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Advancing Black leadership
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Acknowledgements

This free course was written by Owain Smolović Jones, Fidele Mutwarasibo and Tom Morton.

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Introduction and guidance

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Week 1

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Audio-visual

Video 1: Kemar Knight – Building collective forms of power © The Open University

Week 2

Images

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Figure 2: Jeaneves/Pixabay

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Figure 4: geralt/Pixabay

Audio-visual

Video 1: Kemar Knight – Building collective forms of power ©The Open University

Video 2: Yaina Samuels – Solidarity in supporting action on mental health ©The Open University

Week 3

Images

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Week 4

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Audio-visual

Video 1: Kemar Knight ©The Open University

Video 2: Christy Adeola Braham Resistance to Power ©The Open University

Week 5

Images

Figure 1: Fly View Productions/Getty Images

Figure 2: Professional power by Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 Deed Alpha Stock Images

Figure 3: An art image showing the outline of a group of people with some designed in colourful mosaic styling. Some have one arm raised in what looks like the black power salute. https://creativecommons.org/2017/01/24/platform-cooperatives-movement-helps-light-commons/people-power-mosaic/

Audio-visual

Video 2: Yaina Samuels accessing public services ©The Open University

Week 6

Images

Figure 1: Angelina Bambina/iStock/ Getty Images Plus

Figure 2 Visual representation of the difference between equality and equity “Interaction Institute for Social Change | Artist: Angus Maguire https://interactioninstitute.org/illustrating-equality-vs-equity/

Audio-visual

Activity 3: Video/Podcast: courtesy: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/foreign-commonwealth-development-office

Week 7

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Figure 4: UnratedStudio/Pixabay

Section 3.2.1: Midwest strategy chart: Extract from Midwest strategy chart in : Bobo, Kimberley. A. (2010). Organizing for social change: Midwest Academy manual for activists

Slideshow Midwest Strategy Chart: Image 1, https://creativecommons.org/2017/01/24/platform-cooperatives-movement-helps-light-commons/people-power-mosaic/; Image 2, Extract from Midwest strategy chart in: Bobo, Kimberley. A. (2010) Organizing for social change: Midwest Academy manual for activists; Image 3, eralt/Pixabay

Audio-visual

Video 1: Christy Adeola Braham – Mobilising constituency ©The Open University

Video 2: Sharon Thompson – Resistance to power ©The Open University

Week 8

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Figure 4: Photo by Unseen Histories on Unsplash

Figure 5: Photo by Joel Muniz on Unsplash

Figure 6: Thomas Cizauskas https://www.flickr.com/photos/75714412@N00/29549987188 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/

Audio-visual

Video 1: Sharon Thompson – Organising context and constituency ©The Open University

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