Social Equity

The Olympian who stopped running from her truth

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Olympic-winning athlete and national treasure, Colonel Dame Kelly Holmes joined us at The Conduit for a fireside chat. During this conversation we heard about her career in the army, winning the double gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics, and how she has found freedom to be her true self since.

Eric Collins in Conversation

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In his new book We Don’t Need Permission, Eric identifies ten key principles of successful entrepreneurship, aiming to inspire and motivate under-represented people to take their future and economic destiny into their own hands.

To Be a Woman: Perspectives from 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair

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Celebrating its tenth anniversary in London, 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair returns to Somerset House this weekend. With 50 international exhibitors across 21 countries, there’s a wealth of great art to see. Our reporter, Sheila Mutua, has picked out five stand-out artists whose work explores notions of womanhood.

How we choose to remember matters: A Story of Bones (film review)

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October is Black History Month in the UK, a month dedicated to remembrance, acknowledgement, reflection, celebration, agency, and education. The Conduit collaborated with Doc Society to screen Annina van Neel’s powerful and haunting journey of discovery of one of the most significant traces of the transatlantic slave trade, and her fight to reclaim the neglected history of Saint Helena. ’A Story of Bones’ is an exposé of historical injustice, a lesson on the gravity of remembering, and a chronicle of the power and potential for community action to ignite change.

Eye on Afghanistan: Facing Famine

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Record levels of food insecurity persist in Afghanistan with almost half the population - 19.7 million people - facing acute hunger, requiring emergency food assistance. Families are being forced to resort to desperate coping measures in order to feed their children and families. Join our expert panel for an analysis of what action needs to be taken to ease the severe hunger and food insecurity confronting an entire nation.

An Insight into Umama

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The short film “Umama” tells the true story of a South African domestic worker who wakes to find her son missing. Directed by South-African born Talia Smith, the short film won Gold at the Student Academy Awards and received high praise from director Spike Lee. The film explores both South African specific issues along with universal themes, including the major class contrasts that exist in the legacy apartheid has left behind; crime and safety in South Africa; South Africa’s melting pot of cultures; to be “in” but not “of” a specific group and above all else the dichotomy in which love exists.

‘I Am, You Are: A Pebble’: an interview with photographer Sebastian Böttcher

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‘I Am, You Are: A Pebble’ is a project by international photographer, Sebastian Böttcher. Inspired by the book ‘From Women to the World – Letters for a New Century’ by Elizabeth Filippouli, this collaborative project brings to life the extraordinary stories of visionary women from around the world. It portrays women from more than 20 countries, creating a metaphorical dialogue and a space for us all to celebrate women's diversity, values and compassionate leadership style.

How The Conduit Accelerated My Career as a Young LGBT+ Entrepreneur

A few weeks ago, I had the honour of co-hosting an LGBT+ History Dinner at The Conduit with my hero, Bisi Alimi. Attendees included friends, business clients, and other Conduit members. On the back of this, I’ve been inspired to write about how being a member at The Conduit has helped me accelerate my career as an LGBT+ young entrepreneur.

Racial Equity: Intersectionality in Action

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February is Black History Month in the United States and in the UK we have been marking Racial Equity Week. As with Britain’s Black History Month in October, these moments in time offer us the chance to reflect on past struggles for racial justice and celebrate the successes achieved.

How to end FGM by 2030

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More than 200 million girls and women across the globe have undergone FGM, that’s over 1 in 20 girls and women in the world. Yet this is an issue that is entirely solvable. So what can we do? Our expert panel, alongside FGM activists tuning in from across Africa, discussed how we can harness the power of media to bring an end to FGM by 2030.