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LOCATION:Tung Auditorium, Tung Auditorium, Yoko Ono Lennon Centre, Oxford Road, Liverpool
SUMMARY:Emergence as Empowerment
DESCRIPTION:This two-hour event, programmed as part of Black History Month, will be split into different segments; live conversation, screening and Q/A.Facilitator Elliss Eyo-Thompson will be joined by storyteller Kelechi Okafor in a reflective discourse to empower the audience through profound conversation about emergence as a form of empowerment. Leading on from this will be the anticipated screening of Delado: Rising from the Ashes which is the focus of the evening.This documentary delves into the tension of Liverpool 8 following the Toxteth riots in 1981, when local underdogs emerged as a performance collective under the wing of Ghanaian performance teachers. Join us for a Black History month event with special guests, centring the screening of the Delado documentary, about a performance collective who rose from the ashes of Toxteth riots in 1981.This event is in partnership with National Museums Liverpool and supported by the LADFN (Liverpool African Diasporic Filmmakers Network).Elliss Eyo-ThompsonElliss is known for his work in work within marginalised communities and holistic approach to wellbeing and pop culture. Elliss recently achieved a MSc in Clinical Health Psychology & Wellbeing and at present, is a Project Facilitator for the International Slavery Museum and on the advisory board for the Liverpool City Region Race Equality Team. Elliss has worked with hundreds of people through a mental health framework and also through a spiritual and astrological stance to. Since 2022, Elliss has been working to document the legacy of Delado, and you will see his debut work as a filmmaker at this event. Learn more about Elliss here www.fromtheastral.comKelechi OkaforKelechi Okafor is a storyteller. Whether it’s through her podcasts or books as well as informative video essays - Kelechi explores and challenges what it means to navigate modern society based on what we remember of our histories. The spiritual is political and this is why Kelechi’s Tarot, astrology Yoruba cosmology offerings are instrumental to her understanding of liberation, on an individual and collective level. Learn more about Kelechi here www.kelechiokafor.com
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