I've seen tweets with #AcademicChatter garner thousands of retweets + likes. Will you help us or scroll past? We are 10 Black Academics, Researchers + Professionals 🇬🇧 working to put an end to racism – structural, systemic, institutional, discriminatory + hostile in Academia 1/2
In the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 Black Women employed full time in Academia represent 1.3%. Additionally, there are less than 1% of Black Profs in the UK. This is a systemic issue 🙄 At this point we request to be heard in line with @UKRI_News promises. Petition knowledgeispower.live/add-your-name/
Link to our open letter to follow. We ask @UKRI_News for proactive justice in funding systems and processes to be transparent and equitable. For example a Co-investigator should NEVER be able to sit on the same review panel to which their grant application was submitted 🙄 Simple
Major thanks to Huffington Post UK @HuffPostUK @HuffPost who have just published this article about @UKRI_News and our open letter requesting for an end to racism in Academia 🇬🇧 #KnowledgeIsPower #COVID19 #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter #BlackLivesMatter bit.ly/323qkzp
These are the phenomenal women I've been fortunate to meet in our shared vision for a better world: @AddyAdelaine @MissChisomo @DrFuraha_Asani @DoulaSmith @docadisa @MMKingOkoye @PaperWhispers @itsJaninebtw @pwi11iams @RuthAgbakoba. Research affects policy + policy affects lives.
Thank you for retweeting @EnricoCoiera! Pioneer in our field and so grateful for your allyship!🌟
@AcademicChatter @AddyAdelaine @MissChisomo @DrFuraha_Asani @DoulaSmith @docadisa @MMKingOkoye @PaperWhispers @itsJaninebtw @pwi11iams Thank you for retweeting @AcademicChatter! Working together to make the world a better place! 🌟🙏🏽
