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MARY ANN CLEMENTS

Healing Solidarity

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Image by Naomi Woddis
Image by Naomi Woddis

Writing was my first love and I still do it as much as possible.

I write creatively myself and use journalling tools with my clients extensively and in a sector full of questions about purpose, approach, racism, sexism and abuse, I write and speak about viable alternatives specific to the international development and change making sectors. I share writing about this with my email list on a regular basis.

Below are a list of various places that you can read my recent (and less recent) writing. Some of it is published in my previous name, Mary Ann Mhina.

Below is a list of some places that you can read my writing:

  • What Role can Privileged White People Play in International Development? for Bright Magazine October 2018
  • Healing solidarity: re-imagining international development in Transformation at Open Democracy.net
  • Bringing our whole selves to our work in International Development
  • Resisting the commodification of self-care and building our capacity for collective care
  • Thousands of passionate people and a few bad eggs? Inspired by #AidToo and the 'Oxfam Scandal'
  • Wellbeing and Women Working Internationally for Change
  • Dear Exhausted Woman who wants to change the world. It's OK to rest.
  • 'Make Love Not War' a short story which you can hear me reading here.
  • 'The Poetry of an Orphaned Nation: Newspaper Poetry and the Death of Nyerere' in Remembering Nyerere in Tanzania' (Mkuki and Nyota: 2016) edited by Marie-Aude Fouere.
  • 'Listening to our Grandmothers: The Transformational Wisdom of our Elders' (Kipepeo Press 2013) available to buy from me here and on Amazon.
  • 'Partnership Matters: A Reflective Guide' (2012) available here.
  • 'Delineated Stories: Getting involved in Mental Health in Tanzania' in Dealing with Uncertainty in Contemporary African lives' (NAI: 2009) available here.

I am also currently working on some writing about my work and Healing Solidarity, Co-authoring a book about Community-led Inclusive Red Tent Spaces for women with Aisha Hannibal and Guest Editing a forthcoming edition of the Gender and Development Journal about Re-imagining International Development which builds on the Healing Solidarity conference which I organised in 2018.

Writing is also one of the ways I practice my commitment to breaking the silence about things we find difficult to talk about. This for me is part of my commitment to healing solidarity and breaking down a culture in which we keep our own experiences silent in our work. One way I have practiced this is on social media in relation to the miscarriages I have experienced and some of my writing about miscarriage will be included in a forthcoming book.

Contact Info:

I am open to commissions for my writing.

Email: maryann@maryannclements.com

Website: www.maryannclements.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryannmhina/

I look forward to hearing from you!

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