BHM: Black Voices

Monday 25 October 2021

Join us for a culturally enriching webinar session and hear from various international speaker within the community that represent the black voices of the UK’s cultural heritage.

 

The Black Voices Webinar will feature Sheyla Bonnick one of the founding members of award-winning black group Boney M who had international chart success from the 70’s onwards, with hits such as By the rivers of BabylonRasputinSunny and Daddy Cool. The ‘Black Voices’ session will also feature COY Worship and the New Testament Church of God gospel groups, spoken word, and acclaimed black historian Norma Gregory, expressing black voices that are uplifting and inspirational.

AGENDA

Introductions to BHM

COY Worship – ‘Lean on me’ by Bill Withers

Norma Gregory – Historian

Q&A with Guest Speaker

Poetry Reading

Sheyla Bonnick – Boney M

Q&A with Guest Speaker

New Testament Church Of God Choir

Engage with the UITC team and our dynamic guests whilst celebrating Black History Month and how black culture has enriched our shared history, values, and society.

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