Joint Psychosocial and Politics Event: In-conversation with Dawn Butler MP - In-person
When:
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Venue:
Birkbeck Main Building, Malet Street
For online tickets see here
Concluding our Politics Week celebrations, this is an in-conversation event with Dawn Butler, followed by drinks reception
Dawn Butler has been Labour MP for Brent Central since 2015, and was the first elected Black female government minister in the UK. In opposition, her posts have included Shadow Minister (Equalities Office) and Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities between 2017 and 2020. You can find out more about her career here https://members.parliament.uk/member/1489/career
Chairs/discussants: Dr Jan Etienne (Psychosocial studies) and Dr Ben Worthy (Politics)
Dr Jan Etienne is a Birkbeck Fellow and Associate Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences, History and Philosophy. Her major research interest is in the field of Black Feminist Epistemology, and Womanist learning for community activism, exploring women’s involvement in transforming community spaces into thriving matriarchal learning hubs.
Contact name:
Daniel Parnell