Please join us for Reckoning with Race: Anti-racism in schools - pain, perspectives, and possibilities.
Our keynote speakers are Jeffrey Boakye, Jahnine Davis, and Annie Tagoe, and there is a great line-up of other speakers throughout the day. Scan the QR code to book tickets.

Oh my goodness, look whose book mega Bollywood star, Twinkle Khanna has on her floor! I fell over when my cousin told me she had Fight Back on her Instagram reel (she has 7.8 million followers 😮)!

Exciting. More voices, wider perspectives 👊🏿

TODAY! We launch #TheReview , an editorially independent bi-annual insert in The Bookseller, entirely produced by and featuring writers of the global majority. Brought to you by Jhalak Prize and writersmosaic.
A short🧵

I’m honoured because this is the exact same answer I give when people ask me what I’m most proud of. ‘My marriage’, every time. Sophie Hostick-Boakye ✨

The face you make when you see your poster proudly displayed at Waterloo station!

Parenting Out Loud is when dads are LOUD and PROUD about their caring responsibilities at work.

More here: parentingoutloud.com

#ParentingOutLoud

One more for this landmark book. A MUST read for anyone who:
⭐️loves hiphop/ history
⭐️has ever studied business
⭐️wants to make money
⭐️likes or loathes money
⭐️wants to develop strategically
⭐️needs to learn how business works

It’s so good. Smashed it 👊🏿Nels Abbey

We're delighted to inform you that the Power of Learning Hub is now live!

Visit stephenlawrenceday.org/power-of-learn… the Power of Leaning Hub!

#poweroflearning24 #stephenlawrence #stephenlawrence day #sld24

I'll be discussing my book and research on the history and impact of regeneration and gentrification in Hackney on Friday 10th May 2024 at the Hackney Archives.

You can join the guest list here! tickettailor.com/events/hackney…

I stand by it. The power of words to shape lives, heal and connect. A beautiful book from Ashley Hickson-Lovence ✨

A month or so till the release of my YA, Wild East. Early words from writers I admire truly touching:

A powerful story... if I had this when I was younger it would have changed my life - Jeffrey Boakye

A cocktail of prose, poetry and creative writing...superb - Dd Armstrong

A reminder why Tunde Onakoya is doing this, let us support him as he goes through the final leg of his Chess Marathon in Time Square, NYC.

The World Health Organisation says that depression is the leading cause of disability and the second biggest killer in the world, but this guy wants to make it seem like people who are experiencing depression just want some days off work. Terrible.

A Nigerian man, Tunde Onakoya has broken the record for the longest chess marathon after playing for 58 hours straight in Times Square, New York. He hopes to raise $1m for charity to help children get educated on chess.

A billionaire married to a woman who is richer than the King is happy to turf people out of their sick beds & wheelchairs while he ignores tax evaders who cost the economy much more.
Where is someone receiving cancer treatment or needing kidney dialysis regularly going to work?

One here for anyone looking for a broad reach of speakers, below 👍🏿

This is a gross erasure of how the UK built its wealth. The C of E, Guardian and Lloyds are prominent examples that openly show how our church, media and financial systems are rooted in colonialism and slavery

This is not a matter of conjecture, but fact
theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Yeah because it’s ‘sick note culture’ that’s tanking the economy, not 14 years of Tory austerity, continual pandering to capitalist greed and a post-pandemic wealth transfer of $5trn globally from the most poor to the most rich.

We live in an economy built on the exploitation of labour, funded at core by slavery and colonialism. Daily, I see a disproportionate % of black and brown people propping up the manual labour sectors. Don’t pretend this country is or ever has been free of structural inequality

On Wednesday I was honoured to open the Abraham Moss School library.

It was such a lovely day which started with short speeches from the Lord Mayor of Manchester, me, the local councillor and the head teacher. I talked about the importance of reading and how transformational /1