Celebrating Black History Month

Posted on: Thursday 1 October 2020
Author: FPM

FPM marked Black History Month 2020 with two extremely engaging free talks.

Black History Month serves to highlight the contributions that people from African and Caribbean backgrounds have made (and continue to make) to our communities. It also highlights the barriers to their success (however measured), that have been present and continue to be present for so many.

Both talks were free to attend to both members and non-members.

Recordings of the webinars can be accessed below, alongside a reflective blog post from our Chief Executive, Marcia Philbin.

The Black Heroes of Mathematics

Dr Nira Chamberlain looks at the Black Heroes of Mathematics. Often overlooked, Nira enlightened attendees about the inspirational men and women who overcame significant obstacles to prove that ‘mathematics is truly for everybody!’

From Yale to COVID-19 (a personal reflection)

Dr John Ndikum was joined by our Chief Executive Dr Marcia Philbin to talk about race, social justice and health care. John talked about his journey through medicine, and finished by reading his FPM commissioned poem "Humanity in Calamity"

Ten lessons from FPM's Black History Month webinars

Dr Marcia Philbin reflects on ten learning points from our two webinars.