livestream: The Space Between Black And White by Esuantsiwa Jane Goldsmith
Thursday 25th June
livestream - 7pm - free entry
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Join Esua Jane Goldsmith (Esua) via ZOOM as she talks about her memoir ‘The Space Between Black And White’, for Independent Bookshop Week
Esua will speak about her inner journey of self-discovery growing up mixed-race in Britain, and the truths that could help a growing community of mixed-race people struggling to find their own space in the world.
Esuantsiwa Jane Goldsmith was raised in 1950s London in a white, working-class family - her education in racial politics was immediate and personal. From Britain and Scandinavia to Italy and Tanzania, she tackled inequality where she saw it, establishing an inspiring legacy in Women’s Lib and Black Power movements. Following a career in women’s organisations and international development, she founded Anona Development Consultancy, working with over 100 organisations on five continents as a dynamic facilitator and strategist. In 2015, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate for her work in Women’s Rights.
Esuantsiwa Jane Goldsmith (1953 - ) is a writer, feminist activist and development consultant of English – Ghanaian heritage. In 1975 she was the first woman—and only woman of colour—elected as President of Leicester University Students’ Union, while in 2001 she became the first woman of colour to be elected Chair of the Fawcett Society. In 1977-9 Esua served as one of the first black volunteers to be sent on Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) in Tanzania.
During her career she has acted as Commissioner for the Women's National Commission, Chair and Co-Founder of the Gender and Development Network, Vice-Chair of ActionAid UK, a Trustee of the Equality and Diversity Forum and a member of the UK Government delegation to the UN Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing in 1995. After reconnecting with her Ghanaian father and heritage in her 40s, she was enstooled as Queen Mother of Development of her village in Cape Coast, Ghana, in 2009.
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