to explore places differently. In recent years the interventions which Anna has worked on focus on the city of Stoke-on-Trent, and use an action research process to recognise untapped resources, and co-create solutions with communities.
Anna is Professor of Art and Society at the University of Staffordshire, and Co-Director at The Portland Inn Project, an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation.
For the Biodiversity walk, Anna will lead a session exploring the more than human on The University of Staffordshire campus, as a way to talk about projects to empower community action.