Yon Afro Collective
@YonAfro
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We are a Black-led collective for women of colour in Scotland. We exist to challenge mis/under-representation, improve visibility and centre our experiences.
Scotland, United Kingdom
Joined May 2017
Our website has been live for a while! Check it out to see what we’re up to as a collective! https://t.co/hy0LsCFg1m
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🙌🏿🙌🏾🙌🏽 Congratulations!!! 🥳🥳
We won another prize!! Thank you @CreativeEdin for recognising our project ❤️❤️ Just about ready to start conversations about 2020 - get in touch if you want to get involved! #FringeofColour #CEAwards19
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Join us this Saturday at #Resistingwhiteness2019 for spoken word resistance at 14.30, with performances from some of our favourite poets: Joe with the Glasses, @JayGYing, Courtney Stoddart and @BibiJuneS. Tickets are available here https://t.co/jtYduYm0Gp
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As well as panels & poetry, we will be running several workshop sessions on Saturday. First, we have the Racism in Science: Reclaiming Our Voices workshop where we will be affirming that, as people of colour, we are active producers of scientific knowledge #Resistingwhiteness2019
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We are currently conducting a survey on the experiences of multiple discriminations in STEM working and learning environments. We are particularly keen to hear from BME women, disabled women, carers and LGBT women. Please help our work by taking part:
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Last year we were joined by the incredible @KGuilaine @JackieKayPoet @rianna_walcott @AmalAzzudin @McInnisErica @LRH151 @r_e_e_t_a_ @jacobvjoyce @sukisangh @Shuwanna_Aaron @k_zod @divamukherji and Ima Jackson. You can find recordings from the day here 👇🏽
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Tickets for the conference 'Resisting whiteness 2019: Anti-racist Action in the UK' are now available! Find more details about this year's conference here, including how to book: https://t.co/TowyAAaZIA
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Big up @Jessica_Brough !! ❤️😍🙌🏿
What a gorgeous replenishing Artists of Colour meet up. Thank you @theshainalynn for setting this up (5 years and still going strong!), and @SelinaNThompson & @tonidee_p for facilitating. See you all next year! 🤞🏽❤️🔥 @FringeCentral
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Excellent! Autumn is looking good, stay tuned for details. Our second 'Resisting whiteness: Anti-racist Action in the UK' conference will be on the 28th September this year
Could NOT BE MORE EXCITED about this-2 great books, 3 BRILLIANT poets & a perfect night to precede @ResistingW, which takes place on 28th September this year!
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By this point we're TIRED of doing & just want to dance. Fringe of Colour is inviting all our PoC pals & those we have yet to meet to get down at the Assembly Club Bar on Tues night. All welcome but limited capacity, so plz prioritise PoC ahead of yourself if you don't identity🙏🏽
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This Tuesday (20th), Bayes Centre Courtyard from 11am - 5pm. Open Mic hosted by @KyleHernandezTA and workshop run by @AndresNOrdorica. If you think you'd like to take part in either, DM us or email at fringeofcolour@gmail.com. you can also just show up on the day!✌🏽
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How can things continue? Support the ting! Individuals can donate so we can do nice things ( https://t.co/TDYylmyl23), but we're also going to need real big funding if this is to expand and reach more people and more narratives. Get in touch if you think you can help things grow
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Go to paypal.me/fringeofcolour and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
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Today was the last day of the #FringeofColour free ticket programme, which provided over 500 free @edfringe tickets to young people of colour across 7 venues and 19 shows. These last few weeks have been magical and tough and inspiring, and the future of FriCo feels so exciting
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Congratulations to our very own Adebusola Ramsay for a stunning talk and showing of her artwork! #soproud Thank you @SekaiMachache for curating & @pbredmongrel chairing the artist talk ❤️
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Our first book ‘I Will Not Be Erased’ is out TOMORROW!! We’ve loved creating this & hope it'll help others reflect on the lessons from their younger years and also be a guide for today's teens, so we can’t wait to share it with you 💖 https://t.co/tM7UQdIlgW
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"Racism doesn't go anywhere. It just reinvents itself." @SelinaNThompson for @BBCFreeThinking special on #AudreLorde, with the people who loved her, @JackieKayPoet & Audre's children, Elizabeth Lorde-Rollins and Jonathan Rollins. @BBCRadio3
https://t.co/RRKCIebZ2H
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Throwback to our #headwraptutorial @transmo_gallery during our wonderful #residency thanks to @transmo_gallery for making it happen 🖤🖤🖤 #homecoming @ Transmission
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