Black History Month 2022 - events and resources

Events

• BME Leadership Network members meeting
  Wednesday 12 October 2002, 5.00 - 6.30pm
  Queen Elizabeth II Centre, Broad Sanctuary, London SW1P 3EE
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• Race, science and the NHS with Dr Adam Rutherford
  Wednesday 12 October 2002, 6.30 - 9.30pm
  Queen Elizabeth II Centre, Broad Sanctuary, London SW1P 3EE
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Online resources from the CPD

• Building anti-racist and compassionate workplaces - Black HR professionals share their lived experiences and talk about the change that is needed to combat workplace racism
  
  
• How to talk about race at work 

Recommended reading

• The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon
  The extraordinary account of an immigrant’s experience. It is based in 1950’s London where arrivals from the West Indies try to create a new life for themselves in a challenging and often hostile environment. The author, Sam Selvon, was born in 1923 in San Fernando, Trinidad. He came to the UK in 1950 where he established himself as a prolific writer despite many of life’s struggles.
  
  
• A Visible Man by Edward Enninfu
  This is a true which tells the story of the first Black editor of British Vogue. It is a must read for anyone interested in what it takes to challenge the fashion industry from within and lead change. Edward Enninful is editor-in-chief of British Vogue and the European Editorial Director for Vogue.
  
  
• Black and British: A Forgotten History by David Olusoga
  The author recounts the troubling and revealing history of the relationship between the British Isles and the people of Africa and the Caribbean. Olusoga is an award winning historian and broadcaster who shares his own childhood memories of racism and prejudice and highlights the horrors of the slave trade.
  
  
• Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman
  In this novel the population is divided into two: the white Noughts are second-class citizens and the black Crosses are perceived as the superior race. The story focuses on the relationship of two young people who are forced to make a stand due to the continued discrimination they face. The story is a provoking look at racism and prejudice in an alternate society which reverses the traditional racial stereotypes and presents the White population as the oppressed race.