Official York St John Black History Month Twitter Account. Tweeting every October. Celebrating Black Histories and Cultures.
York, England
Joined September 2015
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Join our @YSJBHM online event @YSJAmStuds @YSJHistory @YSJHRP @YSJEvents on 26 Oct! Will Cooley @MetroStateU 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…
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Honoured to be chairing this @YSJWriting 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:
@hajarpress; @TheEmmaPress; @peepaltreepress & @TiltedAxisPress.
eventbrite.co.uk/e/independe…
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Our @YSJBHM event @YSJHistory @YSJAmStuds @YSJHRP @YSJEvents with @simpep talking about Black Lives Matter in Britain is now available via @YouTube! youtube.com/watch?v=nLWszbPq…
Thanks for all the likes & shares through #BHM 2020. Thanks to the @YSJEvents staff for making sure this month was great. Thanks to @YorkStJohn colleagues who contributed their time & expertise. Thanks to all our guests.
As @jeffreykboakye said, ‘black history IS history’.
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#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.
@MathsatYork @YSJBHM
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#BlackHistoryMonth #BGMEcoJusticeHeroes Day 29: Kristal Hansley, CEO of @WeSolar_Energy which provides affordable community solar energy for lower income communities. A solution to so many problems at once!
@YSJBHM @YSJDESIGN @YSJBusiness
vogue.com/article/meet-krist…
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#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.
@YSJBHM @YSJPhysio @YSJOT
ellaroberta.org/ella-roberta…
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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.
@YSJBHM
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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-scre…
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#BlackHistoryMonth #BGMEcoJusticeHeroes Day 27: Anjali Taneja, director of @CasadesaludNM, health centre on Navajo land which offers indigenous & affordable healthcare & addiction therapy for dispossessed communities.
@ysjbhm @YSJOT @YSJPhysio @YSJPsych
casadesaludnm.org/
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#BlackHistoryMonth #BGMEcoJusticeHeroes Day 26: @OmarFreilla, founder & coordinator of @GreenWorkerCoop, which is growing worker-owned green businesses all over The Bronx. A step towards a local solidarity economy!
@YSJBHM @YSJBusiness @YSJBusinessSoc
greenworker.coop/staff
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#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.
@ysjbhm @MathsatYork
vimeo.com/133208432
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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…
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I recommend this book to all students @YSJHistory! If you want to hear more about @simpep's work, why not attend our webinar from @YSJHistory @YSJAmStuds and @YSJBHM? eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-uk-is…
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#BlackHistoryMonth #BGMEcoJusticeHeroes Day 25: @xiuhtezcatl Martinez, hip-hop artist of Mexican indigenous background, and founder of international youth movement @earthguardianz
@YSJMusic @YSJMusicPro @YSJBHM
m.youtube.com/watch?v=yVej-I…
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#BlackHistoryMonth #BGMEcoJusticeHeroes Day 20: @WillKamkwamba 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.
@YSJDESIGN @YSJBHM
youtube.com/watch?v=6QkNxt7M…
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Hugely excited for this event. Please get involved if you can.
Latest events #diversity #inclusion #equality #BhmUK2020 #BlackLivesMatter #BHMMatters
Black History Month 2020: An Evening with Jeffrey Boakye - Black History Month 2020 blackhistorymonth.org.uk/art…
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#BlackHistoryMonth
@YorkStJohn BAME Officer, Kalen, has interviewed Professor Donna Chambers from @sunderlanduni to speak about her work and experiences.
Watch the interview here 👉🏿 youtu.be/a6YP7N5ZCU0
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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-scre…