St George’s Education, Development & Culture Dept

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For #TransAwarenessWeek our teams have been lucky enough to be educated by @TransActualUK Director Chay Brown He shared experiences of #transgender people and educated us on how to be better allies in healthcare settings and our lives outside of work⬇️ youtu.be/-txYF2AIxmA

So great to hear the melodic voices from St George's Staff Choir at yesterday's #BlackHistoryMonth closing event. Wonderful to also see staff signing up 2 the Daphne Steele Book Club which have had great titles this year! @TotterdellJac @JosephPav_D ,@RKABarrett @GivingtoGeorges

Happy #Diwali 🎊to everyone celebrating! Today St George’s hosted Diwali celebrations. Big thanks to our Hospital Charity + BAME staff network. Diwali is the Festival of Lights + celebrates new beginnings marking the new year + is a time for exchanging well wishes @TotterdellJac

Congrats to the GESH Calibre Leadership Programme 202 Graduates! Yesterday's ceremony + conference event was inspirational and showed how empowered pple with disabilities are experts in leading inclusive change that benefits us all!👏🏾👏🏼🎓🎉@TotterdellJac @JosephPav_D @RKABarrett

Thanks to all staff who have already submitted their reflections for Diversity and Inclusion's #BlackHistoryMonth #RestAsResistance Reflective Writing Giveaway! There's still time to enter + sharing how you #ReclaimYourTime in the face of racial injustice @StGeorgesTrust 🛌📖

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1/3 Huge thank you to our sponsor @GivingtoGeorges and to everyone who came along to our #AllyMovieNight for October celebrating Black History Month with the showing of Master (2022) starring Regina Hall!! 🍿🍺🎞️🎥

1/3 Learn more about the film via this Guardian review theguardian.com/film/2022/mar/…

1/3 Master (2022) artfully addresses some of the many issues Black people face in the professional and higher education environment through a supernatural lens, fear and the mental health effects this has as well as touching on transracialism

Congrats to all the #ProjectSEARCH 2022 graduates! For 10 years, this initiative provides employment skills + opportunities to young ppl with learning difficulties. Well done to the graduates + the Project SEARCH team for your hard work! @StGeorgesTrust @JosephPav_D @RKABarrett

Fantastic to see the lovely turnout for our July Ally Movie Night yesterday! Due to technical difficulties, instead of advertised title ' I am Not He...She (2015)' we ended up watching Moonlight (2016) which is of course hugely entertaining 🍿🍾@StGeorgesTrust @GivingtoGeorges

2/2 This year's theme @StGeorgesTrust is 'Why I'm Proud' and featured a photo exhibition on key LGBTQ+ figures and activists to celebrate 50 years of #Pride and showcase Allies and changemakers in the community. Happy Pride all! 🏳‍🌈

1/2 Huge thank you to SGH Managing Director Kate Slemeck, St George's Charity, the LGBTQ+ staff network and the fantastic speakers for a a wonderful #Pride2022 @StGeorgesTrust! @Free2B_alliance @MacmillanSTG @Aveneusa @healthandwellbeing

2/2 Great to see staff sharing powerful stories about Disability Confidence and hear how this impacts fellow colleagues + the Trust. Thanks too to DaWN staff network Co-chairs Anna Parley and Chelone Lee-Wo + Sponsor Andrew Grimshaw for his support #MentalHealthAwareness

1/2 Huge THANKS to the Disability and Wellness Staff Network (DaWN) for an engaging Mental Health Awareness Week 2022!👏Last week's theme was Loneliness - we heard powerful stories and more about resources + support. Thanks to all speakers and staff! @MHFAEngland @StGeorgesTrust

3/3 Dig Deeper: In the Huffington Post article: 'When You're White-Passing, White People Treat You Like The ‘Acceptable Ethnic'; explore the topic of ‘White-Passing’ with the view of an Arab North African who talks about being ‘an acceptable form of Muslim’ 3-minute read

2/3 'Passing' refers to the prevalent practice of members of minority or oppressed races, religions, ethnic groups, etc. pretending to be white (or otherwise members of the majority culture) to escape prejudice.

1/3 Thank you our sponsors St George’s Hospital Charity and to everyone who joined us in the Hyde Park Room for our first Ally Movie Night last Friday! for the showing of Passing (2021)🍿🎬

Great turn out for #returnofthejedi - thank you to the teams for their continued support for these important discussions and to our speakers. And to @ShamimUmarji, Kim and colleagues for the commitment and passion that brings us all together💥