Black Women's Conference 2017

Reclaiming spaces: Women of Colour excelling in Sports & Business Kelechi, Actress, Personal Trainer and an instructor of Pole dancing as well as Twerk. Kelechi is an actress, personal trainer and an instructor of Pole dance as well as Twerk. In September 2016, Kelechi opened her own  studio  as a way of highlighting the faces and bodies that are often erased within mainstream fitness culture. Kelechi uses her classes and the workshops that she facilitates as a vehicle to move women towards an unbreakable relationship between their mind and body. Some may refer to Kelechi as a "twerk and fitness guru" which she wholeheartedly embraces, but ultimately Kelechi sees herself as a professional Baby Girl and a Benz Punani Womanist. Inextricable descriptions of her insistence on carefree black womanhood.   BLACK WOMEN'S CONFERENCE 2017 SATURDAY 6TH MAY 2017 UCL, LONDON Spaces limited: Register Now -  https://goo.gl/ru2WVu

Reclaiming spaces: Women of Colour excelling in Creative Industries & Education Cherelle Skeete, Professional actress, currently playing Rose Granger-Weasley in Harry Porter and The Cursed Child Cherrelle Skeete was born and raised in Birmingham. She graduated from the Central School of Speech & Drama in 2011 with a BA (Hons) in Acting, specialising in Collaborative and Devised Theatre. She trained under the direction of Complicite Associate, Catherine Alexander. Cherrelle made her West End debut in 2012 in The Lion King as Shenzi cover and swing, and played Sister Sally in The Amen Corner at the National Theatre, directed by Rufus Norris, in 2013. Cherrelle's screen debut was in series four, episode two of BBC period drama, Call the Midwife playing Abigail Bissette. Later that year she played Viv in the hit BBC drama, Ordinary Lies, written by Danny Brocklehurst. Cherrelle is currently playing Rose Granger-Weasley, daughter to Ron Weasley (Paul Thornley) and Herm...