YSJ Black Hist Month

Official York St John Black History Month Twitter Account. Tweeting every October. Celebrating Black Histories and Cultures.

[Dr James Cooper @Dr_JamesTCooper]

Join our @YSJBHM online event @YSJAmStuds @YSJHistory @YSJHRP @YSJEvents on 26 Oct! Will Cooley @MetroStateU discusses his research on the damage that racism and discrimination exacted on black people living in Chicago in the twentieth century. Book here: https://t.co/ejJiWPbyoF

[Rebecca Tamás @RebTamas]

Honoured to be chairing this @YSJWriting Independent Publishers event, free, online & open to all.

We'll be joined by some of THE most exciting, innovative presses working in the UK today:
@hajarpress; @TheEmmaPress; @peepaltreepress & @TiltedAxisPress.

https://t.co/S6JWfur7ax

[Dr James Cooper @Dr_JamesTCooper]

Our @YSJBHM event @YSJHistory @YSJAmStuds @YSJHRP @YSJEvents with @simpep talking about Black Lives Matter in Britain is now available via @YouTube! https://t.co/SEmH7P4Ack

[YSJ Black Hist Month @YSJBHM]

Thanks for all the likes & shares through #BHM 2020. Thanks to the @YSJEvents staff for making sure this month was great. Thanks to @YorkStJohn colleagues who contributed their time & expertise. Thanks to all our guests.

As @jeffreykboakye said, ‘black history IS history’.

[Ecological Justice at York St John @YSJEcolJustice]

#BlackHistoryMonth #BGMEcoJusticeHeroes Day 31: the 10 Yemeni women who set up and continue to run a community solar energy microgrid just 20 miles from the war's front line. Providing cheap, sustainable energy for their community.

@MathsatYork @YSJBHM
https://t.co/liF7tU1dYe

[Ecological Justice at York St John @YSJEcolJustice]

#BlackHistoryMonth #BGMEcoJusticeHeroes Day 29: Kristal Hansley, CEO of @WeSolar_Energy which provides affordable community solar energy for lower income communities. A solution to so many problems at once!

@YSJBHM @YSJDESIGN @YSJBusiness

https://t.co/uyWY4MzLAj

[Ecological Justice at York St John @YSJEcolJustice]

#BlackHistoryMonth #BGMEcoJusticeHeroes Day 28: Rosamund Kissi-Debrah, co-founder of the Ella Roberta Family Foundation, campaigner for everyone's right to breathe clean air, & to end the sometimes fatal urban scourge of asthma.

@YSJBHM @YSJPhysio @YSJOT
https://t.co/djLtvJzmFm

[YSJ American Studies @YSJAmStuds]

2) We will shortly have access to a NEW collection of over 3,800 law eBooks on US Civil Rights and spanning over a century of legislation, race relations, human rights, women's suffrage, and equality struggles in America.
@YSJBHM

[York St John University @YorkStJohn]

This Thursday and Friday, join us for an on-demand film screening of 'Omega Rising Women of Rastafari' by D. Elmina Davis, a ground-breaking documentary exploring and challenging myths & stereotypes about the Rastafarian movement.

Registration is free: https://t.co/S3KzyhZbWI

[Ecological Justice at York St John @YSJEcolJustice]

#BlackHistoryMonth #BGMEcoJusticeHeroes Day 27: Anjali Taneja, director of @CasadesaludNM, health centre on Navajo land which offers indigenous & affordable healthcare & addiction therapy for dispossessed communities.

@ysjbhm @YSJOT @YSJPhysio @YSJPsych

https://t.co/tycEbTb8d7

[Ecological Justice at York St John @YSJEcolJustice]

#BlackHistoryMonth #BGMEcoJusticeHeroes Day 26: @OmarFreilla, founder & coordinator of @GreenWorkerCoop, which is growing worker-owned green businesses all over The Bronx. A step towards a local solidarity economy!

@YSJBHM @YSJBusiness @YSJBusinessSoc

https://t.co/UfL04w6KSB

[YSJ Black Hist Month @YSJBHM]

Bravo.

[Yorkshire Museum @YorkshireMuseum]

Regarding the negative comments about this blog on Facebook:

Let’s be clear, Roman Britain & Roman York, were diverse places with people from all over the empire mixing together. ‘Romans’ were not all white, male soldiers.

Anyone who suggests otherwise is factually incorrect.

[Ecological Justice at York St John @YSJEcolJustice]

#BlackHistoryMonth #BGMEcoJusticeHeroes Day 23: the legendary Vandana Shiva, thorn in the side of biotech company Monsanto & all those who would seize control of food and land from small farmers who know them best.

@ysjbhm @MathsatYork
https://t.co/K8UATCtmMG

[York St John University @YorkStJohn]

This time next week, Dr Simon Peplow will be joining us as part of #BlackHistoryMonth, for an online talk on the Black Lives Matter protests in the UK, and our country's wider history of racism.

📅 29 October, 4pm-5pm

Book your free place: https://t.co/MebHOP2Meh

[Dr James Cooper @Dr_JamesTCooper]

I recommend this book to all students @YSJHistory! If you want to hear more about @simpep's work, why not attend our webinar from @YSJHistory @YSJAmStuds and @YSJBHM? https://t.co/NsOetvzOeR

[Ecological Justice at York St John @YSJEcolJustice]

#BlackHistoryMonth #BGMEcoJusticeHeroes Day 25: @xiuhtezcatl Martinez, hip-hop artist of Mexican indigenous background, and founder of international youth movement @earthguardianz

@YSJMusic @YSJMusicPro @YSJBHM
https://t.co/W62qKELMXu

[Ecological Justice at York St John @YSJEcolJustice]

#BlackHistoryMonth #BGMEcoJusticeHeroes Day 20: @WillKamkwamba who has inspired me for years! At just 14 in famine-stricken Malawi he used waste materials to design wind turbines to electrify his community. Now a leader in his field.
@YSJDESIGN @YSJBHM

https://t.co/P9XZ8RVAqE

[YSJ Black Hist Month @YSJBHM]

Hugely excited for this event. Please get involved if you can.

[York St John Students' Union @YSJSU]

#BlackHistoryMonth

@YorkStJohn BAME Officer, Kalen, has interviewed Professor Donna Chambers from @sunderlanduni to speak about her work and experiences.

Watch the interview here 👉🏿 https://t.co/oimPKScKiy

[York St John University @YorkStJohn]

Next week, join our English Literature and Geography departments for a film screening of 'Omega Rising Women of Rastafari' by D. Elmina Davis; part of #BlackHistoryMonth.

It's free to register, and you'll be able to view the film on demand, 29-30 October: https://t.co/S3KzyhZbWI