“An absolutely phenomenal writer.”

– OWEN JONES, AUTHOR & JOURNALIST

“A tenacious reporter with a keen sense of justice.”

– GARY YOUNGE, JOURNALIST & AUTHOR

“Marienna’s keynote address at our Annual Safeguarding Conference focused on survivor-centered safeguarding for young people. Her session was brilliant and made a huge impact. It was powerful, practical and empowering. There were over 250 professionals in the room and you could have heard a pin drop.” 

– DAVID SMELLIE, PARTNER, FARRER & CO.

“Marienna is a professional whose passion is matched by her ability, someone who is able to communicate with astonishing impact. With her telling of Gaia’s story, I have seen Marienna move people to understand the impact on individuals, the community but also society. She is an excellent change campaigner and communicator with organisation skills , from the strategic through to the practical. She has always held to an approach about changing the system, constantly seeking justice for all of us through her campaign asks.”

– JAYNE BUTLER, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, RAPE CRISIS ENGLAND & WALES

“Marienna is highly knowledgeable and brings a wealth of experience around both strategic development and practical delivery of communications for organisations and projects alike. She cares passionately about the causes she works for and the people she works with and conducts all her work with integrity.”

– LEANNE MORTON, HEAD OF OPERATIONS, IWGB UNION

“Marienna developed & delivered a five session series covering the most important aspects of press & communications for bereaved families INQUEST work with. Her preparation & delivery were consistently brilliant, she was also able to use her personal experience to connect with families and offered support between sessions. Engagement & retention for this particular series was very high and families continue to reference how helpful attending was and send details of press work they have done as a result.”

– MO MANSFIELD, FAMILY ENGAGEMENT OFFICER, INQUEST

“It is rare to work with someone who is not only uniquely skilled in multiple areas but exercises good judgement and is grounded in the ethics which guides her fight for social justice. Marienna’s drive is infectious and her empathy and strength of character has been a gift in our shared work. An excellent public speaker and communications expert, Marienna exercises great thought and care in respect of all her work. She is a proven leader who is highly collaborative. We feel incredibly lucky to be continuously learning from her wealth of knowledge.”

– VERITY NEVITT, DIRECTOR OF CAMPAIGNS, THE GEMINI PROJECT

“Marienna is an excellent writer and advocate of the right of all people to be heard, with strong communication and organisational skills and a mind which is both critical and extremely creative. Most of all I am struck by her generosity of spirit and willingness to advocate for the unpopular or marginal view.”

– ASAD REHMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WAR ON WANT

“Marienna approaches her work with a keen strategic eye and a warm embrace of complexity and clearly understood the value of carving out room for creativity and experimentation.”

– AYEISHA THOMAS-SMITH, DIRECTOR OF MOVEMENT BUILDING, NEON

“Marienna Pope-Weidemann supported me with a communications and publicity for Tina’s Haven and #TruthJusticeTina. She is truly a legend and her motivation comes from a place of pure passion for social justice. I couldn’t recommend her more highly.”

– DR. SUE ROBSON, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONER

“Marienna is articulate, intelligent, dynamic and daring. She is also idealistic and deeply committed to telling the stories of ordinary people caught up in the world’s numerous unfolding human tragedies. Unlike so many mainstream journalists, she stands in the proud tradition of people like George Orwell, Paul Foot, and John Pilger who see who see the role of the journalist as exposing wealth and power, not kowtowing to the elite and peddling tabloid prejudice directed at the weak.”

– DR. NEIL FAULKNER, AUTHOR & HISTORIAN

“I can say, without hesitation or exaggeration, that Marienna is one of the most fiercely intelligent, articulate, politically committed people I have met. Her editorial notes on Creating Freedom were always thorough, insightful, imaginative and deeply informed. She’s a natural writer, whose attention to detail and turns of phrase added colour and interest to the text. Her feedback displayed a wealth of understanding won from a lifetime of study and years immersed in grassroots activism.”

– RAOUL MARTINEZ, AUTHOR, CREATING FREEDOM

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