@Leeds11Network

N4MES is the network for minoritised ethnic staff @UniversityLeeds to socialise and receive mutual support. Black Lives Matter.

 Leeds, England
equality.leeds.ac.uk/staff-networks/bme-staff-network/
Joined March 2019
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Apples and Snakes@ApplesAndSnakes4 Sep 2023
Gboyega was well loved and in his memory the Gboyega Odubanjo Foundation has been set up for low income Black writers. Visit the Go Fund me page below to find out how his family will continue Gboyega's legacy. gofundme.com/f/gboyega-oduba…
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Melissa Sigodo@melissasigodo30 Aug 2023
Gboyega Odubanjo has been missing since the weekend and his family says this is completely out of character. If anyone knows anything please contact the numbers on the flyer below. Praying he can be found soon 🙏🏾
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This Black Woman Is Fighting To Make York The First Anti-Racist City In The North blackballad.co.uk/views-voic… via @Blackballaduk

This Black Woman Is Fighting To Make York The First Anti-Racist City In The North

After a shocking incident of verbal abuse, Haddy set out on a mission to change the city of York.

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LeedsSUTR@SUTRLeeds3 Aug 2023
PLEASE KEEP SHARING! 🚨🚨This Saturday🚨🚨 No to Nazis in Seacroft! All refugees welcome! 📣 Saturday 5 August 📣 12.30pm 📣 The Green, York Road, Seacroft ✊🏾✊🏼✊🏿✊🏽✊🏻 PLEASE KEEP SHARING!
Flyer. All refugees welcome. No to Nazis in Seacroft. Hitler lookalike, Alek Yerbury, and his far right thugs want to descend on Seacroft on Saturday 5 August, to intimidate refugees and whip up hatred and division in our community. They must not march unopposed. Gather together in unity to show the racists and fascists that they will never be welcome in Seacroft. Assemble 12.30pm, Saturday 5 August, The Green, York Road, Seacroft, Leeds. Supported by Love Music Hate Racism, Care 4 Calais, NEU, Unison Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust, Leeds Trades Council, Unite Against Fascism, RMT, Unite in Health, Napo, FBU, Trans Leeds, Unite Community Bradford, DPAC, Unite Community Leeds and Wakefield, Huddersfield TUC, Calderdale TUC, UCU Bradford College, Bradford and Shipley TUC.

ALT Flyer. All refugees welcome. No to Nazis in Seacroft. Hitler lookalike, Alek Yerbury, and his far right thugs want to descend on Seacroft on Saturday 5 August, to intimidate refugees and whip up hatred and division in our community. They must not march unopposed. Gather together in unity to show the racists and fascists that they will never be welcome in Seacroft. Assemble 12.30pm, Saturday 5 August, The Green, York Road, Seacroft, Leeds. Supported by Love Music Hate Racism, Care 4 Calais, NEU, Unison Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust, Leeds Trades Council, Unite Against Fascism, RMT, Unite in Health, Napo, FBU, Trans Leeds, Unite Community Bradford, DPAC, Unite Community Leeds and Wakefield, Huddersfield TUC, Calderdale TUC, UCU Bradford College, Bradford and Shipley TUC.

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Network for Minoritised Ethnic Staff retweeted
Maya@azizmaya222 Aug 2023
Super exciting to see my work on skin colour in Ancient Greece published! A massive thanks to @CASLeeds for the opportunity to get my work out there and to @owenhodkinson for his immense support during both the writing of the article and my dissertation.
Classics at Leeds@LeedsClassics2 Aug 2023
Huge congratulations to our recent alumna Maya Aziz @azizmaya22 on the publication of an article based on her @CASLeeds prize-winning BA dissertation: Article = lucas.leeds.ac.uk/article/sk… Prize announcement = lucas.leeds.ac.uk/news/lione… #ancienthistory #africanstudies #racestudies
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South Asians in Leeds and Bradford find language as a barrier while communicating with healthcare staff, study finds. asianstandard.co.uk/south-as… via @asian_standard

South Asians in Leeds and Bradford find language as a barrier while communicating with healthcare...

West Yorkshire, especially Bradford and Leeds are multi-cultural societies, given the percentage of ethnic minorities, for examples South Asians living in the region. 32.1% of Bradford population is...

asianstandard.co.uk
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BARCA-Leeds@BARCALeeds3 Aug 2023
We're getting ready for @LeedsPride this Sunday 🏳️‍🌈 Our staff will be marching in the parade alongside our amazing colleagues from other Leeds charities. Hope to see you there! #Pride2023 #LeedsPride #LGBTQIA #Pride #TeamLeeds
Photo of a black tshirt with a rainbow Barca-Leeds logo on it and a hand held pride flag with the text everyone is welcome here written on it

ALT Photo of a black tshirt with a rainbow Barca-Leeds logo on it and a hand held pride flag with the text everyone is welcome here written on it

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JCWI (Follow us on Bluesky @jcwi-uk.bsky.social)@JCWI_UK2 Aug 2023
🚨Help us bring two children currently residing in dire circumstances in Ethiopia to join their parents in the UK. The children are at risk of ethnic persecution we need donations for their one-way flights. Read on for their story and the donation link: 👇jcwi.org.uk/pages/shop/depar…
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Taj Ali@Taj_Ali127 Jul 2023
In celebration of #SouthAsianHeritageMonth, some pieces documenting the rich tradition of political activism in the British South Asian community. First up, the Asian Youth movements who fought back against the racism of street gangs and the state. tribunemag.co.uk/2023/07/com…

‘Come What May, We’re Here to Stay’: Remembering the Asian Youth Movements

From the 1960s to the '80s, the Asian Youth Movements organised against racists and the far-right on Britain's streets. Speaking to Tribune, the activists behind those efforts call for that flame to...

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BlackEquityOrg@BlackEquityOrg5 Jul 2023
Today marks #NHS75 👩🏾‍⚕️👨🏾‍⚕️ Founded in 1948, the NHS was the first universal health system in the world available to all. It also marks 75 years since HMT Windrush arrived. Today, people of minority ethnic heritage comprise almost 25% of the NHS workforce and 42% of medical staff.
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Ahead of Windrush Day tomorrow How to create an oral history with your grandparents – don't delay and come equipped theconversation.com/how-to-c… via @ConversationUK

How to create an oral history with your grandparents – don’t delay and come equipped

Pore over family documents such as birth certificates and old passports, photographs and heirlooms, however trinket-like they might seem. Family history requires research in its broadest sense.

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Kehinde Andrews@kehinde_andrews12 Jun 2023
In honour of my late wife Dr Nicole Andrews @Newman_Uni and Birmingham City Council Public Health to offer a 22 month postdoc on African Caribbean Health Inequalities 🙏🏿Nicole was dedicated to the topic and supporting Black researchers. Deadline June 18. newman.ac.uk/jobs/post-docto…
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Leeds Art Gallery@LeedsArtGallery12 Jun 2023
🇯🇲 🎥 For Windrush 75, next Thurs, we’re hosting a free eve screening of ‘Displaced’ with film co-dir. Ashley Karrell (‘Carnival Messiah: The Film & Doc’). A powerful story of Akeim Toussaint Buck’s journey from Jamaica to Leeds told through dance & song. tinyurl.com/28acb3jt
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University of Leeds Unite@LeedsUniUnite5 Jun 2023
This Saturday, we will rally to say #RefugeesWelcome and oppose those spreading hatred and scapegoating refugees and asylum seekers. Unity rally called by @SUTRLeeds.
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Network for Minoritised Ethnic Staff retweeted
Space 360
@Space360HQ4 Jun 2023
“And it is not darkness that unites us, not the cold distance of space, but the offering of water” - U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón, in a poem for Europa Read the full poem and #SendYourName along with it on NASA’s @EuropaClipper spacecraft: go.nasa.gov/MessageInABottle
Animation of NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft in front of Jupiter with a drawing of a message in a bottle that says, "Your Name Here." The “Message in a Bottle” campaign offers everyone the opportunity to have their name stenciled onto a microchip bearing U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón’s “In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa.” The chip will ride aboard NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft to Jupiter and its moon Europa. Credits: NASA

ALT Animation of NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft in front of Jupiter with a drawing of a message in a bottle that says, "Your Name Here." The “Message in a Bottle” campaign offers everyone the opportunity to have their name stenciled onto a microchip bearing U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón’s “In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa.” The chip will ride aboard NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft to Jupiter and its moon Europa. Credits: NASA

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Free online event: Sunday 16 Apr 2023 13:00 - 14:15 Salute to Baroness Ros Howells eventbrite.co.uk/e/salute-to…

Salute to Baroness Ros Howells

Testimonies to Baroness Ros Howells and her incredible legacy of fighting for human rights and equality in Britain

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Network for Minoritised Ethnic Staff retweeted
Dr Nilufar Ahmed@ahmed_nilufar2 Apr 2023
Women of colour face "(1) meritocracy and the problem of cumulative (dis)advantage, (2) the lack of racial awareness in management decisions, and (3) the operations of power and silencing" in Higher Education. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Sofia Akel@sofiaakel31 Mar 2023
Heartbroken to hear @galdemzine is closing down after many wonderful years platforming writers of colour. I and many others got our first breaks with them. I wish there was something we could do to save these vital organisations. Thank you gal-dem, your legacy will live on ✨
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Heritage Corner@HeritageWalker3 Mar 2023
Leeds Black History Walk, Season 14. There’s so much that’s great about Yorkshire, including rich African connections & contributions. Walk with us, in the footsteps of greatness, through a shared heritage. ⭐️⭐️BOOK NOW⭐️⭐️ - limited places. eventbrite.co.uk/e/leeds-bla… 1/2
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