by findingmyplanb | Oct 11, 2026 | Blog
A room full of tomorrow Every October we turn towards the past. We say the names, we retell the journeys, we hold up the photographs of those who came before us and made a way where there was none. But on a Thursday evening, 8th October, at the start of this Black...
by findingmyplanb | Oct 31, 2025 | Blog
October draws to a close, and with it, another Black History Month. Across the country, workplaces, schools, and communities have been celebrating Black excellence, resilience, and joy. There’s power in the visibility, the acknowledgment, the reminder that we have...
by findingmyplanb | Oct 25, 2025 | Blog
When I came across a LinkedIn post by Charmaine Simpson about the ‘Mississippi Appendectomy’ – the forced sterilisation of poor Black women through hysterectomies without their consent – I was reminded of the anger, sadness and disbelief I felt when I...
by findingmyplanb | Oct 5, 2025 | Blog
When I was at school, Black history was squeezed into a neat little box. We learnt about slavery – I think (on reflection I can’t even remember if this was taught at school). I definitely didn’t learn about Martin Luther King or Rosa Parks while I was there, although...
by findingmyplanb | Oct 23, 2022 | Blog
“To understand ourselves, we must revisit the steps of our ancestors” I saw The Woman King recently, after hearing about a black female army depicted in the film and along with knowing that Viola Davis was playing the lead role I just had to see it. The Woman...
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