Hugely excited for this event. Please get involved if you can.

#BlackHistoryMonth York St John University BAME Officer, Kalen, has interviewed Professor Donna Chambers from University of Sunderland to speak about her work and experiences. Watch the interview here 👉🏿 youtu.be/a6YP7N5ZCU0

Next week, join our English Literature and Geography departments for a film screening of 'Omega Rising Women of Rastafari' by D. Elmina Davis; part of #BlackHistoryMonth. It's free to register, and you'll be able to view the film on demand, 29-30 October: eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-screeni…

#BlackHistoryMonth #BGMEcoJusticeHeroes Day 20: WilliamKamkwamba who has inspired me for years! At just 14 in famine-stricken Malawi he used waste materials to design wind turbines to electrify his community. Now a leader in his field. YSJ DESIGN YSJ Black Hist Month youtube.com/watch?v=6QkNxt…

#BlackHistoryMonth #BGMEcoJusticeHeroes Day 25: Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, hip-hop artist of Mexican indigenous background, and founder of international youth movement Earth Guardians (EG) YSJ Music YSJ Music Production YSJ Black Hist Month m.youtube.com/watch?v=yVej-I…

I recommend this book to all students History@YSJU! If you want to hear more about Simon Peplow's work, why not attend our webinar from History@YSJU YSJ American Studies and YSJ Black Hist Month? eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-uk-is-no…

This time next week, Dr Simon Peplow will be joining us as part of #BlackHistoryMonth, for an online talk on the Black Lives Matter protests in the UK, and our country's wider history of racism. 📅 29 October, 4pm-5pm Book your free place: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-uk-is-no…

#BlackHistoryMonth #BGMEcoJusticeHeroes Day 23: the legendary Vandana Shiva, thorn in the side of biotech company Monsanto & all those who would seize control of food and land from small farmers who know them best. YSJ Black Hist Month PPhDechant vimeo.com/133208432

Bravo.

#BlackHistoryMonth #BGMEcoJusticeHeroes Day 26: Omar Freilla, founder & coordinator of Green Worker Cooperatives, which is growing worker-owned green businesses all over The Bronx. A step towards a local solidarity economy! YSJ Black Hist Month York Business School YSJ Business Society greenworker.coop/staff

#BlackHistoryMonth #BGMEcoJusticeHeroes Day 27: Anjali Taneja, director of Casa de Salud, health centre on Navajo land which offers indigenous & affordable healthcare & addiction therapy for dispossessed communities. @ysjbhm @YSJOT @YSJPhysio Psychology @ YSJ casadesaludnm.org

This Thursday and Friday, join us for an on-demand film screening of 'Omega Rising Women of Rastafari' by D. Elmina Davis, a ground-breaking documentary exploring and challenging myths & stereotypes about the Rastafarian movement. Registration is free: eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-screeni…

2) We will shortly have access to a NEW collection of over 3,800 law eBooks on US Civil Rights and spanning over a century of legislation, race relations, human rights, women's suffrage, and equality struggles in America. YSJ Black Hist Month

#BlackHistoryMonth #BGMEcoJusticeHeroes Day 28: Rosamund Kissi-Debrah, co-founder of the Ella Roberta Family Foundation, campaigner for everyone's right to breathe clean air, & to end the sometimes fatal urban scourge of asthma. YSJ Black Hist Month @YSJPhysio @YSJOT ellaroberta.org/ella-roberta-f…

#BlackHistoryMonth #BGMEcoJusticeHeroes Day 29: Kristal Hansley, CEO of WeSolar which provides affordable community solar energy for lower income communities. A solution to so many problems at once! YSJ Black Hist Month YSJ DESIGN York Business School vogue.com/article/meet-k…

#BlackHistoryMonth #BGMEcoJusticeHeroes Day 31: the 10 Yemeni women who set up and continue to run a community solar energy microgrid just 20 miles from the war's front line. Providing cheap, sustainable energy for their community. PPhDechant YSJ Black Hist Month aljazeera.com/features/2020/…

Thanks for all the likes & shares through #BHM 2020. Thanks to the @YSJEvents staff for making sure this month was great. Thanks to York St John University colleagues who contributed their time & expertise. Thanks to all our guests. As Jeffrey Boakye said, ‘black history IS history’.

Our YSJ Black Hist Month event History@YSJU YSJ American Studies @YSJHRP @YSJEvents with Simon Peplow talking about Black Lives Matter in Britain is now available via YouTube! youtube.com/watch?v=nLWszb…

Honoured to be chairing this York Centre for Writing Independent Publishers event, free, online & open to all. We'll be joined by some of THE most exciting, innovative presses working in the UK today: Hajar Press; The Emma Press; Peepal Tree Press & Tilted Axis. eventbrite.co.uk/e/independent-…

Join our YSJ Black Hist Month online event YSJ American Studies History@YSJU @YSJHRP @YSJEvents on 26 Oct! Will Cooley Metro State University discusses his research on the damage that racism and discrimination exacted on black people living in Chicago in the twentieth century. Book here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/moving-up-mo…