Category Archives: 20231025

25 October 2023 18:00 ~ Black Women in Academia – King’s College London & Women’s Higher Education Network – London

Join King’s College London and the Women’s Higher Education Network for an inspiring discussion about Black female experiences in academia.

  • Nash Lecture Theatre (K2.31, King’s Building), King’s College London Strand Campus London WC2R 2LS
  • Ends 20:00
  • Free (*)

King’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion team invite you to join Dr Ellen Clark-King and Temitayo Lawal (Women’s Higher Education Network) to talk about the experiences of Black women in academia. Temitayo will be discussing the barriers Black women face in higher education, drawing on her own experiences as a PhD candidate at UCL and her work on leading the vital ‘100 Black Female Professors NOW’ campaign. This event has been designed to reflect this year’s Black History Month theme (Celebrating Our Sisters).

The main discussion will be followed by a Q&A session chaired by Dr Ellen Clark King, allowing the audience opportunities to ask questions.

It is free to attend but space is limited so please book your place. If you have any access requirements then please contact diversity@kcl.ac.uk.

#BHM2023 #CelebratingOurSisters

Please register at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-women-in-academia-tickets-730425160317?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

 

October 19, 2023

25 October 2023 19:00 ~ Speak Out! Book Launch with the Brixton Black Women’s Group – Lambeth Libraries – London

Speak Out! brings together the writings of the Brixton Black Women’s Group (BWG) for the first time in a landmark collection

  • Until 20:30 BST
  • Brixton Library, Brixton Oval London SW2 1JQ

Established in 1973, in response to the lack of interest in women’s issues experienced in male-dominated Black organisations, the Brixton Black Women’s Group’s aim was to create a distinct space where women of African and Asian descent could meet to focus on political, social and cultural issues as they affected Black women.

BWG published its own newsletter, Speak Out, which kept alive the debate about the relevance of feminism to Black politics and provided a Black women’s perspective on immigration, housing, health and culture.

The Brixton Black Women’s Group was one of the first Black women’s groups to be established in Britain.

Many Black women came to Britain in the ’50s and ’60s, either by invitation from the British government to help staff the National Health Service and London Transport, or forced by the ravages of colonialism.

It is against this background that the Brixton Black Women’s Group was born and fought for the liberation of women and Black people world-wide.

Free but please register https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/speak-out-book-launch-with-the-brixton-black-womens-group-tickets-709469912607?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

 

October 2, 2023

25 October 2023 16:00 ~ Black Women in World War II short film and Q&A – London – and 27 October 2023 14:00

This short film explores the Black women who served in WW2 and will be followed by a Q&A session with the director.

The short film was created by Alison Ray Creative Director and Film Director Ben Moulougui. The film explores the Black women who served in WW2: Lilian Bader (RAF), Adelaide Hall (USA) Connie Mark ( ATS Jamaica), Odessa Gittens (ATS Barbados), and Joyce Cyrus ( WAAF Trinidad). Alison Ray choreographer of The Unknown Soldier, decided to create the film to celebrate these women, and there are many more that are often hidden from the story books. The film is funded by the London borough of Waltham Forest.

www.alisonraydancecompany.co.uk

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 16:00 BST

Fri 27 October 2023 14:00

 

October 2, 2023