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2008-10-31T08:51:00.001+01:00

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2008-10-31T08:47:00.001+01:00

Thrilled to say that the new and improved Black Women in Europe blog is back online!

CHeck us out here:
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Thanks ever so much for your support.

Looking for Black American Expats going home for the Presidential election

2008-10-23T08:41:00.002+02:00

A Black expat in Berlin is writing a story for theroot.com on Black expats returning to the US to vote in the election. If anyone is doing this or knows anyone who is, please contact Rose-Anne Clermont below. Her deadline in the 28th.

Thanks!

clermontroseanne(at)yahoo.com

RSA Thursday - US Elections 2008: the post-match analysis in London

2008-10-22T08:05:00.000+02:00

Technorati Tags: US Presidential Elections,Candace Allen,Black UK,Americans Abroad

RSA Thursday - US Elections 2008: the post-match analysis

6th Nov 2008; 13:00

Event Venue: RSA 8 John Adam Street London WC2N 6EZ

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Join us for topical analysis of 2008’s historic US presidential election. An expert panel will gather to digest the election results, reflect upon the lessons of the campaign and look to the challenges ahead for the new American President.

Panel: Candace Allen, author, screenwriter and principal of Americans Abroad for Obama, London; Stryker McGuire, London Bureau Chief, Newsweek; Stefan Halper, former adviser to four US Presidents, director of the Donner Atlantic Studies programme, University of Cambridge and author of The Silence of the Rational Centre: Why American Foreign Policy is Failing.

Chair: Martin Kettle, columnist, The Guardian.

Speakers

Stefan Halper

Martin Kettle

Candace Allen

Stryker McGuire

We are experiencing techinical difficulties

2008-10-21T10:39:00.003+02:00

Something is not working with the new Black Women in Europe Blog and I am working to correct it now.

In the meantime you have been directed here.

Wish me luck getting the new site back online.

We won!

2008-10-21T10:36:00.002+02:00

Thanks for your support!

The New Black Women in Europe Blog

2008-09-25T11:18:00.005+02:00

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2008-07-04T14:45:00.003+02:00

I am very happy to announce that the Black Women in Europe Blog (B.W.I.E.) has a new home and a new look.

You can find it here:
http://blog.blackwomenineurope.com http://blog.blackwomenineurope.com

I am also pleased to announce that Black Women in Europe will launch a new website very soon to compliment the http://blog.blckwomenineurope.com B.W.I.E. blog.

And even more plans are in the works. I will tell you more when I can.

I would love your feedback on the new look http://blog.blackwomenineurope.com blog.

I will keep the Blogger blog active to provide access to the archives and enable fuure comments on previous posts.

However starting on Monday 7 July 2008 I will place all new posts at our new home!

Condi Rice will visit the Czech Republic

2008-07-04T12:58:00.000+02:00

Update lauching Black European Women's Council on Sept. 9th 2008

2008-07-03T14:12:00.005+02:00

Dear everybody!

Greetings from Vienna
This Mail is to remind you of the upcoming launching of the Black European Women's Council on Sept. 9th 2008 in the premises of the European Economic and Social Committee Rue Van maelant 1040 Brussels.

*Our achievements so far:*

1. Thanks to Brenda's unending support it was possible for us to secure the cooperation of the European Economic and Social Committee for this important event. This cooperation represents a very important step towards implementing the preamble of the Vienna Declaration which states "Our gathering here is an indication of the necessity for the EU to dialog with Black Women's Organisations EU-wide. The European Year for Intercultural Dialog therefore presents an opportunity to initiate and strengthen partnerships and alliances. We welcome purposeful efforts to engage with the EU in the implementation and in consequence in the securing and exercising of our rights as full citizens of the EU and EEA".

2. I had a meeting with the new Director of the Fundamental Rights Agency -FRA in Vienna last Friday and am very happy to inform you that Mr Morten Kjaerum, the Agency's Director, is very happy about our activities and is very interested to work with us to advance the cause of Black Women and Black Communities in Europe. He would love to be at the launching; unfortunately FRA's staff is on retreat on this date. So we agree he sends a video message for the launching.

3. I am most happy to inform those of you interested to attend the official launching on Sept. 9th, that the proposal I submitted to the *EACEA- Europe for Citizens* has been approved. This means we shall be able to cover part of your expenditures in form of perdiem (according to the EU Flat rates 2008). Enclose is the agenda of the launching for your information. The registration form is under www.bewnet.eu/company/registration-form/. Please register not later than August 15th 2008 for organisational reasons. We can cover perdiems for up to 3 participants per country.

4- With the funding of the EACEA we shall be able to host the first general assembly of BEWC (a slight change of agenda) and a workshop on how to organise national coordinations of BEWC in April 2009, in The Netherlands. We shall be able to cover perdiem for up to 40 participants all together.

At the moment I am working hard to secure a funding for a reception to celebrate our launching in Brussels. Should anybody know where we can apply for the sum of €10.000 to cover launch and reception, I shall be most grateful for your support.

We are currently working on the list of speakers for both the High Level Roundtable Discussion on "The role of Black Women in an all inclusive Europe, challenges faced by Black Communities" and the official speeches at the launching. We shall publish the final list on our website (www.bewnet.eu) as soon it is complete.

Please check www.bewnet.eu regularly for updates on this event. Be so kind to forward this invitation to interested black women and men around you. Should you have any questions, do please not hesitate to get back to us at anytime.

We are very much looking forward to seeing you again in Brussels for this great event.

With best greetings from Vienna

Beatrice

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Beatrice Chalice Executive Director
AFRA -- International Center for Black Women's Perspectives
Graumanngasse 7/D/1, 1150 Wien
Tel/Fax: +43 1 9660 425
ZVR-Zahl: 488597767
office @ blackwomencenter.org
www.blackwomencenter.org

ISD Bundestreffen in Helmarshausen in August

2008-07-01T13:05:00.002+02:00

Bundesweite ISD Treffen

Seite: 1/3

Das ISD-Bundestreffen

Vom 07. - 10.08.2008 in Helmarshausen

Beim ISD-Bundestreffen

trifft sich jedes Jahr die Schwarze Gemeinschaft in Deutschland.
Im November 1985 riefen zum ersten Mal Schwarze Frauen und Männer bundesweit zu einem Treffen in Wiesbaden auf, um aus der damals erlebten Isolation in einer weißen Gesellschaft herauszutreten. Viele folgten diesem Aufruf. Das war der Anstoß für eine bundesweite (damals vorerst noch die alte Bundesrepublik Deutschland) Bewegung Schwarzer Menschen in Deutschland. Ein Novum im Deutschland nach dem Nationalsozialismus. Vieles hat sich seit diesen Anfängen geändert. Aus einer überschaubaren Anzahl von Kontakten wurde eine vielschichtige Vernetzung. Schwarze Menschen bearbeiten Themen miteinander, schaffen Diskussionsforen, schaffen Wissen, gestalten ihren privaten wie öffentlichen Raum. Es wird Workshops, Vorträge, Gespräche, Austausch, Infostände, Kinderprogramm und viel Raum zum Selbstgestalten geben. Abends gibt´s Kultur pur, z.B. Filme, Performance/ Lesung, DJ- und Live-Musik. Und natürlich könnt ihr bei Ragga, Soul, Soukouss, Hip Hop und allem was sonst noch Spaß macht, abtanzen. Themen auf den Bundestreffen sind Schwarze Geschichte, Schwarze Menschen in Bildung und Beruf, Schwarze Netzwerke, Schwarze Identitäten in Deutschland, Stärkung der Kinder und Jugend, Selbstbehauptung im Alltag, und vieles mehr ...

Teilnahmegebühren 2008:
(vorbehaltlich Änderungen)
Preis enthält Unterbringung, Essen und alle Veranstaltungen

Erwachsene 18 - 99 J.: Eur 119,00
Vollmitglieder Erwachsene 18 - 99 J.: Eur 100,00
Jugendliche 12 - 17 J.: Eur 80,00
ersten 2 Kinder 3 - 11 J.: je Eur 25,00, weitere frei
Kinder 0 - 2 J.: frei
Tagespreis ohne Übernachtung: Eur 50,00
Zuschlag Barzahlung vor Ort: Eur 3,00 (Ausnahme Tagespreis)

Weitere Infos:
Bundestreffen FAQ´s, oder was ich schon immer mal fragen wollte.

Black Women in Denmark Picnic

2008-06-30T12:34:00.002+02:00

Black Girl on Mars (BGOM) in organizing a picnic for Black Women in Denmark.

What: Black Women in Denmark Picnic!
Who: Black Women in Denmark & Kids
When: Saturday August 9th , 2008 (Noon)

rsvp by July 31st

We will need drinks, salads, breads, main dishes. Please let us know what you intend to bring.

Contact BGOM via her blog if you would like to attend. Remember, the picnic is for Black Women only and their kids.

Italian Vogue: Black issue - July 2008

2008-06-27T15:07:00.003+02:00

The July issue of Italian Vogue will feature all Black models. How beautiful is that? I would love a copy.

Get a preview now, and be sure to pick up a copy. Rumour has it they don't expect this issue to sell that well.

Young Motswana Entrepreneur Shines in Sweden

2008-06-26T06:11:00.000+02:00

Hat tip to Time Out

TIME OUT caught up with Ayesha Bontle Quraishi, a Botswana born entertainment entrepreneur who now resides in Sweden

Interview By: Thabiso Maretlwaneng on her recent visit to the country of her birth as part of a Swedish Embassy initiative.

Aisha is poster the poster child for ambition. Not content with just being an accomplished hip-hop artist with four albums under her belt, she also has her hand in fashion design, filmmaking, television presenting on Swedish TV1, motivational speaking, lecturing and she runs a fully fledged multimedia production company.

Gazette: Where and when were you born?
Ayesha: I was born in Ramotswa in 1981 and my mother comes from Manyana and my father is an Indian-Swede.

Gazette: How long have you lived in Sweden?
Ayesha: My father moved to Sweden when I was 6 years old, but he traveled a lot around the world. I lived in Tanzania for 4 years, Zimbabwe for 2 years and also in India. I came back to Botswana when I was 18 and worked for the Swedish Friendship Association in Gaborone for a year and went back to Sweden.

Gazette: How did you get into the music industry?
Ayesha: After I finished my Natural Science in A-levels, I decided not to go for university but instead get into the music industry. In 2003, I recorded a controversial demo tape and sold a copy to a well respected club and radio DJ. It got airplay on radio. I went to Universal Music and the CEO liked it but they wanted me do commercial music instead of political issues. I love politics.

Read the full interview.

I just found out the I will be a credentialed blogger at the Democratic National Convention in Denver!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-06-25T06:18:00.001+02:00

My blogging colleague African American Political Pundit has invited me to join his team in Denver in August as a credentialed blogger at the Democratic National Convention!!!!!

I'm so excited. Now I have to raise the funds to attend and participate.

You can help:

Pass this on.

Paulette West

2008-06-24T06:43:00.000+02:00

Paulette West has been recognised in The Queen's (Queen Elizabeth of England) Birthday Honours List for an MBE for services to Banking & Business for Black Minority Ethnic people.

Here is how Paulette describes herself:

I started out as a 16 year old typist for Barclays Bank and have worked there in Managerial Positions - last position was a High Performing Organisation Manager responsible for looking after 33 sites of Barclays Bank consisting of 1,500 Managers and staff in terms of cost challenge, improving customer service, performance improvement of staff, Management and procedures.

I am the CEO of g.a.p (growing aspiring people)

I am the Director of The Black Pound

I have organised numerous Employee Volunteering Schemes in the BME community - i.e. Schools - I set up a Reading Support Programme, Hospitals - Took kids who were HIV affected on outings, Organised Playground and Youth Centres Makovers amongst others

I am the Chair for the Social Welfare and Counselling at the African Caribbean Leadership Council
I have been the Regional London Leader for the Cultural Diversity Network in Barclays Bank

I am the Events Executive for the Black Fundraisers Network

I am the Chair for Ivy Entertainment - A Performing Arts Company

I am a Connector for Make Your Mark

I am an Ambassador for Spark/Make Your Mark - Womens Enterprise Network - Make Your Mark

I have raised over £250,000 for various different charities

I have written several articles for The Voice Newspaper and Engage Magazine

I act as a mentor to people starting up their own businesses, people within the community and young children

I am an Inspirational, Motivational Speaker

A Complexion Change Vision II - The Collegium Forum and TV Program, Berlin

2008-06-23T06:51:00.000+02:00

***SPECIAL Edition - REPEAT***
JUNE 23, 2008
6.00-7.30 pm/18.00-19.30 Uhr

In addition
Internet Stream: www. okb.de

A COMPLEXION CHANGE
Vision II

THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin
in co-operation with
Offener Kanal Berlin

Production & Direction
Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith, (co-founder/producer/director)
Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre
Black International Cinema Berlin
Cultural Zephyr e.V.

via Television, Internet, Radio in English, German, French, Spanish, Arabic

present/präsentieren

A COMPLEXION CHANGE - Vision II
Intercultural Dialogue within a Migratory Society
The future is with us, how do we respond to the inevitabilities of population change,
clash or cooperation?
Partial Portrait / Past, Present, Future?
A relationship of Europe to the world and the human contributions to a developing Europe, at the dawn of the 21st century.

EIN WANDEL IM ERSCHEINUNGSBILD - Vision II
Interkultureller Dialog in einer Migrationsgesellschaft
Die Zukunft ist heute.
Wie reagieren wir auf die Unabwendbarkeit der Veränderung der Bevölkerung?
Konflikt oder Kooperation?
Teilporträt / Vergangenheit, Gegenwart, Zukunft?
Eine Beziehung Europas zur Welt und der Beiträge der Menschen zu einem sich entwickelnden Europa, im Anbruch des 21. Jahrhunderts.

PROGRAM
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Introduction
Moderator: Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith
Co-Founder/Producer/Director
Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre / Black International Cinema Berlin /
THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin / Cultural Zephyr e.V.

Oral Presentation
"Our World Between Diversity and Coming Together" /
"Unsere Welt zwischen Nähe und Distanz und zwischen Dialog und Monolog"
Mahgoub Eltayeb, Sudan/Berlin
Director, Sudanese Association
Betriebsrat, Phoenix Pharmacutical

Intermission

Visual Presentation
Sonjah Prinz, Germany und Esterina Petrauschke
"One World Children's Musical"
Kinderperformance / Part I

Oral Presentation
"Diverse & Together" / "Vielfältig & Gemeinsam"
Sonjah Prinz

Intermission

Oral Presentation
"Reflections" / "Überlegungen"
Gary Wiggins, USA/Berlin
Program Director, Music as Cultural Diplomacy
Institute for Cultural Diplomacy

Oral Presentation
"Questions about Identity" / "Fragen zu Identität"
Mark C. Donfried, USA/Berlin
Director, Institute for Cultural Diplomacy

Intermission

Oral Presentation
" Un Changement d'image à la française:
le multicultarisme français et le cas des banlieues" /
" A Complexion Change à la francaise:
French multiculturalism and the case of the suburbs"
Harry Louiserre, Gaudeloupe/France/Berlin
Managing Director, Classic In Black

Intermission

Oral Presentation
"YES, WE CAN - The International Impact of Barack Obama" /
"JA, WIR KÖNNEN - Barack Obama Und Sein Internationaler Einfluss"
John Matip Eichler, Germany
Manager, Swiss Bank Berlin

Intermission

Music and Spoken Word Presentation
A Complexion Change Orchestra

"A Complexion Change" (An Original Composition & Oral Presentation)
Fuasi Abdul-Khaliq, USA/Berlin
Saxophonist/Composer & Conductor

Guest Artist
Guitar Crusher, USA/Berlin
Guitar & Vocals

"As Long (there's a Soul there's Hope)"
Jumaa Alexander Prvulovic, Germany
Vocals/co-composer for "A Complexion Change"

"Gather Your Men And Prepare Your Women"
Yamil Borges, USA/Berlin
Spoken Word

Jeremy Green, UK/Berlin
Piano

Ramani Krishna, India/Berlin
Bass

Rico McClaren, USA/Berlin
Drums

Translations
Simon Jaikiriuma Paetau, Colombia/Berlin
Mahgoub Eltayeb, Sudan/Berlin
Lola Zuckermann, France/Berlin
Anke Broszio, Berlin

Radio
Rolf Gänsrich, Berlin

Editors
Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith/The Collegium, U.S.A./Berlin
Angela Kramer/The Collegium, Berlin
Marion Kramer/The Collegium, Berlin

Technicians
Cordula Alkert/The Collegium, Berlin
Thomas M. Wendt/The Collegium, Berlin
Martin Kersten/The Collegium, Berlin
Tom Penman/The Collegium, Scotland/Berlin

For further information & photographic impressions,
please visit THE COLLEGIUM website.

The Collegium TV Program Berlin 22 June 2008

2008-06-22T06:47:00.002+02:00

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THE COLLEGIUM TELEVISION PROGRAM BERLIN
produced & directed by/produziert und geleitet von
Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre/Black International Cinema Berlin/Cultural Zephyr e.V.

Offener Kanal Berlin (OKB), Open Channel Berlin
Voltastr. 5, 13355 Berlin-Wedding

***LIVE Edition***LIVE Edition***LIVE Edition***
JUNE 22, 2008
9.00-10.00 pm/21.00-22.00 Uhr

In addition
Internet Stream: www. okb.de

CINEMA
"Festival Impressions 2008"
XXIII. Black International Cinema Berlin 2008
Direction/Narration: Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith/Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre

"Quatro Movimientos por el Cuerpo"
Direction: Simon Jaikiriuma Paetau, Colombia/Berlin 2007

STATE OF AFFAIRS
"Faith in Change, the Arrival of Barack Obama"
John-E. Matip Eichler

ARTS CALENDAR I
"Ballet"
Choreography: Matthew Thomas
Dancer:Claire Carthew

ARTS CALENDAR II
"Time Flies"
A performance of photograph, dance and music
Akira Ando/Direction, Compositions
Susanne Wegener/Choreography, Compositions
Liebhard Zimmer/Photographs
Mayumi Fukuzaki/Dance
Shiu-Chin Yu/Dance
Orchestra Ignabru
Rainer Korf/Violin
Kai Naeve/Drums, Percussion
Nobuyasu Furuya/Bass cl, Flute
Susanne Wegener/Piano, Voice
Akira Ando/Kontrabass, Cello

Black International Cinema Film Awards - Winners List

2008-06-21T14:25:00.001+02:00

XXIII. BLACK INTERNATIONAL CINEMA BERLIN 2008

Production & Direction:
Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre
The Collegium - Forum & Television Program Berlin
Cultural Zephyr e.V.
in association with
Classic in Black
Institute for Cultural Diplomacy
in co-operation with
Foundation Diversity Forum, Warsaw/Poland

FILM AWARDS

Best film/video by a Black filmmaker

A WINTER TALE
Director: Frances-Anne Solomon, Narrative, Canada 2007

POP FOUL
Director: Moon Molson, Narrative, USA 2007

Best film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/Marginalized People

HOW DO I LOOK
Director: Wolfgang Busch, Documentary, USA 1995-2006

SHARED HISTORY
Director: Felicia D. Furman, Documentary, USA 2005

Best children's film/video

DU DARFST
Director: Peter Henselder, Experimental, Germany 2006

Best film/video in the Fine Arts Discipline

MOVEMENT (R)EVOLUTION AFRICA
Directors: Joan Frosch & Alla Kovgan, Documentary, USA 2007

THE POWER OF ART / WOMEN'S VOICES IN AFRICA
Director: Claudine Pommier, Documentary, Canada 2007

Best film/video documentary production

DE WEG NAAR MEKKA / THE ROAD TO MECCA
Director: Johannes Bucher, Documentary, Belgium 2007

FARA BIRIQUI / FIGHTING WOMEN
Director: Fatoumata Coulibaly, Documentary, Mali 2007

HONOR FORD SMITH: HONOR-BOUND
Director: Jay Prychidny, Documentary, Canada 2006

REVOLUTION '67
Director: Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno, Documentary, USA 2007

La Condition noire

2008-06-20T06:00:00.000+02:00

From the New York Times:

A new black consciousness is emerging in France, lately hastened by, of all things, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president of the United States. An article in Le Monde a few days ago described how Mr. Obama is “stirring up high hopes” among blacks here. Even seeing the word “noir” (“black”) in a French newspaper was an occasion for surprise until recently.

This black consciousness is reflected not just in daily conversation, but also in a dawning culture of books and music by young French blacks like Youssoupha, a cheerful, toothy 28-year-old, who was sent here from Congo by his parents to get an education at 10, raised by an aunt who worked in a school cafeteria in a poor suburb, and told by guidance counselors that he shouldn’t be too ambitious. Instead, he earned a master’s degree from the Sorbonne.

Then, like many well-educated blacks in this country, he hit a brick wall. “I found myself working in fast-food places with people who had the equivalent of a 15-year-old’s level of education,” he recalled.

Read the complete NY Times article.

BlogHer 2008 Conference in San Francisco July 18-20

2008-06-19T06:05:00.002+02:00

I am pleased to announce that I will be participating in the 2008 BlogHer Conference in San Francisco next month. I'll be speaking on Friday the 18th:

Break-Out Session #3

Who We Are: Blogging with a Global Perspective

We all talk a good game about how blogging can help us communicate across time and space...and certainly across national borders. But do you know how big your audience outside your own country is? And do you bear your global audience in mind when blogging? What does it or would it change about your blogging to be a little more accessible and welcoming to a truly international community? Sometimes it's just little things...sometimes you can do more. If the blogosphere is a global village this panel will make sure you're putting out a welcome mat to the world. Join Nicole Simon (blogging from Germany), Holly Burns (a British ex-pat blogger), Claudia Mar Ruiz who blogs for the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo and Adrianne George, who runs Black Women in Europe.

You can register from this link. See you there!

The Role of the In-house Lawyer Event - 3 July in London

2008-06-18T06:13:00.000+02:00

Debo Nwauzu is one of the lawyers I met in London at the International Career Symposium.

She is the founder and Managing Director of Totally Management Ltd, owners of BLD.

She is a solicitor (non-practising). From 2003 Debo became a consultant, managing and advising other firms about accreditation, systems and quality standards.

Until late 2006 when BLD became totally consuming, she created, developed, designed and delivered training courses for businesses, both one-to-one and to groups.

She is an elected school governor and a committed volunteer to a number of charities. Debo organized an upcoming event on 3 July for lawyers and those interested in becoming lawyers: The Role of the In-House Lawyer.

The role of the in-house lawyer is a free BLD event hosted by Slaughter & May, the Magic Circle law firm. The event will highlight the various roles of the in-house lawyer and in-house legal practice, opportunities in-house and comparison between an in-house role and that of private practice.

Our speakers include Sandie Okoro who is one of the country’s leading in-house lawyers who will share her experiences and tips for success. Gifty Edila will also be one of four presenters.

The event is suitable for those who already work in-house, those who want to find out more about what in-house lawyers do, those regularly instructed by in-house lawyers as well as trainees and students. It will also provide an excellent networking opportunity. Click here to download event flyer

DATE AND VENUE

Date: Thursday 3 July 2008 Time: 6.00pm
Venue: Slaughter & May, One Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8YY
http://www.slaughterandmay.com/contact_us/london_map.asp

Julia Titus

2008-06-17T08:58:00.004+02:00

Julia Titus is a UK based, multi talented actress, vocalist and poet.

With roots in Jamaica and England, Julia was born to perform. Her career started at the age of four singing perfectly pitched nursery rhymes to small audiences at family gatherings. She expanded her repertoire singing along with TV and radio advertisements and by the age of ten, with no formal training, she had auditioned and secured her first stage performance. Read her full biography at her website.

Julia has performed in a number of productions both locally and nationally. Her versatile character has seen her perform in both male and female parts.

Julia is now a professional tutor in drama and vocal singing. Her past experience has enabled her to approach each project with an open mind and tailor fit her students/participants needs to suit their capability and style.

Julia’s four octave range makes her an ideal lead vocalist for most styles and genres of music. Her formal operatic training has given Julia an edge when performing across these genres. Julia says “operatic training for a singer is similar to ballet for a dancer, in that it gives you the fundamental techniques to allow consistence singing performances. By this I mean that the control and strength required for opera makes other genres easier to achieve”.

Julia is a published poet, having written material for radio and poetry publications. Her subject matter has ranged from local community issues, feminism, motherhood and world disasters. Her style of narrative is easy on the ear but strives to deliver a serious message.

She is a member of the Black Arts Alliance.

In Good Company

2008-06-16T06:37:00.002+02:00

I really enjoyed being a panelist at the Corporate Council Women of Color International Career Symposium in London organized by Laurie Robinson. It was powerful being in a room of 75 Black Women Lawyers and professional sisters.

I learned from my fellow panelists Debra Martin Chase and Sandrine Joseph.

It was wonderful to see my friend Angela Shaw who came in from France and to meet her beautiful and smart daughter.

I loved the networking before and after the event. The room was a buzz among the flurry of busienss card exchanging.

Pictures and details coming on Monday

2008-06-13T14:00:00.002+02:00

Yesterday's International Career Symposium in London was so good I want to tell you all about it in detail and with photos.

So I will do just that on Monday when I am back in Sweden.

Have a great weekend!