Jul 8, 2020 | BlackLivesMatter, Podcast
Listen to Abdullah Adekola read his poem ‘Neighbourhood Library’ published in the anthology And The Stones Fell Open: A Leeds Poetry Anthology available here. It’s really important to reflect on Leeds experiences in light of the Black Lives Matter movement. Abdullah...
Jul 6, 2020 | BlackLivesMatter, Podcast
Jason Allen-Paisant reads his poem ‘Black Walking’, published in the anthology And The Stones Fell Open: A Leeds Poetry Anthology available here . Dr Jason Allen-Paisant is a Lecturer in Comparative Literature at the University of Leeds and his work has been...
Jul 1, 2020 | BlackLivesMatter, Podcast
It feels really important to reflect on Leeds experiences in light of the Black Lives Matter protests. Playwright and lyricist, Testament, lit up the Minster with his spoken word performance of Come the Revolution, published in the anthology And The Stones Fell...
Jun 29, 2020 | BlackLivesMatter, Blog
Leo Joslin, postgraduate student and member of staff at Leeds Church Institute, reflects on the role and purpose of faith in activism and protest today. Leo’s article is also published in our Summer CITYtheology magazine. A protest movement in the 21st...
Jun 15, 2020 | BlackLivesMatter, Blog, Uncategorised
In this week’s blog, our Poet Theologian in Virtual Residence Hannah Stone reflects that we are no longer at a stage where Covid 19 is everything to us because other events and issues are impinging on our consciousness in lockdown. Modern modes of...
Jun 8, 2020 | BlackLivesMatter, Blog
Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and Archbishop of York, John Sentamu have responded to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on Monday 25th May 2020. “Recent events in the United States of America have once again drawn public attention to the ongoing evil...
