Joyce Fraser OBE introduces the story of Claudia Jones. Buried to the left of Karl Marx in Highgate cemetery. Claudia Jones, Trinidadian born, US immigrant, political activist, and victim of the USA McCarthy era, deported to England in the late 1950’s, known as the mother of West Indian Carnival in London, the precursor to the world-famous Notting Hill Carnival.
An interactive event with music, colour, inspiration and presentation of a short film telling the Story of Claudia Jones – the forerunner to the play which was performed to 160 school children in Wandsworth and was part of the Wandsworth Arts Fringe festival at Battersea Arts Theatre this June.
The Story of Claudia Jones seeks to empower and inform its audiences and increase public understanding and appreciation of Black history and culture. It is an explosion of storytelling, with colour, sound, and emotion designed to appeal to all social and cultural backgrounds.
The Story of Claudia Jones will be performing at Canada Water Theatre on Saturday 15th October, as part of Black History Month 2022. More information is available at: https://www.blackheroesfoundation.org/2022/08/13/the-story-of-claudia-jones-celebrating-black-history-month-2022/
About Joyce Fraser OBE
Member of U3A Bromley, Joyce is the founder and chair of the Black Heroes Foundation, a registered charity which uses the Arts to tell the stories of Black Heroes. Joyce registered the charity during Black History Month, October 2016 in order to preserve the legacy of her late husband Peter Randolph Fraser aka Flip Fraser, who was the first editor of the Voice Newspaper, and creator of the acclaimed show Black Heroes in the Hall of Fame.
Joyce is a lecturer at the Open University Business School, and prior to setting up the charity was a learning & development, organisational change and leadership development consultant at organisations including City & Guilds, EDF Energy, Transport for London, The High Commission of Australia, and Air Jamaica. In October 2018 Joyce was awarded the 124th Points of Light by the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street, and on the Queens Silver Jubilee birthday awarded the OBE for services to the Promotion of Black History and Heritage.
Website www.blackheroesfoundation.org
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/joyce-fraser/
Twitter @blackheroesinfo
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