Surviving slavery

A psychotherapist and writer who is best known for her activism around Black women and mental health. Psychoanalytically trained, with a clinical expertise in trauma, she has a special interest in race, culture, and spirituality and the complex role that they play in maintaining mental health. Dawn uses theory and storytelling to help her clients make better sense of their lives and the world. Much of her work is based on democratising self-care and the importance of understanding cultural nuance and intersectional identities when navigating wellness.

A social commentator and campaigner who has been at the forefront of high-profile campaigns on cultural heritage and social justice. He uses experience in senior management in the voluntary and public sector, plus a passion for cultural history, to develop new models of thinking around transformation changes in service development, equalities and innovative thinking for social change. Patrick is currently Associate Director for Connected Communities at the Centre for Ageing Better, Equality and Diversity Adviser to Lambeth Council, Chair of Citizens Partnership for Healthcare Investigation Branch and Senior Associate at OLMEC.

Angela Haynes has taught in SOAS Department of Development Studies since 2018. She currently teaches on the online Humanitarian MSc programme and is a Senior Teaching Fellow on Migration, as well as a coordinator of SOAS's Ebony Initiative Writing and Presentation Space for Black scholars. She teaches 'Afropean: African Diaspora Studies in Europe and Black London' courses for Syracuse University's London Programme.