Blacktionary book launch and workshop

*Attend Prince of Peckham University for great weekly talks, July-September HERE

Join the authors of My Little Black Book: A Blacktionary, Dr Maggie Semple OBE and Jane Oremosu

Through their work with organisations across the world, Dr Maggie Semple, OBE and Jane Oremosu found that there was a need to help people as they discussed identity, race and inclusion. My Little Black Book: A Blacktionary aims to do just that. This A-Z pocket guide is for people who are entering the workplace and finding their identity, for leaders and managers who feel overwhelmed by ever-evolving definitions and phrases, for anyone who is afraid of saying the wrong thing and being judged. From explaining what microaggressions are and their impact, to differentiating cultural appreciation from appropriation, this book will break down barriers to engaging in conversations on race.

An exciting conversation with insights, fun and laughter. The event will be followed by a book signing and Q&A

What is Prince of Peckham University ?

Black History Walks has teamed up with the Prince of Peckham pub to offer high quality, educational talks by Black academics on a variety of subjects. Prince of Peckham is a black-owned venue offering high quality food, drink and entertainment. Black History Walks runs walks, talks, films, river cruises, helicopter and steam train tours on London's Black history. All of our speakers hold doctorates, are Phd students or authors

Just book your free ticket, come have a drink, meet nice people,chew a pattie and learn. Just as good as Oxford/Cambridge, but it won't cost you £9000 !

These events provide a safe space at a time when they are serious cuts to to Black history /education at Chichester, Birmingham and Goldsmiths universities. Executives at BSix College in Hackney, that has a record of pushing Black students to Oxford/Cambridge, wants to cut its education/Black history programme due to 'restructuring' . The BFI Southbank despite 17,000 signatures to keep the 17-year-old African Odysseys, educational, anti-racist film series going, has cancelled the programme due to 'restructuring'.

For more information and to support BSIX click HERE

For more information and to support African Odysseys click HERE

Prince of Peckham University talks list. 6.30 to 8.30pm. Talk starts at 6.45pm

• 15 July. The gentrification of Peckham and Black Urban Removal worldwide
• 22 July. Successful Community activism in Peckham: The Rye Lane Campaign 2011
• 29 July. Hollywood, Zombies and the demonisation of African Spirituality
• 5 August. African Women Resistance Leaders. Political and Spiritual
• 12 August. Sinners Movie Breakdown Part 1/4
• 19 August. African Imagery and history of Black-owned Pubs
• 26 August. 20 Banned Black films you need to see: African Odysseys
• 2 September. Institutional racism in Academia and @BFI: How to fight it
• 9 September. Sisters and Black British Civil rights 1970s/80s
• 16 September. The Black History of Comedy !
• 23 September. A Black Activist in 1900s Britain: SJ Celestine Edwards

Black History Summer School for kids and adults weekdays 11am to 1pm

Other coming events ww.blackhistorywalks.co.uk HERE

• Black History Bus Tour
• Black History Steam Train trip
• Afro Futurism, Spirituality and the Black Image
• Fighting the Slavemaster, past and present
• Secrets of Soho Black history walk
• World Wars and Black Soldiers. African Odysseys @BFI
• Top 20 Black Francophone films
• How France gets rich and makes Africa poor, the CFA