External Virtual BHM 2021 - Events For Your Calendar

If you're still not feeling like physically getting involved with all the in-person events, then The University of Plymouth has pulled together a list of essential virtual events being run by organisations across the UK.

Events List:

• The Guardian Live Virtual Seminar: Black History Month: Exploring Britain’s Black LGBTQIA+ History
• University of Plymouth Virtual Talk: Empireland - How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain; Discussing the book by Sathnam Sanghera

• KINARAA Virtual Seminar: Black Third Sector Legacy; Hear & share stories of spaces established by UK African and Caribbean leaders past and present and value of Black Third sector legacy

• Stonewall Virtual Class: Being a better ally to LGBTQ+ PoC; A unique and important learning opportunity on being a better ally to LGBTQ+ people of colour
• Street Level Virtual Talk: Reclaiming the Colonial Gaze; artist talks from Annu Palakunnathu Matthew, Stacey Tyrell and Tayo Adekunle

• Friends of Highgate Library Virtual Seminar: Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp CBE in conversation; Drawing on his rich and varied experience as both artist and cultural leader, Kenneth will share some of his insights

• LIVINGMAPS Virtual Classes: Voices from the African Diaspora – The Cornerstone Collective Poets Corner; A safe space for those from African and African Caribbean heritage to share experiences and thoughts through creative expression
• LIVINGMAPS Webinar: Black Maps Matter – Just Maps; the decolonising of cartography highlighting the contribution that counter mappers within BAME communities have made to this process

• New Art Exchange Virtual Documentary Screening: Handsworth Songs (1986) Dir John Akomfrah. Beyond Black History Month; Screening of the British documentary film followed by a discussion with Ashitey Akomfrah

• Aleto Foundation Virtual Public Speaking Workshop FT: The Greatest Black Speakers in History; David Villa-Clarke CEO of the Aleto Foundation hosts a Public Speaking Workshop, celebrating great public speakers through Black History
• Aleto Foundation Virtual Conference: Unsung Heroes: Black Leaders That Changed British History FT: David Olusoga
• The University of Bedfordshire Virtual Seminar: An Evening with  David Olusoga; Historian, broadcaster and film-maker David Olusoga delivers an insightful lecture titled ‘Black & British’
• The University of Bristol Public Talk: Bristol's Inconvenient Black History of Musical Theatre; Authors of a new book discuss their groundbreaking research into the hidden history of Black performers & musicians in Britain
• October Books Livestream: Black Stories Southampton by Don John; As part of Black History Month join Don John via ZOOM to hear extraordinary accounts from Black Stories Southampton
• Third World Newsreel & Documentary Forum at CCNY Virtual Workshop: Ayoka Chenzira - Filmmaking and More; Hear from pioneering filmmaker Ayoka Chenzira - director of dramas, docs, animation - and Queen Sugar and Delilah
• The Idaho Humanities Council Virtual Talk: Reflecting on Rosa Parks + Producing Scholarship & Art in the 21st Century; Riché Richardson reflects on the life, activism and continuing significance of civil rights leader Rosa Parks.