Black to the Future: a Sankofa approach to exchange youth work practice evaluation report
This report sets out the underpinning principles and approaches that is at the heart of the Ubele approach, capturing both the ’process’ as well as the ‘impact’ of the ‘Black to the Future – A Sankofa approach to Exchange Youth Work Practice’ programme on participants, the organizations involved and future directions.
LONDON CONNECTS… by Aleksander Kisiel
View fullsize View fullsize My time and experience with The Ubele Initiative is not only about self-development and meeting new people, but also about gaining self-confidence in a multicultural setting. At the very beginning I was introduced to the organizational culture of Ubele and I learnt about all the projects and […]
Black to the Future: Sankofa Youth Work Practice by Dr Yansie Rolston
March 2017 How Did We Get Here? I’m in a space where I intend to learn a considerable amount and in some respects, it’s a space filled with trepidation. I have never worked in a youth club, but have mentored young people including at risk youth, and hosted learning events for young […]
Youth Change Makers Training by Adiam Yemane
I would like to start by thanking Ubele for selecting me to participate on YCM training. And resilience earth for creating an insightful training that has empowered me to continue developing my ideas and projects. A week or two before I was selected by UBELE to participate on YCM training I was hoping to find […]
IRETI mobility: London sounds like a story that is still to be told by Luca Delfino
View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Everytime I talk about my first weeks in London, I just can’t avoid relating to my deepest feelings. So, as I’m not supposed to go into the emotional side of the life I’m experiencing here, I’m about to start the following few lines by […]
“The time has come for formal education to be restructured” – attending CSI Cross-Sectorial Conference in Istanbul, Turkey by S.M.Gedi
Such great 4 days at CSI Cross-Sectorial Conference in #Istanbul Turkey! Around 55 participants from 25 different nationalities. I met participants from across Europe and beyond, from places like Palestine, Russia, Armenia and many more amazing group of people enormous amount of dedication to community development and social justice. I found the first couple […]
Capturing the stories and history of BME community assets (people and spaces) of value to our community
The Ubele Initiative started to collect stories about BME led (predominately African Diaspora) community assets i.e. community based people who acted as change agents and community spaces we ‘own’ or ‘owned’ in 2014/15. The information collected was put on a unique digital and an audio map which were included in our ground breaking […]
Celebrating the activities and achievements of our national project, Mali Enterprising Leaders (MEL)
View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Two events took place in Manchester (20th June) and London (18th July) which celebrated the activities and achievements of our national project, Mali Enterprising Leaders (MEL). Funded by Power to Change, MEL provided 5 BME led community based organisations based in these cities with […]
Reflections of 4 students of Goldsmiths, University of London who attended the Erasmus+ European Summer School in Amsterdam
Goldsmiths students and staff (present and past) From the left: top – Michael Hamilton (a former lecturer on the Turning Point Programme), James MacGregor (student), Naomi Thompson (lecturer), Anabela Semedo (student); middle – Karina Estefania Cuji Morales (student), Yvonne Field (lecturer), Aisha Khan (graduate), Lara Pereira (student), Sireita Mullings (completed her PhD at Goldsmiths), […]
The journey starts with that first step – Systems thinking and the change process – ESS Amsterdam by Karl Murray
Have you heard the phrase “the more things change the more they remain the same”? Like many of you, this is something that I hear constantly, especially in the aftermath of a major incident and we look around for evidence of what has changed. As a student and watcher on social interaction I […]
Participating in ESS: Introduction to Black Europe course in Amsterdam by Jordi Reo
The first week of July, twenty-one leaders from diverse organisations, companies, universities were selected by Ubele Initiative in collaboration with UNTOLD to immerse in a 5 days course – Introduction to Black Europe – in Bijlmer Parktheatre in southeast Amsterdam. The group flew from London with big aspirations to discover, share and discuss […]
Powerful 5 days in Amsterdam! European Summer School 2018
45 participants, 2 courses, 1 city! What a great launch of European Summer School: Towards Resilient Communities! ‘Introduction to Black Europe’ and ‘Systems Thinking for Social Change’ courses took place in Amsterdam from 4th to 9th July 2018. These were very powerful days accompanied by learning, making connections, inspiring visits and great conversations. A big […]
