Speaking Up and Speaking Out Our Truths – a Workshop for Black and Minority Ethnic Staff and Students
Wednesday 6 October, 2021, 12pm – 2pm
Business School, Edge Hill University
This session will be hosted by Dr Joy Gana-Inatimi and aims to provide a safe and open space for Black and other minority students and staff to share their lived experiences. We are encouraging sharing these experiences so we can identify issues that need to be acknowledged and addressed as individuals and as a community.
An Evening With…Professor David Olusoga OBE
Wednesday 6 October 2021, 5pm – 6pm
Online
If you are unable to attend our event with David Olusoga at the end of November, book onto this online event which is hosted by the University of Bedfordshire.
Black British history is now widely recognised as an integral part of British history and Black History Month has become a huge national event. The University of Bedfordshire is proud to host Professor David Olusoga OBE as he reveals the absence of Black history and Black role models in Britain’s education and explores how Black Britons stamped their presence and their experiences onto the British national story over the past 50 years.
An audience with Professor Charles Egbu
Thursday 7 October 2021, 1pm – 2pm
Online
Professor Charles Egbu of Leeds Trinity University is thought to be the UK’s first black university Vice-Chancellor, and he will be speaking about his journey to becoming the Vice-Chancellor, in the context of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic underrepresentation in higher education. This event has been organised in collaboration with the Race Equality Network (REN).
Training session: Show Racism the Red Card
Monday 11 October 2021, 1pm – 2pm
Online
This training session will give you a brief introduction to Show Racism the Red Card, give outline definitions of what racism is, how you how we can recognise racism in the world around us and there will be time for 5-10 Q&A session.
Audience with Michael Gunning: ‘I’m proud to be a black swimmer’
Thursday 14 October 2021, 12.30pm – 1.30pm
Online
Michael Gunning is an international competitive swimmer best known for participating in the 200m butterfly event. He holds dual Jamaican and British citizenship. As a black, gay man, Michael has an opportunity to be a powerful role model. He hopes to show other people that no matter your gender, your race or your sexuality, there should be equality for all.
The Role of the Arts, Arts Therapies, and Psychotherapies in Supporting Mental Health in Black and Allied Communities
Friday 15 October 2021, various times
Edge Hill University staff and students are invited to a day of activities organised by the Research Centre for Arts and Wellbeing that will explore the role of the arts, art therapies and psychotherapies play in the lives of many people in helping to express diversity and learning how the arts and dance therapy can heal racial trauma. The day will feature discussions, debates, and performances from international, national, and local experts, including spoken-word, silhouette and movement performances that convey the energy and emotions that underpin Black History Month.
David Hearn: Liverpool & Slavery – an illustrated presentation covering all aspects of Liverpool’s involvement in slavery together with Liverpool’s legacy of slavery
Monday 18 October 2021, 12.30pm – 1.30pm
Online
David is an alumni of Edge Hill University and the author of ‘The Slave Streets of Liverpool’ – an investigation of the stories behind some 100 street names in Liverpool and the Wirral and their connection with slavery. Also, ‘27th June 1793 – One Day in the Liverpool Slave Trade’ – which examines articles and advertisements in a Liverpool newspaper for a single day when Liverpool’s involvement in the trans-Atlantic slave trade was at its height.
Diverse Voices: Minority Ethnic Alumni Panel
Tuesday 19 October 2021, 4pm – 5.10pm
Online
This event is a roundtable discussion about the lived experiences of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic students. The panel features alumni from various backgrounds: Claire Beerjeraz, Ngunan Adamu & J Chambers, who will be talking about their lives after University. Their career journeys, achievements, and reflecting on their experiences of job hunting and the workplace while navigating personal challenges.
Staff Book Club: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Wednesday 20 October 2021, 12.30pm – 1.30pm
Online
Join staff to discuss The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead.
Reconnecting & Reframing: Through the Lens of an Activist Museum
Thursday 21 October 2021, 1pm – 2pm
Online
This webinar was delivered by Dr Richard Benjamin, head of the International Slavery Museum at National Museums Liverpool.
Film Screening of Wilmington on Fire and Q&A with Director, Chris Everett
Thursday 21 October 2021, 5.30pm – 8.15pm
Creative Edge, Edge Hill University
Edge Hill’s International Centre on Racism are hosting a screening of a new and deeply impactful film about Black History. Wilmington on Fire is directed by African American director Chris Everett and documents events that took place in the U.S. in 1898 when a white mob attacked the black-governed city of Wilmington, North Carolina. Following the film there will be a live Q&A with the director Chris via video link.
BAME Staff Network & Dr Jason Arday: Disrupting Racism in higher education
Friday 22 October 2021, 2pm – 3.30pm
Online
Higher education is currently in a state of turbulence, as we begin to disrupt the systemic nature of racism throughout the sector. This talk focuses on the advancements we have collectively made over the last year in the response to the global wave of support for the BLM movement. Considerations will explore how we can continue to shift the dial moving forward as we continue to advance race equality within the sector and beyond.
Stereoviews of the Caribbean
Friday 22 October 2021, 3pm – 3.30pm
Online
As part of BHM, the Centre for the Study of International Slavery is proud to present an online exhibit and Q&A discussion with Jean-Francois Manicom, Lead curator of the Transatlantic Slavery Gallery at the International Slavery Museum.
Black-owned, Black-created, Black-excellence: Food, Art & Activism at LJMU
Friday 22 October 2021, 5.30pm – 9pm
Student Life Building, 10 Copperas Hill, Liverpool L3 5AH
Liverpool John Moores University are hosting an evening of art, African & Caribbean cuisine and live music, featuring Liverpool’s Black entrepreneurs, creatives and activists. Working in collaboration with established and emerging artists around the city, this event will celebrate local Black-owned businesses, creators and ultimately Black-excellence.
‘Liverpool 8’: The 1981 Uprising, a Commemoration
Sunday 24 October 2021, 12pm – 5pm
Museum of Liverpool
Join us for an afternoon of discussion, performance and photography reflecting on the events of 1981 in this 40th anniversary year. With national activists, artists and commenters, we will remember the uprisings and consider their legacies and lessons for a new generation of Black Lives Matter and other anti-racist activists today.
Born to Protest – Just Us Dance Theatre
Tuesday 26 October 2021, 1pm and 4pm
Outside the Hub, Edge Hill University
Joseph Toonga works at the forefront of Hip Hop in the UK and internationally, and Born to Protest is the first outdoor work for his company Just Us Dance Theatre. It is part of a Hip Hop dance theatre trilogy he is creating to highlight black excellence and challenge racial stigma. Born to Protest aims to dismantle presumptions about the black male and female figure which are based on intimidation, danger and isolation, revealing instead character traits around fragility, vulnerability and a constant battle to prove oneself. This hypersensitivity of the black body in space is magnified by Born to Protest’s cast of seven performing en masse to a soundscape which sets up an intense energy with Hip Hop beats and voice over.
The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney: A conversation with Okechukwu Nzelu (online event via MS Teams)
Tuesday 26 October 2021. 5pm – 6.30pm
Online
Lancaster University are hosting an online audience with Okechukwu Nzelu as part of their Black History Month celebrations. In this session, Okechukwu Nzelu will read and discuss his debut novel, The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney.
Born to Protest – Just Us Dance Theatre
Wednesday 27 October 2021, 11am and 1pm
Outside the Hub, Edge Hill University
Joseph Toonga works at the forefront of Hip Hop in the UK and internationally, and Born to Protest is the first outdoor work for his company Just Us Dance Theatre. It is part of a Hip Hop dance theatre trilogy he is creating to highlight black excellence and challenge racial stigma. Born to Protest aims to dismantle presumptions about the black male and female figure which are based on intimidation, danger and isolation, revealing instead character traits around fragility, vulnerability and a constant battle to prove oneself. This hypersensitivity of the black body in space is magnified by Born to Protest’s cast of seven performing en masse to a soundscape which sets up an intense energy with Hip Hop beats and voice over.
Learning, Living and Working Better Together
Wednesday 27 October 2021, 12pm – 2pm
Business School, Edge Hill University
A follow-up workshop hosted by Dr Joy Gana-Inatimi to share the findings about the lived experiences of Black and minority students and staff. The purpose of the workshop is to have solution focused discussions about how we as individuals and as a community can work collaboratively to address the issues raised by the narrative of our lived experiences.
Professor David Olusoga
Friday 26 November 2021, 7pm – 8.30pm
Arts Centre, Edge Hill University
Celebrating diversity doesn’t start and end with Black History Month. Edge Hill’s commitment is carried through to November when noted historian, writer, broadcaster, presenter and film-maker Professor David Olusoga will be delivering a public lecture followed by a Q&A session.
Dr Onyeka Nubia – Creating an Inclusive Pedagogy
Wednesday 1 December 2021, 2pm – 4pm
W7 Wilson Centre, Edge Hill University
ISR is excited to invite Edge Hill University teaching staff to join us at this workshop presented by Dr Onyeka Nubia, a pioneering and internationally recognised historian, writer and presenter who is reinventing our perceptions of the Renaissance, British history, Black Studies and intersectionalism.
In this training session we will be looking at topics of repopulating the curriculum, decolonisation, critical race theory, institutional racism, and privilege, we will ask the question ‘What is an inclusive pedagogy?’.
Dr Onyeka Nubia: Repopulating and Decolonising Historiography is not Political Awareness – it is History
Wednesday 1 December 2021, 5.30pm – 7.30pm
Business School, Edge Hill University
Dr Onyeka Nubia is a pioneering and internationally recognised historian and writer who is reinventing perceptions of the Renaissance and British history. Onyeka is the leading historian on the status and origins of Africans in pre-colonial England from antiquity to 1603. His lecture will shine a light on aspects of history most people are entirely unaware of.
‘Almost Liverpool 8’ – Film Screening and Q&A
Wednesday 8 December 2021, 4pm – 6.30pm
Creative Edge, Edge Hill University
A documentary love letter to Toxteth. 50-years ago renowned photographer Don McCullin took a series of photographs around Liverpool 8. Inspired by these images, we go on a historical and social exploration of L8 over the last half century.
Hosted by Dr Elke Weissman, Reader in Television and Film at Edge Hill University, she is joined in conversation by Christie Allanson, editor of Almost Liverpool 8. Christie is an alumni of the BA (Hons) Film and Television course at Edge Hill University.
Windrush Day
Windrush Day was introduced in June 2018 on the 70th anniversary of the Windrush migration. The day marks the arrival of Afro-Caribbean immigrants to the shores of Britain and honours the British Caribbean community. An estimated half a million people made their way to England after the Second World War.
On June 22, 1948, over a thousand people arrived at Tilbury Docks, Essex on the Empire Windrush ship. The United Kingdom suffered significant losses after the Second World War, and the British government decided that it was essential to recruit Afro-Caribbean migrants for the production of steel, coal, iron, and food, and running public transport. The transition wasn’t smooth and the first Afro-Caribbean immigrants faced violence and intolerance from the majority of the white population. Black people were also banned from many pubs, clubs, and churches.
You can learn more about this important day by visiting: Windrush Day and Black History.
