Conference Workshops and Exhibitions

Workshops from the steerring group:

Charles Crichlow : 'School Exclusion and the Criminal Justice Process'
Amie Sessay/Sharon Crichlow: 'Parental Involvement in Education'
Louis Sterling: 'Building a Culture of Success'
Damian Griffith: 'Tell it Like it is'- Parents Tool-Kit
Omena Osivwemu (young people's workshop): 'School transition, primary to high school'
Patsy McKie (Mothers Against Violence): 'Education Out of Crime'
Washington Alcott (West Indian Centre): Motivating learning through students every day interests
Lydia Merrill: Parents and Environmental Skills

Workshops suggested by Outreach Groups:

Nehru McKenzie (Project Cutz): Project Cutz provide music workshop for young people who are excluded from mainstream education and society. We find music to be a strong medium for young interaction.
Jackie McNeish (Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse)/Julie Asumu (Chrysalis Family Centre): a workshop on the role of parents in child upbringing and why it is important to be proactive
Conway Mothobi (UK Passport to Knowledge Project): Space Exploration: black contributions to aeronautics and the space program – a conversation with Conway Mothobi FRAS (the session incorporates a multimedia installation 'Space Exploration and the African Diaspora' – a dynamic exhibition featuring astronauts, astronomers, physicists, space scientists, hip hop artists, etc.)

Exhibitions:

Esther Clarke (Universal Connection): Soca Aerobic Dance Workshop – raising self-esteem.
Lwimbo Kunda (Northwest Vision and Media): Mediabox – for youth organizations and schools to learn about funding available from Mediabox. Detailing the benefits of learning outside the classroom and covering the application process and application guidelines
SuAndi (Black Arts Alliance): Pan African Exhibition
Erinma Bell/Paul Keeble (Carisma): How do we strengthen, better, or create the family school partnership in particular the partnership between school and black parents and to include absent parents?