Kianna Leader

Dedicated social change advocate with a track record of challenging the status quo and empowering those who are often overlooked ✨🧚🏽

Views are my own🫶🏾

[Kianna Leader @kiannaleader]

One thing I love is expressing my passion for progressing towards a fairer society

[Kianna Leader @kiannaleader]

I know we are all busy, but let’s bring back greeting people before asking them for something

[Kianna Leader @kiannaleader]

Also why are so many talented people scared to be in charge?

[Kianna Leader @kiannaleader]

One thing I do like about the US is that people are not shy about being loud about what they are good at. Why do we have this fake modesty in the UK😭.

[AJ @ajgyasi]

This year has taught me that a good year can also be a hard year. I've held joy and pain in equal measure. The joy hasn't made it less painful and the pain hasn't made it less joyful. it’s the year I learnt what it means to hold all things in a delicate balance.

[Kianna Leader @kiannaleader]

The programme will begin in Jan 2025. Find out more and register your interest by completing the form on this web page https://t.co/olal2h7s8p

[Kianna Leader @kiannaleader]

£1m capacity building project to support 300 Black led organisations earning between £10-50k per year between 2025-2030 (that's 50 orgs each year).

[Kianna Leader @kiannaleader]

Times are hard and if you want your organisation to get stronger in the midst of the funder challenges our sector is facing, now is the time to focus on building the skillset you need to take your organisation beyond today into a strong future.

[Kianna Leader @kiannaleader]

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[Leeds Arts Uni @LeedsArtsUni]

For Black History Month, and continuing our series showcasing some of the nominations for the 'Ribbons' sculpture, we're highlighting Dr. Sharon Watson MBE, DL, who is a trailblazing figure in the world of contemporary dance. Read about Sharon in the comment...

[Kianna Leader @kiannaleader]

Using your brain is so thrilling. I presented some work to a scrutiny panel & having questions come back to me quick and fast actually felt great.

[Kianna Leader @kiannaleader]

sweet sweet princess🥹🥺

[Melissa Sigodo @melissasigodo]

A mural for 15yo Elianne Andam who was fatally stabbed at a bus stop in Croydon, south London, last September has been unveiled. RIP 🙏🏾https://t.co/LRNE8a3xWW

[tamara ädjoa🤍🇬🇭 @Ohema_Tamaraa]

1 year on. RIP Elianne Andam 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[Kianna Leader @kiannaleader]

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[𝔉𝔬𝖃𝚢 @Foxykhat]

O’ Land of beauty, our country where peace abound, thy children stands free on the strength of will and Love. With God in all our struggles St Kitts and Nevis be, a nation bound together with a common destiny…’ Happy 41st Independence St Kitts and Nevis!!!!

[The Stuart Hall Foundation @StuartHallFdn]

Applications for the Stuart Hall Fellowship at @SussexUniMAH are now open.

The Fellowship will run during the spring term of the 2024/25 academic year, with a funding award totalling to £5000 to support the fellow in devising several works.

Learn more:
https://t.co/YLK3PET2NK

[Hope Mwinzi @hopemwinzi]

A history of femicide of elite female athletes in Kenya.
• Agnes Tirop-stabbed/clobbered to death 2021
•Edna Muthoni-Throat slit by machete 2021
• Damaris Muthee Mutua- Strangled 2022
• Rebecca Cheptegei- Torched Sep 2024.
All by their male partners. None have been jailed.

[Melissa Sigodo @melissasigodo]

72 people died because of greed, dishonesty & indifference.

7 years later, not 1 single person has been charged with causing their deaths.

We cannot forget them.

[Kianna Leader @kiannaleader]

We need to start calling thing what they are.

[Kianna Leader @kiannaleader]

You know what’s really smelly. Saying that a women has “died” instead of saying she was brutally murdered.

[Kianna Leader @kiannaleader]

Until the lions are their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter - Chinua Achebe