Questions and Answers from the audience and answered by Veronica Mason, Errol Donald, Dr Adrienne Milner, Patrick Vernon OBE and Anthony Scott Posted on 07/08/2020 in YPF Webinars YPF Webinars, Black Lives Matter Black Lives Matter
Veronica Mason (BSc, MA, PGCHE) is a Professional Youth and Community Worker (JNC Qualified) and university lecturer Posted on 07/08/2020 in YPF Webinars YPF Webinars, Black Lives Matter Black Lives Matter Veronica Mason (BSc, MA, PGCHE) is a Professional Youth and Community Worker (JNC Qualified) and university lecturer. She is very passionate about creating programmes of change which encourages the formation of positive self-identity and racial identity awareness. Veronica currently works for London Metropolitan University and holds a master’s degree in Applied Anthropology, Community and Youth Work, a BSc Degree in Sociology and Psychology as well as a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education.
Patrick Vernon OBE is a social commentator, campaigner and cultural historian Posted on 07/08/2020 in YPF Webinars YPF Webinars, Black Lives Matter Black Lives Matter He has over twenty years’ senior leadership experience working across mental health, public health, heritage and ethnic equality and is well known in health, local government and the voluntary sector. In 2018 he kick started the campaign for an amnesty for the Windrush Generation. Patrick is currently Associate Director for Connected Communities at the Centre for Ageing Better, Equality and Diversity Adviser to Lambeth Council, Chair of Citizens Partnership for Healthcare Investigation Branch (HSIB) and Senior Associate at OLMEC.
Errol Donald, Director of Mindspray Posted on 07/08/2020 in YPF Webinars YPF Webinars, Black Lives Matter Black Lives Matter As a qualified child therapeutic wellbeing practitioner, Errol has worked extensively in community settings where he observes creative, intercultural practice with an awareness of the cognitive, emotional, and educational needs of young people. Errol is the founder and director of Mindspray, a creative practice delivering projects that meet at the intersections of art, culture, and wellbeing. Acknowledged as a leading figure within the development of British graffiti art, Errol has since established a track record for creative leadership within education, corporate law, youth leadership, cultural heritage, and therapeutic wellbeing.
Anthony Scott - qualified counsellor/psychotherapist with 17 years’ face-to-face work with young people, families, communities in both statutory and voluntary services. Posted on 07/08/2020 in YPF Webinars YPF Webinars, Black Lives Matter Black Lives Matter WEBINAR 8: BLACK LIVES MATTER, LET’S HAVE THAT CONVERSATION….. It has never been more important to come together and have an open dialogue about Culture, Heritage and identity (CHI). On the 25th May, George Floyd, a 46-year old African-American man, was murdered in broad daylight by the police in Minneapolis.