What's on for Black History Month 2025

Location: LSE Campus, TBC to ticketholders

Hosted by the London School of Economics and Political Science, and LSE Students' Union.

Four decades after the Broadwater Farm uprising, the events of October 1985 continue to resonate in the ongoing struggle against systemic racism.

This event explores legal, political and community-based racial justice work that emerged from these events, examining methods of resistance that continue to address present-day questions of race, racism and social inequality.

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Location: ARC, SAW Building, LSE Campus

Join this mixer to meet other students, learn about the opportunities and support available to Black and Ethnic Minority students at LSE! Current students will also attend and speak about their experience and offer advice.

Meet new students and share experiences and advice!

Soft drinks. coffee/tea and lunch food provided.

Flow of event: 

* 12:30 -1pm -- Arrival and informal chats 
* 1:00 -1:30 -- Chance to hear from a couple of students about their experiences 
* 1:30 - 2:30 -- Chance to chat with other students and SU staff 

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Location: 56 Crampton St, Walworth, London SE17 3AE

What can materials from past grassroots Black and Brown struggles tell us about the current moment we are in? Why are radical archives important places for contemporary political organising?

56a Infoshop is a volunteer-run radical social centre in The Elephant & Castle, London. Established in 1991 as a part of a squatted building, it continues to this day and hosts a massive collection of grassroots printed materials.

In this visit you will hear more about 56a Infoshop as an autonomous and collectively-run social centre. You will also be able to look at past materials from a range of struggles: anti-racism / anti-fascism work, anti-deportation campaigns, Black and Brown community uprisings & defence work, some marginalised squatting histories, alternative education work in communities. We will also think together through questions of internationalism.

Join us for a hands-on session with plenty of time for you to do your own digging in the archive.

Sign up for a free ticket here

Location: Online

EmbRace presents a Wellbeing Fair for Black History Month, putting a spotlight on self-care as a form of resilience. To kick things off, Lucy Mu, LSE’s Staff Disability & Mental Health Adviser, offers a relaxed lunchtime talk, held online, on how we can nurture our wellbeing and make the most of the support available at LSE.

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Location: LSE Campus, TBC to ticketholders

Join Jake Subryan Richards as he discusses the research and creative process behind the award-winning Black Atlantic exhibition which will be coming to LSE in October.

The exhibition, which was first shown at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, reveals the stories that have been silenced from history, not just stories of exploitation, but those of resilience and liberation, too. It shows how through resisting colonial slavery, people produced new cultures known as the Black Atlantic, that continue to shape our world.

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Location: Hall Carpenter Room, SAW Building third floor

Join us for this creative workshop to learn how to make zines and explore the role of independent and grassroots zine-making and design in historic and contemporary anti-racist and ant-colonial activism in London and Beyond!

Learn how to make zines! Explore about the role of independent and grassroots zine-making and design in historic and contemporary anti-racist and ant-colonial activism in London and Beyond. Also a space to explore and bring your own specific visual cultures.

Make sure to join from 3pm to make the workshop! 

- Food and materials provided!
- Workshop on zines
- Chance to design your own zine, badges and posters 
- Meet other students interested in relationship between art, design and campaigning and organising

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Location: LSE Campus, TBC to ticketholders

Francia Elena Márquez Mina made history in 2022 when she assumed office as Colombia’s first Afro-Colombian Vice President after leading a successful grassroots campaign to reverse decades of conservative rule.

In this Black History Month 2025 public event Vice President Márquez will converse with black women scholars of different generations whose research centres blackness in all its complexities. 

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Location: Sumeet Valrani Lecture Theatre , CBG Building

Let's Talk About Race in the workplace is a panel event bringing together alumni from diverse backgrounds to discuss their experiences of starting and developing their careers.

Speakers will discuss their personal experiences of entering the workplace, developing their careers, and provide insights into what students can look for when choosing an organisation to work for that genuinely values diversity. They will discuss different initiatives they've seen that support students through recruitment processes and the approaches organisations are taking to address underrepresentation amongst Black, Asian and diverse heritage employees. They will also talk about the day-to-day realities of working in their sector and share advice on navigating relevant processes and situations effectively.

You will have the opportunity to ask any questions you have and meet with the panellists during the networking afterward, which includes drinks and pizza.

Learn more and get a ticket here 

Location: Shaw Library 6th Floor, Old Building

Join us for an inspiring evening of insight and connection at the Black Alumni Network Panel Discussion on Leadership and Innovation. This dynamic panel will feature distinguished Black alumni leaders sharing their experiences, strategies, and visions for driving innovation and leading with impact across industries. The discussion will be followed by a networking drinks reception, offering a chance to connect with fellow alumni, expand your professional circle, and celebrate the power of community.

Registration is required as space is limited!

Register here

Note that registration is open until 14th October

Location: LSE Campus, Vera Anstey Room, Old Building

Embrace and Power are delighted to welcome Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman an award-winning Ghanaian-American researcher, writer and doctoral student at Harvard Kennedy School.

Anna is the author of The Black Agenda: Bold Solutions for a Broken System, the first trade publication to exclusively feature Black scholars and experts across economics, education, health, climate, criminal justice, and technology.

Her upcoming book, The Double Tax, explores the costs women face and shows why the bill runs higher for women of colour. It will be published by Penguin/Portfolio on September 16, 2025. Anna’s work has been featured in TIME, Bloomberg, NPR, and The New York Times, and she is the youngest recipient of the CEDAW Women’s Rights Award—an honour previously awarded to Vice President Kamala Harris.

This event is open to all LSE staff and Students, whether or not you’ve read the book. Come along to hear Anna’s insights, join the conversation, and connect with colleagues over refreshments.

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Location: LSE Campus, outside the SAW building

Join us outside the SU Building to celebrate Black-owned businesses! We will have African-Caribbean food on sale and live music from a Caribbean Steel Pan Band!

Timings (10.00am - 4.00pm)
11.00am: Businesses, music and food begins
11.00am - 2.00pm: Music

No registration required. 

Location: Online

Join LSESU’s Avinash Mandalia for a morning meditation session to start your day with clarity and calm, as part of EmbRace’s Wellbeing Fair celebrating Black History Month. The session will be held online, so you can participate from wherever you feel most comfortable.

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Location: LSE Treatment Clinic, 1st Floor, Fawcett House, Clements Inn, London, WC2A 2AZ

As part of our Wellbeing Fair celebrating Black History Month, EmbRace is offering free 30-minute group auricular acupuncture sessions at the LSE Treatment Clinic, led by Panilla Marott.

Clinically supported to reduce stress, ease tension, and promote relaxation, these sessions are a perfect way to pause, refresh, and support your overall health.

Note that sessions are limited to 10 staff members and offered on a first-come, first-served basis for ethnic minority staff and EmbRace members. Please request your space by filling out the form below.

Request a space here

Note that these sessions are reserved for ethnic minority staff/EmbRace members

Location: ARC, first floor of Saw Swee Hock Building.

LSESU, as part of Black History Month, is offering 2-3 Black students at LSE an opportunity to do short-term research within LSE Archives and to present it during Black History Month.

Please join us to have an introduction to the archives, and hear Black LSE students' research on an area of historical interest related to anti-racist, anti-colonial and Black radical organising in the UK and beyond.

There is no need to get a ticket or register for this event.

Location: Online and the Hall-Carpenter Room SAW 3.02, third floor of the SAW building (Hybrid)

Discover the passions of our LSE community as colleagues give a relaxed, lunchtime talk about their favourite hobbies and interests as part of EmbRace's Wellbeing Fair. Join us in the Hall-Carpenter Room, SAW 3.02 or sign up to attend online!

Please use this link to join remotely on the day: 

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There is no need to get a ticket or register for this event if you attend in person.

Location: Various

LSE staff networks EmbRace and Power are launching a new series of weekly circular walks near campus – each week, we’ll meet at a different time (morning, lunchtime, or after work) to make it easier for everyone to take part.

Sign up for the first walk here.
Join the Weekly Walks Teams Group for updates on times and routes