Patrick Vernon

Programme Outline

2pm Session 1 Support in Employment

Key note Professor Rusi Jaspal – Research findings on ‘The impact of COVID-19 on wellbeing among minority groups in the UK’

Chaired by Dr Wanda Wyporska, Executive Director, The Equality Trust with Bame Recruitment , Fuse Development and Maria Goldsmith

Poetry Performance – Andreena Leeanne and short comfort break.

3pm – Session 2 Belonging in Education

Keynote Dr Nafisah Graham Brown

The role of educators in supporting the feeling of belonging in their learning places and spaces followed by a panel discussion with The London Metropolitan Archives, Haringey Vanguard , Mindfulness and Compassion and Author and Activist Patrick Vernon

4 to 5pm a choice of 6 interactive workshops / presentations

1. Workforce diversification , recruitment retention and support
2. Mindfulness
3. Coaching and reverse mentoring
4. BLM Archives at the London Metropolitan Archives
5. Haringey Vanguard Project showcasing the historical contribution of black queer people
6. Stress Management