A Kairos moment in Atlanta, Georgia
By Yvonne Field It can sometimes be difficult to find the words to describe a life experience which radically shifts and even transforms one’s thinking. When words elude me, which in all honesty is rarely, I usually feel a deep sense of something rather special unfolding. I had the pleasure of meeting with the Reverend […]
Churchill Fellows attend Spelman College Women of Color Conference in Atlanta, Georgia
By Yvonne Field This blog piece will also be included as an article in next month’s Winston Churchill Memorial Trust (WCMT) newsletter.The Trust is now accepting applications from individuals for travel fellowships to be taken in 2014. Full details can be foound on their website at http://www.wcmt.org Each year a major travel and learning opportunity […]
The first Ubele’s Men’s Conversation from ‘The Griot’
View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Men’s Conversation event took place on International Men’s Day on Monday 19th November 2012. Participants explored a series of questions around what work the African-Caribbean community needs to do intergenerationally (between older and younger people), in order to remain strong and viable for […]
‘Cosmic Ordering’…..a story of be careful what you wish for….
By Yvonne Field Recently I was left feeling really astonished as three things I had wished for actually manifested themselves within a six week period. Although one of them had been wished for two decades earlier, two of them actually occurred within a week of each other! The reason why I wondered what on earth […]
Can South Africans teach black communities in the UK about how to create spaces for dialogue and social change?
By Yvonne Field I was in Cairo airport yesterday on my way back to London after spending six weeks in South Africa. I had been asked to co-design and co-facilitate two x 2 day workshops, as part of the Reos Partners team (www.reospartners.com). The first workshop which was held in Noordhoek, Cape Town, invited almost […]
Sisters in Conversation
The Sisters in Conversation event took place in January 2012 at the Women’s Resource Centre, in the Barbican. It attracted 24 amazing African and Caribbean community leaders, activists and change agents, plus a hosting team of six women, drawn from all over London. It was one of the activities delivered as part of Ubele project – […]
When should our community stay silent and when should we speak out and act?
By Yvonne Field In April 1993, when Stephen Lawrence was murdered I worked in Greenwich Council’s Community Education Service (Adult Education and Youth Services). Prior to Stephen’s murder in Eltham, the borough had already witnessed a number of racist murders of young black men, including that of Rolan Adams in Thamesmead. I remember the morning […]
The Ubele Initiative – Working intergenerationally to secure the future of our community
By Yvonne Field Last November I wrote an article entitled, ‘My Big Question’ which was a personal enquiry into the long term sustainability of African and Caribbean communities here in the UK. Having spent all of my professional life working with individuals, groups and organisations which seek to promote social inclusion, I was raising challenging […]
How it all began
We’re working on getting The Ubele Initiative story so far up on this blog, but for the time being here’s some background information about how Ubele began. Read this PDF article, written by The Ubele Initiative founder Yvonne Field about the questions that motivated her to set up the initiative. It was published in the […]
