title: Black Women's Conference 2017: Celebrating Women of Colour
start: 2017-05-06
start time: 10:00
end time: 18:00
venue: Cruciform Building, UCL
city: London
country: GB
coordinates: 51.5242, -0.135
tags: femiagenda femiagendalondon feminism feminisminlondon feminismo feminismus feministevents womenrights
links:
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description:
Black Women’s Conference 2017 - "Celebrating the achievements of Women of Colour"
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This year the Black Women's Forum UK will be celebrating it's 5th Anniversary, as such the theme of this year's conference is "Celebrating the achievements of Women of Colour" We want to highlight the achievements made by our sisters and inspire attendees to celebrate and uplift each other.
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Register now to join us and an exciting line-up of speakers & workshops on 6th May!
10.00am – 10:30 am: – Registration
10.30am – 11:00 am: – Welcome and Opening Remarks
11.00am – 12.15pm: – Panel Discussion
“Reclaiming spaces: Women of Colour excelling in Creative Industries & Education”
Speakers:
Dr Nicola Rollock, Sunny Singh, Cherrelle Skeete, Imriel Morgan & Barbara Ntumy
12.15pm – 12.30pm: – BREAK
12.30pm – 1.45pm: – Panel Discussion
“Doing it for ourselves: Women of Colour excelling in Sports & Business”
Speakers:
Joanna Abeyie, Phyll Opoku-Gyimah, Kelechi, Danusia Francis & Amani Eke
1.45pm - 2.30pm: - LUNCH & Networking
2:30pm till 3:30pm: - Workshop Session 1:
D- "Too Black Too Strong: Black Women and Academia" by Dr Victoria Showunmi
D- "Uniting to End Violence Against Women and Girls" by Collette Gee
D- "QTIPOC" by Yasmin Gasimova & Kelechi Chioba
D- " Public Speaking" by Samayya Afzal
3.30pm - 3.45pm: - BREAK
3.45pm - 5.15pm: - Workshop Session 2
D- "Let's talk about Black Women and Black Men" by Mma Yeebo-agoe
D- "Twerking mini class & discussion" by Kelechi
D- "Textile Crafts & Wellbeing" by Shikira Alleyne-Samuel
D- "Radical Self-Love" by Bee Tajudeen & Amanda Maxwell
5.15pm - 5.30pm: - Thanks and Closing Remarks
5.30pm - 6.00pm: - Spoken word & Open Mic (featuring Melz, Gemma Weekes, Zena Edwards & many more)
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Feel free to check out our conference website here: https://blackwomensforumuk.wordpress.com/gallery/
Please note:
- Lunch and refreshments will be provided
*The conference is FREE and open to all self-defining Women of colour and Non-binary people of colour*AND Men of colour but the afternoon workshops are reserved for Women only.
Donations are also most welcome.
All proceeds will go to the #SaveKelechi Campaign
We look forward to seeing you there!
Black Women's Forum UK