Open the Door
Doors Open Days 2024
Visit Glasgow Women’s Library this Doors Open Day and hear about our Net Zero plans, upcoming insulation works, and see our ‘She Settles In the Shields’ exhibition which explores the personal histories of migrant women in Pollokshields.
Drop-in building tours will take place on Friday 20 th 11am and 3pm, and Saturday 21 st 1pm and 3pm.
I hope my voice has spoken to you – the finale
Endings can be irritating, tough and intolerable. When I begun working on Open The Doors during the last weeks of December 2022, I had this feeling bugging me ‘I have […]
Sapna Agarwal – artist, educator and community organiser
Sapna Agarwal (she/her) is an artist, educator and community organiser. She runs the Woodlands Community Anti-Racist-Library and is the founding member of Glasgow’s longest running home education group, a non-hierarchical, all ages, social […]
My visits to Saint Albert’s Primary School in Glasgow
Through the recommendations of Caroline and Beverly, I made my first trip to this unique primary school situated in Pollokshields. I call this school unique because the leaders of this […]
Connecting you to other activists from around the globe
Imani Barbarin – A black woman activist with cerebral palsy. Having done a degree in creative writing from the Eastern University, Imani is a disability rights activist and is keen […]
Responses from Jude Mckechnie
Jude Mckechnie is a Glasgow based cultural historian and blog writer. She has workedfor Govanhill Baths Community Trust for the past two years and has helped tocoordinate and curate a […]
Beverly McFarlane and her journey with activism
I was brought up with a strong sense of right and wrong, but ironically, some of those who taught me failed to abide by their own teaching. Bullying, physical and […]
Open The Door – Our reading list
‘Small revelations create ripples‘ Recommendations from people around me: Olivia Plender – the visual artist who has helped redesign our community room in the upstairs gallery and has been hosting ‘Our […]
Open The Door – recommendations and reflections
I am back! Before I let you dive into the amazing recommendations to come, I would like to share some more insights into myself. I am hoping some of you […]
Open The Door 2023: Lines of Flight and my personal journey
Hi there! This is Aishwarya (she/her), a placement volunteer at my Glasgow Women’s Library. I have been working in this space since 19 September 2022 and my placement came to […]