Becoming a social entrepreneur. Attending a DYPALL international programme in Tilburg
Finding myself in the midst of 11 different nationalities with hope for achieving a common goal was an eye-opening for me in Tilburg, the Netherlands for DYPALL’s Social Entrepreneurship programme in October. As a young person and social entrepreneur, this was a perfect program for me to attend as I learned and understand the different […]
Systemic Constellations – Stepping into the Unknown by Yansie Rolston
Systemic Constellations – Stepping into the Unknown Yansie Rolston What do you do when you are unsure of your destiny, unsure of the journey you will traverse to get there. What do you do when you are worried about fitting in, concerned about dynamics, politics, the opposing views that you may face. The heart says“Turn […]
My 5 key take aways from Sankofa’s Systemic Constellations programme in Athens, Greece by Stuart Taylor
View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Travelling to Athens in Greece with Ubele Initiative this September was an attractive and exciting prospect to me for three main reasons. Firstly, I’d spent a week under Ubele’s auspices travelling in July with a larger group of thirty diverse emerging and established leaders from the […]
Systemic Constellations: Creating our ‘knowing fields’ by Ornette D Clennon
View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize The most important thing that I took away from my Systemic Constellations time in Athens with Ubele and Fractality, was the power of building a ‘knowing field’. In systemic constellations, the creation of a ‘knowing field’ enables all the participants in the space to (somehow) get […]
Racism, Resistance and Resilience – Introduction to Black Europe by Rianna Raymond-Williams
I attended the Introduction to Black Europe a year ago with UBELE and Untold Empowerment. Here I had one of the best Erasmus+ exchange experiences of my life. So much so, that I decided to come back a second time around to take part in the immersive, inspiring and nourishing learning experience, but also play […]
Off to the theatre… The Barber Shop Chronicles
View fullsize Last week, we invited our friends from Kori Youth Charity to see The Barber Shop Chronicles. The Barber Shop Chronicles is a play by Nigerian poet and playwright Inua Ellams, set in six barber shops in six cities, offering a glimpse into the lives of the people who work in and frequent […]
Poems & Reflections on Introduction to Black Europe
At Home by Alton Winter-Brown At home, I was Alton, The son of the local singer. The baby of the family, who was always known to some as the quiet one. I was a bossy kid as my mama would always say. “Alton was always telling someone what to do” I was the little guy […]
Windrush Food Fest: Imparting Windrush Generation wisdom by Sabah
I had the pleasure of attending Ubele’s recent event Windrush Food Fest on 17th June 2019. I attended in the capacity of a volunteer, and while I did help a little where I could, I found myself so immersed in the food, events and people, that I became one of many participants. One highlight of […]
On becoming an African Jamaican in the Diaspora by Yvonne Field
My life experience has shown me that very little happens by chance. A seemingly chance encounter in Malaysia last year, mixed with unsuccessfully trying to resolve complex Jamaican paperwork led me to speaking at the 8th Bi-annual Jamaican Diaspora Conference in Kingston earlier this month. The conference theme: Building Pathways for Sustainable Development […]
Inspiring Takeaways From The Wise Women Wellness ’Social Wellbeing Fest’
Wise Women Wellness saw the launch of the first held quarterly ‘Social Wellbeing Fest’ at the grand and funky creative space of the Tripod, Lambeth Town Hall in Brixton south London last month. The doors opened to a diverse melange of intergenerational women of multicultural descent ready to have fun, engage, mix & mingle at […]
Action Learning: The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but having new eyes
As The Sankofa Intergenerational Learning Hub programme continues, another group of participants had an opportunity to travel to Athens and explore Action Learning. Read this blog article from Amran to find out more View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize […]
Black to the Future: The Rites of Passage & INCUBATING OUR NEW BABY by Yansie Rolston
View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Author: Yansie Rolston The Rites of Passage – Black to the Future I A community child – Black to the Future (BTTF) A Sankofa Exploration of Youth Work Project was delivered after a planned pregnancy and an 18 month gestation period (I have […]
