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Outburst UK LGBT Arts & Cultural Day |
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Outburst UK will be hosting an all day Cultural Day on Saturday, 27 November 2010. The day will run from 11am-7pm, with workshops, debates, films, performances and a mini exhibition.
The day will be led by established LGBT artists, writers and other cultural producers and will be open to anyone interested in experiencing black LGBT arts and culture.
Activities will include: Workshops: - Collecting Oral History History, Testimonies and Personal Memorabilia. (Please bring along a book, photographs or something that you have kept in relation to your identity). Facilitator: Ajamu
- Journal and Creative Writing. Facilitator: Dean Atta
- Cultural Heritage: Representation and Change. What mark might we want to make and how? Facilitator: Olumide Popoola
- Panel Discussion: Black LGBT Arts & Culture: Where We Are Now.
- An exhibition entitled "Windows To Our Community".
- Film Screening: Still Black - A Portrait of Black Transmen
- Performance: The London Gay Men's Chorus.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS - 11:00 – Welcome
- 11:15-13:15 - Workshop – Journal and Creative Writing. Facilitator: Dean Atta.
- 11:15-13:15 – Talking for Ourselves – Collecting Oral Stories, Testimonies & Personal Memorabilia. (An Interactive workshop which looks at how we can collect our stories and share our experiences in creative ways). Facilitator: Ajamu
- 13:15-14:00 – Lunch (Provided)
- 14:00-15:30 – Cultural Heritage: Representation and Change. What mark might we want to make and how? Facilitator: Olumide Popoola.
- 15:40-16:40 – Film Screening – Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen
- 16:45-17:45 – Panel Discussion: Black LGBT Arts & Culture: Where We Are Now. (Panellists: Olumide Popoola , Ajamu, Topher Campbell & Phyll Opoku-Gymiah)
- 17:45-19:00 – Social & Dinner with a performance from The London Gay Men's Chorus
How to get there: The Aylesbury Centre 2 Bradenham Close London SE17 2QB Use the TfL journey planner Tube Elephant & Castle Brixton Rail Elephant & Castle, then bus number Bus Routes 12, 35, 40, 45, 37, 68, 148, 171, 176, 468, P5 Car The Aylesbury Centre lies off the B214, which is adjacent to the A215 (Albany Road). 
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