Stephen Lawrence Day: Baroness Doreen Lawrence OBE to issue certificates to 44 successful Black Entrepreneurs at SOAS 

Black British Initiative celebrates the first swathe of graduates of its MBA 30 program in partnership with Baroness Doreen Lawrence’s Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation and SOAS, University of London at today’s Graduation Ceremony.

Among the recipients is, Patrick Hutchinson – the social justice hero, personal trainer and children’s coach, who received global attention when he carried an injured counter-protestor to safety during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in London.

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London budding filmmaker, 25, Chinaza Onyechi awarded a MetFilm School Scholarship Worth £54,000.

Black London London budding filmmaker, 25, Chinaza Onyechi awarded a MetFilm School Scholarship Worth £54,000.
“There is a lot of work to do reforming the history curriculum in England, it tends to focus on American slavery and the Civil Rights movement, fast-forwarding over British involvement in the ‘not so nice aspects of black history.

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Book Review: The Jensons by 13-year-old, Chelsea Anyanwu.

The Jensons is about a super-rich family that causes trouble wherever they go. They tend to argue a lot amongst each other—but, no matter what, they would still stick together. They love each other a lot. The Jensons story will help young people learn family bonding and how to resolve issues in the family, and stick together as a team. Also, the story touched on bullying, and children can learn to speak up and stand up for themselves with their classmates.

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