WomCam

WomCam Bonus Episode! In October 2018, NUS Women’s Campaign marked Black History Month with a series of panel events exploring the experiences of Black women in academia. For our London panel, we were delighted to be joined by Dr Mónica Moreno Figueroa (University of Cambridge), Dr Gail Lewis (Birkbeck, University of London) and Dr Victoria Showunmi (Maynooth University Ireland and University College London). We hear them reflect on what drove them into academia, and ask how their research has been affected by their positionality. Through these conversations, we hoped to provide an opportunity for students and staff to reflect on the current UK higher education landscape, and how we make, protect and extend the radical research done by the most marginalised.

WomCam Episode: #002 - For Sarah and Lola's second and final episode as representatives of NUS Women's Campaign and hosts of WomCam, they reflect on their experiences seeing Professor Angela Davis in conversation with Jackie Kay, and attending 'Pathways to Liberation' - a symposium organised by Decolonise Sociology at Cambridge University. Read Lola's personal essay articulating (intimately, masterfully) her thoughts on Angela and Jackie's conversation and the symposium, here: tinyletter.com/close/letters/letter-12-lola-olufemi

WomCam: Episode #001 For our inaugural episode, Sarah and Lola celebrate the legacy of Black British Feminist organisers. Their conversation explores the challenges of organising spaces, and the importance of sustaining and archiving a movement. "We want to show people sisterhood in operation, something that's a forward movement, not a divisive one. We take our responsibility to the community very seriously" - Stella Dadzie, Heart of The Race: Black Women's Lives in Britain.