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Black Girl Festival: Women in Media panel
By Black Girl Fest
Date and time
Sun, 29 Oct 2017 15:30 - 16:20 GMT
Location
Kachette
347 Old Street London EC1V 9LP United KingdomDescription
This talk will present successful Black women in their respect fields - all with a general media focus - talking about their experiences in the creative media industry.
This panel will be chaired by Phyll Opoku-Gyimah, the co-founder & executive director of UK Black Pride.
Panellists include:
Gena-mour Barrett, staff writer at Buzzfeed
Sian Anderson, BBC Radio 1Xtra DJ and music journalist
Kuchenga, writer, black trans feminist & activist
Kelechi Okafor, actress, personal trainer & instructor of pole dance
Siana Bangura, published poet, writer, performer & activist
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About Black Girl Fest
Black Girl Fest (BGF) is a global creative studio designing solutions to better the lives of Black women, girls and non-binary people.
Our vision is a world where our community is thriving economically, socially and across educational spaces. Our aim is to spark and inspire change and we're on a mission to use research and design-lead practices to build projects with purpose.
Projects include; The Club, The Academy, Girlhood by BGF, The Creative Fund and The Festival.