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As part of Sustainable Fashion Week UK @sustainablefashionweek_uk 2026, the José Hendo R³ Campaign @r3_campaign brought its message to the streets of London for the very first time.

The R³ Campaign was founded in 2014 following the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh.
For more than a decade, it has championed a simple but important message:
Responsibility lies with both the maker and the wearer.

For the first time, we took the R³ message onto the streets.
Why?
Because sometimes traditional fashion presentations can leave the conversation behind. People see the clothes, but not always the story, the choices, or the values behind them.

The R³ Street Walk was created to bring people into the conversation.
It wasn’t about creating a perfect fashion moment.
It was about living the values we talk about.
We did our own hair and make-up.
We wore our own shoes.
We proudly carried the R³ branding.

Many of us wore garments from previous José Hendo collections, some restyled and some worn exactly as they were.
We travelled by bus and train, despite transport disruptions across London.
Because R³ is about:
• Using what we already have. • Valuing what already exists.
• Extending the life of our garments. • Making conscious choices. • Sharing stories and inspiring reflection.
Most importantly, we started conversations.
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us as part of Sustainable Fashion Week UK, supported us, and helped make the first R³ Street Walk such a meaningful experience.
And now the conversation continues.
Our R³ Ambassadors are carrying the message into their families, schools, workplaces, neighbourhoods, creative spaces and communities. @kaumaarts @gsnk10 @teriimelda @isaiahwamala4 @bella._.burrowss @epxcs
The Street Walk may be over, but the conversations are only just beginning.

Because every outfit has a story.
Every garment has a journey.
Every choice has an impact.

MAKE YOUR STORY COUNT FOR PEOPLE & PLANET.
JOSÉ HENDO R³ CAMPAIGN REDUCE • REUSE • RECYCLE
#EveryOutfitHasAStory #R3Campaign #R3StreetWalk #JoséHendo #ReduceReuseRecycle SustainableFashionWeek CircularFashion FashionWithPurpose PeopleAndPlanet

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One Day To Go @sustainablefashionweek_uk

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This year at Sustainable Fashion Week @sustainablefashionweek_uk , the R³ Campaign @r3_campaign steps forward with a clear message:
Responsibility lies with both the maker and the wearer.

The José Hendo R³ Campaign Reduce • Reuse • Recycle R³ STREET WALK: Every Outfit Has a Story London | Sustainable Fashion Week UK 2026

The José Hendo R³ Campaign (Reduce • Reuse • Recycle).
Founded by José Hendo as part of her advocacy for sustainability and circularity, the R³ Campaign encourages every individual to become more conscious of the choices they make when buying, wearing, repairing, reusing, and recycling clothing.

For over a decade, we’ve championed Reduce, Reuse, Recycle not as a slogan, but as a working method from responsible production to community‑led environmental action.

Our SFW event is an invitation to rethink how fashion is made, used, valued, and returned to the earth.
Expect real conversations, practical insight, and heritage‑rooted innovation all grounded in our commitment to producing only when necessary and designing with purpose.

This event is more than a walk it is a community experience, inviting people to rethink fashion through conversation, creativity, and participation.

R³ @R3Campaign STREET WALK: Every Outfit Has a Story
Share Yours

Join us with @kaumaarts be part of the change.

Use the link in bio to join us on Saturday 26th of September 2026 at the start of SFW.

@barktotheroots.org_ug
#ugandanbarkcloth #EveryOutfitHasAStory #SustainableFashionWeekUK #ReduceReuseRecycle

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🔥 Uganda 12 DAYS TO GO!🇺🇬
Get ready to MOVE, GROOVE & FEEL GOOD!

Reggae Dance Aerobics is coming online — a fun, energising workshop combining reggae rhythms with accessible aerobics.

Seated OR standing — you choose what works for your body.
🏠 Join from the comfort of your own home
💃🏾 Move at your own pace — no dance experience needed!

⏱️ 30 mins movement + 10 mins bonus.

📅 Tuesdays & Thursdays
⏰ 7:30pm Uganda
💻 Online

🎟️12 days to go — register via the link in my bio @inner.zealreggaefest

#KaumaArts #InnerzealReggaeRobics #Uganda #MoveToTheRhythm
#FitnessForLife

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From 🇺🇸✈️🇬🇧! IABD brought our global dance community together in London this summer for two dynamic gatherings focused on shaping the future of Black dance. The Mixer, in partnership with @kaumaarts with support from @SadlersWellsEast, created space to celebrate culture, cultivate relationships, and connect with artists and leaders shaping Black dance around the world.

Thank you to our collaborators @PointeBlack and @KaumaArts for The Roundtable, an intimate conversation that gathered 20 organizations and practitioners to explore our needs and strengthen international relationships and collective commitments to the growth and sustainability of Black dance globally.

We appreciate our incredible partners and everyone who joined us in London! We look forward to continuing these conversations and building on the connections made. 🖤

Photo Credit
Foteini Christofilopoulou
📸: foteiniphoto

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Our SFW @sustainablefashionweek_uk @r3_campaign event is an invitation to rethink how fashion is made, used, valued, and returned to the earth.
Expect real conversations, practical insight, and heritage‑rooted innovation all grounded in our commitment to producing only when necessary and designing with purpose.

This event is more than a walk it is a community experience, inviting people to rethink fashion through conversation, creativity, and participation.

R³ @R3Campaign STREET WALK: Every Outfit Has a Story
Share Yours

Use the link in bio to join us @kaumaarts and @josehendo on Saturday 26th of September 2026 at the start of SFW.

Artworks Title: REDUCE
Medium: Ugandan Barkcloth
Artist: Jose Hendo

#ugandanbarkcloth #EveryOutfitHasAStory #SustainableFashionWeekUK #ReduceReuseRecycle

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Jose and Mercy for the @r3_campaign and @kaumaarts Insta Live for SFW 2026

Ahead of this year’s Sustainable Fashion Week UK, the José Hendo R³ Campaign is opening the conversation with an Insta Live between myself and Mercy of Kauma Arts a creative voice deeply rooted in heritage, community, and conscious making.

Our message remains clear:
Responsibility lies with both the maker and the wearer.

Together, we’ll explore how creativity, culture, and sustainability intersect and how the choices we make when buying, wearing, repairing, reusing, and recycling clothing shape the future of fashion.
This Live is your first doorway into the spirit of our SFW event.

R³ STREET WALK: Every Outfit Has a Story

This year’s R³ Campaign event is more than a walk it’s a community experience.
A moment to rethink fashion through conversation, creativity, and participation.

During the Live, Mercy and I will share what to expect, why this event matters, and how your outfit your story becomes part of a collective movement toward responsible fashion.

Join the Insta Live

Date: Wednesday 8th September 2026
Time: 6pm GMT
Where: instagram

Share Yours

R³ STREET WALK: Every Outfit Has a Story

#ugandanbarkcloth #EveryOutfitHasAStory #SustainableFashionWeekUK #ReduceReuseRecycle

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Black British Dance: Leadership for Cultural Liberation

Second of the series — building infrastructure for the future of Black British dance.

Where is support lacking for independent artists and self-employed dance leaders? And how can we build what’s missing?

Join Funmi Adewole Elliott and Mercy Nabirye for an evening of honest conversation and collective problem-solving, exploring what our sector needs to thrive and how we can contribute to building it together.

📅 Wednesday 30 September 2026
🕕 6:00–7:30 PM
🎟️ Free — booking essential

🔗 Book your place: https://bit.ly/4zK2bga

#BlackBritishDance #DanceOfTheAfricanDiaspora #CulturalLiberation #DanceLeadership

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Introducing Reggae chair aerobics! 💥💥💥💥💥A reminder that movement doesn’t have to be loud or fast to be life-changing.

Reggae Chair Aerobics is more than an alternative workout. Sitting removes pressure, comparison and judgement and invites you to move from the inside out.

When we shift from performance to presence, something beautiful happens, we reconnect with ourselves.

I’m proud to relaunch these sessions ONLINE and open worldwide 🌍
Whether you’re rebuilding strength, managing stress, returning after injury, or simply craving joyful movement, this space is for you.

💥Chair-based
💥Beginner friendly
💥Low impact, high connection
💥Rooted in reggae, rhythm, breath and self-expression

If your body has been asking for something different, this might be it.

Comment “Chair”or DM me to join. Book your space now.
#Innerzealmovement #ReggaeChairAerobics #Workout #soundmindsoundbody #innerzealreggaerobics

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The pleasure of unboxing the latest issue of Dance Research, the journal of the Society for Dance Research @societydanceresearch — an organisation for which I was honoured to become co-chair this year, alongside the always brilliant Kathryn Stamp @kstamp .

The cover features an image from Bawren Tavaziva’s Greed (@tavaziva_dance ) a work that was at the centre of a Choreographic Forum hosted by the Society earlier this year, in collaboration with Kauma Arts (@kaumaarts ).

This issue also includes my article, “Sampling the Mevlevi Sema: Circulation of a Sufi Practice within a Queer Nightlife Event in Milan” - an auto-ethnographic, multisensorial analysis of an electronic dance music event organised in December 2023 by the art collective Nul (@nul3000 ). The piece even engages with Franco Battiato’s music and includes a notated sketch in Kinetography Laban of the sema performance hosted at the venue.

You can get your own copy by becoming a member of the Society for Dance Research, recommending the journal to your library, or feel free to let me know if you’d like me to send you a PDF.

Happy festive season, everyone ✨

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August 2021 was brutal and beautiful — for all the right reasons.

It began with me delivering a Mindful African Art workshop for my friend’s hen party. A week later, I was fired for “inconsistent performance” — which really meant: we don’t like the mistakes you make while we overwork you 12 hours a day until you burn out.

The next day, I went to my friends wedding. I was numb, but grateful to be with people. And then, almost as if the universe intervened, Mercy Nabirye of @kaumaarts invited me to support her vision for the Connecting Communties, a Black dance diaspora festival in my home town, Greenwich. I wasn’t sure I had the capacity — but my heart said yes. And that yes pulled me out of bed, supported me through my latest depression burnout, and back into real life.

That August, I began scouting venues for the festival, and saw the seeds of my practice begin to sprout:

✨ Photos from my first major in person art workshop with @peckhamplatform — their first in-person event that year at @peckhampalms, a Black woman-led social enterprise.

✨ Airbrushed images from a photoshoot in my flat, from a generous friend

✨ A new print sale of Floral Crown

✨ And most importantly, I completed Slow Down Birungi — one of my most meaningful artworks that guides me to safety and honours my very being

Looking back, August 2021 was the month I become a full-time Birungi and my full time job is to learn to be well in community.

This post is part of my series reflecting on six transformative Augusts that shaped my practice and my work with participants.

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IRIE! Dance Theatre and Kauma Arts presents Making Tracks Special

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Join us August 1st at 6pm BST for a FREE interactive online workshop, designed specifically for Black curators, funders, organizers, educators, and cultural workers who want to strengthen their ability to support artists during times of precarity.

This is a space to get clear, get practical, and move with intention. Whether you work within institutions or at the grassroots, your leadership matters.

Register online at bit.ly/LLsba

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