A blog by Hári Sewell and Lisa Harbron Hári Sewell is an author and educator on social and racial justice.Lisa Harbron is an actor, writer and student researcher, interested in utilising the arts as a platform for social change. Hari wrote In families and networks...
The Windrush celebrations leave me feeling ambivalent. There was a generation of people from the Caribbean who came to Britain and in many fields became trailblazers. As the Kittitian author Caryl Phillips described it “sinking their hopeful roots into difficult...
In June 2020 I wrote a blog in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. It is still available on this website. The dust has settled. In some contexts, it’s business as usual. In other contexts and organisations, conversations about racism continue. I am honoured to be...
On 25th May 2020 George Floyd, an unarmed African American man died after being arrested by police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota. An officer kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes whilst being filmed and ignored Mr Floyd’s pleas and the begging of citizens...