Black History Month Dinner 7pm 18 October, the Dining Hall, Homerton
Hosted by the Principal for Black Cambridge students and VIP guests by invitation only from Lord Woolley.
Race Today at 50: The Centre of Black Liberation in Britain 3-4pm 18 October, Fellows' Auditorium at Homerton
This event brings together former members of Race Today to reflect on the work and legacy of the Collective. For almost two decades the Race Today Collective was at the centre of Black Liberation in Britain. Inspired by Caribbean intellectual CLR James the Collective organised around the magazine Race Today to support grass roots campaigns for racial justice. Edited by celebrated journalist and activist Darcus Howe, the Collective were involved in the Grunwick dispute which fought for the rights of Black and Asian workers in Trades Unions; the Bengali Housing Action Group's campaign for decent housing in London's East End; and organised the Black People's Day of Action, the largest march for racial justice in British history. This event brings together former members of Race Today to reflect on the work and legacy of the Collective: the magazine they edited, the campaigns they ran, and the fight for racial justice in Britain in the 1970s and the 1980s. Find out more and register here
Black Men on the Couch live podcast 25 October, 6pm McCrum Theatre, Corpus Christi - SOLD OUT but will be live streamed
A live podcast of 'Black Men on the Couch' discussing mental health issues facing Black men and featuring Lord Simon Woolley, George the Poet and Professor Jason Arday. Book Tickets.
Lord Simon Woolley, George the Poet and Professor Jason Arday will be in conversation with counsellor, Rotimi Akinsete, to discuss how to maintain good mental health. Black men are twice as likely to be sectioned as their White counterparts, and are also less likely to reach out for support if they encounter mental health struggles.
The aim of Black Men on the Couch is to help combat mental health stigma and to encourage all, but particularly men who identify as Black, to openly discuss their mental and emotional health and think about counselling and therapy as a form of support.
This event will also be livestreamed on YouTube via the University of Cambridge channel.
Homerton Library
Homerton Library will be displaying picture books from children's literature collection which explore aspects of Black history and experience.
Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance
The Fitzwilliam Museum's exhibition Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance is on now until 8th January 2024. Dr Fernanda Gallo will lead a tour of the exhibition.
Changemakers Film showing Walter Rodney: 'What They Don't Want you to Know' 28 November
Join Homerton Changemakers for a special showing of the new film Walter Rodney: 'What They Don't Want you to Know' on 28 November. The film explores the life, work and state sponsored assassination of the influential Caribbean intellectual and Black radical Dr Walter Rodney. Filmed in Guyana, Barbados, Jamaica, Tanzania, the US and the UK, and featuring interviews with the likes of Angela Davis, Gina Miller, and former President of Guyana Donald Ramotar, the film situates Rodney in the context of Cold War conspiracies, the Black Power movement, and anti-colonial struggles around the end of Empire. The film will be followed by a panel discussion with film maker Arlen Harris and historian and activist Paul Field. Booking is essential, click here for tickets.
For more Black History Month events at the University of Cambridge, click here.
