Hi folks,
Ok so the first thing that anyone reading this probably notices is that the post was made well into December, whereas the conference took place back in November. I have to hold my hands up to that one, but in my defence I have had lots going on for me so that is the reason it has taken me this long to put something concrete down.
Right, well this Winter conference took place over two days at Birkbeck college in London on the 26/27th November this year. Conference officially opened with an opening statement from the NUS Black students officer Kanja Sesay, who instigated a minute’s silence for those black individuals killed through Race attacks. Following on from that, we had remarks from Black activist Lee Jasper, Black lawyer Peter Herbert and Operation Black Vote’s director Simon Woolley.
After that we went to individual sessions for those from the different parts of the country. That was quite informative and useful for networking. The first day of conference closed with a debate around issues affecting black students today in education.
Day two was mainly focused on workshops which saw the delegates from the different universities getting involved in the different classes. I attended a workshop around Black feminism that was very useful and enlightening.
The conference closed with a statement by the Black student officer, Kanja, He spoke about the various things which he had been trying to do this past year and how he intended to move forward.
All told, I think the conference was very informative and quite a useful event. It allowed me to make connections with delegates from different institutions, which will hopefully assist me for the future in my role as EMSO.
PS.
Here are the links to the opening statements made at conference by the different speakers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KKb1rHVhzk – This is the final video, but the others are available from this page.
Thanks for reading guys.