talks


‘Heavy Responsibility’ from pamphlet Beyond The Myth: Single Mothers and Their Sons. Illustration: Chikaboo Designs.

‘Heavy Responsibility’ from pamphlet Beyond The Myth: Single Mothers and Their Sons. Illustration: Chikaboo Designs.

2021

Talk and learning activities ‘Beyond the Myth workshop’, Future Foundations UK, April ‘21.

Talk and Q&A ‘Beyond the Myth: Black Single Mothers and Their Sons,’ Black History Walks, April ‘21.

2019

Panel discussion and Q&A at The dynamics of black single motherhood: an audio-visual exhibition, Old Street Gallery, London, April ‘19.

Invited talk ‘The hidden domestic labour of single mothers’ Museum of the Home, London, April ‘19.

Radio discussion segment on black single parent women, BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour, April ‘19.

Podcast discussion programme on representation in academia and the arts, Tell Dem, April ‘19.

2016

Invited talk ‘Persisting as a student parent’, Celebrating our resilience, Mary Seacole Library, London, December ‘16.

Conference presentation, panel discussion and Q&A at Telling it like it is: Reflecting on the academic experiences of Black and Minority Ethnic university students, University of Greenwich, May ‘16.

Conference presentation ‘Reimagining lone motherhood’ at Reproductive labour: parenting beyond patriarchy, Goldsmiths, May ‘16.

I offer tailored talks and workshops on the following topics:

  • Single motherhood & single parent family life

  • The hidden, gendered labour of mothers

  • The perspectives and experiences of student parents.