Black History Month 2023
Celebrating Black History Month 2023
October is Black History Month and at LSTM we are celebrating the contribution of Black staff, students, alumni and partners who are working towards our vision of healthy lives across the world. This year is particularly significant for LSTM as we celebrate our 125th anniversary, giving us an opportunity to confront some of the colonial legacies in our history as we continue our journey to become an anti-racist organisation.
As a modern organisation that puts equitable partnerships at our heart, it will be particularly appropriate to highlight our 'Unknown Researcher' project, which will celebrate the contribution of local researchers, technicians, and assistants throughout our history who made LSTM’s work in Africa possible but remain largely unnamed and uncredited. You will be able to meet some of them during Black History Month and throughout our anniversary year.
Black History Month this year focuses on celebrating Black women who have been at the heart of the social justice movement, confronting oppression and advocating for change but have been frequently forgotten. Several activities and events have been planned by the BAME network in partnership with LSTM’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Manager and the Race Equity Action Committee to join the rest of the country in marking the month and I call on colleagues to participate as much as possible. Let us take this opportunity to show our support and reaffirm our commitment to being a model anti-racist organisation.
Professor David Lalloo
Director, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Celebrating LSTM alumni, staff and students
In Black History Month 2023, we will be sharing the stories of Black women who have made huge contributions to LSTM’s history and those who continue to lead its vital work in pioneering scientific research, delivering life-saving treatment, leading global health initiatives to inspire change and empowering the next generation.
Read the stories of our incredible alumni, staff and students below, which will be added to throughout Black History Month 2023.
LSTM are hosting and supporting events for Black History Month 2023, please read on to find out more. There are also internal events for staff and students taking place in October, as well as a host of other public events for Black History Month across Liverpool. Find out more via Culture Liverpool.
LSTM hosts panel discussion on colonial legacies for Black History Month
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine hosted a panel discussion on colonial legacies and restorative action as part of Black History Month.
A panel of historians, academics and researchers led the event ‘Understanding Colonial Legacies and Exploring Restorative Action’, delivering a series of talks on Liverpool and LSTM’s colonial legacies and addressing historic and contemporary racial inequities within higher education, global medicine and wider society.
LSTM co-hosts unique arts and science event for Black History Month
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine co-hosted a unique event merging arts and science for Black History Month, building on previous successful collaborations on the ‘Black Science Bootcamp’ and the recent panel discussion, ‘Understanding Colonial Legacies and Exploring Restorative Action’.
In partnership with University of Liverpool’s Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at Tung Auditorium, the event ‘Bioethics of Being Black in Science and Medicine’ featured acting and musical performances followed by a panel discussion of experts from LSTM, University of Liverpool and Liverpool Women’s Hospital.
Black History Month – Saluting our Sisters
Black History Month is celebrated in the UK in October. It represents a a significant opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the invaluable contributions made by Black individuals to British society and around the world.
The national theme for this year’s Black History Month is ‘Saluting Our Sisters’, which is dedicated to championing the role and achievements of Black women across British culture and society whose accomplishments have frequently been unheralded.
You can find out more about Black History Month and this year’s campaign on the Black History Month website.
