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Black Community

Here at Winchester, we have a diverse range of students and pride ourselves on having an inclusive and friendly community. Therefore, we aim to provide plenty of information and resources to our students.

This is a space for our Black student community, we have provided a range of resources that we hope will prove useful for our students, as well as providing a space for our students to share their thoughts.

If you have any suggestions, comments or feedback, we would love to hear from you! Fill out the Typeform below to have your say.

If you would like to have a chat about anything on this page or in general, please do contact the Student Union President, Charlotte at SU_PRES@winchester.ac.uk.

 

Black History Month - October 2022

For Week 2 of Black History Month, we will be focusing on allyship and how to be an active ally. To enable this, we have composed a list of Top 10 ways to be an Ally.

BHM Key Moments in Black History Timeline:

A useful resource from Gloucestershire County Council to take a look back on some key moments in Black History.

For Week 3 of Black History Month (which also happens to be Graduation Week!), we're highlighting and celebrating the successes of some graduates from our own Black Community here at Winchester!

  • Kwame Kwei-Armah (OBE)
    • Awarded an honorary Doctor of Arts in 2021. Kwame is Artistic Director of the Young Vic theatre. As a playwright, Kwame was the first African Caribbean to have a play produced in London's West End.  Kwame was awarded an OBE for Services to Drama in 2011, and in 2020 was listed as one of 100 Great Black Britons.
  • Carole Burgher
    • Carole is a University of Winchester graduate who became the first Black circuit judge to join the family division in the Midlands!
  • Nicole Farley
    • Nicole studies Sports Development at Winchester, and went on to work as a prt-time Youth Football Coach for Chelsea FC. In 2016 she founded her own futsal training service and in 2019 she became a Young Ambassador for The Prince’s Trust. In May 2021 Nicole was appointed by West Ham as the club's first female coach, having applied for the role through the Premier League's Coach Inclusion and Diversity Scheme.
  • Daniel Mutanda
    • After receiving a 2:1 BSc Psychology degree in 2019, Daniel immediately undertook a Masters in Public Health at the University of Warwick. He completed his Masters in 2020, receiving a distinction overall. All of this helped Daniel gain his current position as a Research and Development Assistant for NHS Sussex Partnership.
  • Chioma Nwaorgu-Okere
    • After graduating with a BA (Hons) in Creative Writing and Film Studies, Chioma moved to Berlin to work as a Community Associate for WeWork. She now currently works for Hodder Education.

Read

Black Students' Guide to Winchester - Created together with the Student Union, our representational networks, and the University

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh

'My name is Yewande': Misponouncing or changing people's names is just another form of racism by Yewande Biala

I Am Not Your Baby Mother by Candice Brathwaite

Reclaiming Our Space: How Black Feminists Are Changing the World from the Tweets to the Streets by Feminista Jones

Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

Staying Power, The history of black people in Britain by Peter Fryer

Black Cultural Archives and Google Arts & Culture

Information around Sickle Cell Disease, reccomended by our Afro-Caribbean Society

History Throught the Black Experience by Simon Hudson

Watch

When They See Us

  • A 2019 American crime drama miniseries, exploring the lives and events involving the 1989 Central Park jogger case - in which five Black and Latino male suspects were falsely accused and prosecuted.

Freedom Riders

 How to recognize your white privilege - and use it to fight inequality

"The New Jim Crow"

13TH

Reccomended by our very own Afro-Caribbean Network, why not check out the following films:

Listen

#TellBlackStories

Still Processing

Code Switch

  • A podcast exploring how race affects every part of society and making us all part of the conversation.

​​​​​​​Inspire

Aima and Natasha

  • Students Aima and Natasha formed AllBlackLivesUK, a youth-led movement organising protests every week across the country.

​​​​​​​Brittany Packnett Cunningham

  • An activist and co-founder of Campaign Zero. Brittany is an educator, activist and award-winning podcaster.

​​​​​​​Anabelle Woghiren

  • A diversity and inclusion, anti-racism, human rights and social responsibility educator and activist. Annabelle uses her platform to teach and educate, bringing powerful education to the forefront.

Give

Stop Hate UK

  • A charity providing independent support to those affected by hate crime and challenges all forms of discrimination.

​​​​​​​UK Black Pride

​​​​​​​Black Minds Matter

​​​​​​​SARI

​​​​​​​Southall Black Sisters

  • Southall Black Sisters work to highlight and challenge all forms of gender-based violences against women, primarily working to support the needs of Black Asian and African-Caribbean women.

Black Beetle Health

  • Black Beetle Health was born out of a desire to share the facts and statistics about the health experiences of LGBTQ+ People of Colour. This charity offers plenty of resources including but not limited to: Sexual Health & Wellbeing; Mental Health & Wellbeing; Chronic Illness Management, and more!

​​​​​​​Follow

Winchester Student Union

  • Facebook - Winchester Student Union
  • Twitter - @winchestersu
  • Instagram - @winch_su

​​​​​​​Afro-Caribbean Students Network:

  • Instagram - @acswinchester

​​​​​​​The Black History Lesson

  • Instagram - @theblackhistorylesson

​​​​​​​Engage

Get involved with the Student Union's Afro-Caribbean Network here: https://www.winchesterstudents.co.uk/groups/african-caribbean-students-network