Thursday
24th
September 2015 was the final of the BIS Publications' summer
presentations at City Hall the Mayor's Office.
The presentation on
the 24th was titled 'SUCCESS
RUNS IN OUR RACE: The Contributions of Black Women Scientists &
Inventors'.
The organisers (BIS Publications, blackscientistsandinventors.com and The Power of Definition Arts ) only after the
event realised that this was the first time an event on the topic had
ever taken place in the UK. Michael Williams the author and co-author
of several popular books in particular the international best-selling
Black Scientists & Inventors series and Ama Duah co-author of Simply The Best delivered this
ground-breaking presentation to a full house. Many of the women they spoke about in their presentations were taken from Williams' book Black Women Scientists & Inventors.
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| Ama Duah aka A.A.D. drops science-poetry, metaphysics+plus, at Success Runs in Our Race on 24th September @ City Hall, London. |
Monday
17th
August marked 128 years since the passing of the most Honourable
Marcus Mosiah Garvey, so it was quite fitting that on that day BIS
Publications along with blackscientistsandinventors.com and TPODA
celebrated his life and legacy with a presentation at City Hall. The
title of the presentation was 'Marcus
Garvey on STEM, Economics and Education'.
This presentation was delivered by Michael Williams who touched on
many
aspects
of Garvey's life and the environment and conditions which made a
Marcus Garvey.
In
the presentation Williams also touched
on the great industrial educator Booker T. Washington and scientists,
inventors and entrepreneurs such as Madam C.J. Walker, George Washing
Carver and Granville T. Woods. This presentation was delivered to a
very full house.
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| Michael Williams drops science about Marcus Garvey & others to an engrossed audience on August 17th @ City Hall, London. |
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| The Most Honourable Marcus Mosiah Garvey |
Monday
13th
July marked the very first of three BIS summer series of
presentations at London's City Hall. This presentations
was entitled 'Do
Sexism, Racism, White Privilege & White Supremacy exist in
Britain Today?'
This was delivered by Alan Sharp, the author of the controversial and
popular book 'Changing Generations: Challenging Power & Oppression in Britain Today',
published by BIS Publications.
Speaking to those that attended this
presentation many said that they came simply because they were
intrigued by both the title and the presenter. Their initial thoughts
when they saw the advertisement for the event was what can a white
man teach me about white supremacy? By the end of the presentation
most of those who attended said they have never heard a white man
before Sharp talk about white supremacy the way he did. They said
“...his
analysis was very honest, well researched and concluded correctly...”
After his presentation his books flew off the table.
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| Alan Sharp breaks down what white supremacy is and how Africans, Asians, women and even some white folk are kept down by racism and a system of white supremacy. July 13th @ City Hall, London. |
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| The audience listen attentively to Sharp's presentation. |
At
the end of
the summer series I asked BIS why did you put on these events?
“we
want people to realise that there is a abundance of resources
pertaining to the black experience both in the UK and around the
world for schools, colleges and universities available, to be frank
we are sick and tired
hearing teachers say they can't get hold of material celebrating the
contributions people of African descent have made.”
They
went on to say
“
we
hope that this Black History Month we don't
hear that, and that schools will invest
some of their money in books on the black contribution in particular
the ground-breaking title 'BlackScientists & Inventors in the UK: Millenniums of Inventions &Innovations'
and therefore not teaching children a small part of history but
teaching them the whole story.”
The
team at BIS, BS&I.com and TPODA would like to thank all of those
who came along and volunteered their services, Jeanette Arnold's office,
the technicians, the presenters, but most of all the audience who
kept coming to each of the three BIS
Publications' Summer
Events.
If you would the BIS team to deliver a presentation at your school, college, church etc please contact us via: info@bispublications.com
