Rosalie Schweiker & Sahjan Kooner
ARTISTS, DESIGNERS
& WORKSHOP FACILITATORS
Rosalie Schweiker (Migrants In Culture) and Sahjan Kooner have been each other's clinical supervisors since the start of the pandemic. They have extensive experiences as artists, designers, workshop facilitators and…
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Gini Simpson
HEAD OF PROGRAMMING
SOMETHING TO AIM FOR
Gini Simpson is Head of Public Programmes at Something To Aim For, where she sets up large scale programmes linking different communities and networks, facilitating effective knowledge exchange and authentic co-creation, which can genuinely engage diverse people to contribute to solutions to big issues.
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Nurull Islam
CREATIVE PRACTITIONER
Nurull Islam is a creative practitioner working on projects with the underserved and minorities within the community.
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Tian Glasgow
SENIOR CREATIVE PRODUCER & LECTURER
PROGRAMME COORDINATOR, ARTS EMERGENCY
Tian Glasgow (he/him) is a queer cis Black man who grew up in London and has been based in Manchester since 2019.
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Marina Norris
INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, REVOLUTION ARTS
CHAIR, WHAT NEXT? BRIGHTON
Marina Norris is Interim Executive Director of Revolution Arts, Chair of What Next? Brighton, Trustee of Brighton Dome & Festival, and a member of the Governance Group leading the ABCD Cultural Recovery Plan in Brighton and Hove.
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Arman Nouri
CULTURE WORKER
Arman Nouri is a culture worker with a focus on the role of civic infrastructures and cultural production in community and neighbourhood development.
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Dr Diana Damian Martin
RESEARCHER & ARTIST, MIGRANTS IN CULTURE
CONSORTIUM PARTNER, FREELANCE : FUTURES
Diana is a Romanian-born researcher, educator and artist. Her work focuses on borders, migrancy and peripheral politics.
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Professor Dave O'Brien
PROFESSOR, CULTURAL & CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
Dave O'Brien is Professor of Cultural and Creative Industries at the University of Sheffield. He is a co-investigator at the Arts and Humanities Research Council's Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre…
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Dr. Ella Parry-Davies
RESEARCH PRACTITIONER
Ella Parry-Davies is a researcher-practitioner who facilitates co-creative responses to questions of migration and labour, in particular domestic work.
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Dr. Jessi Parrott
DATA & RESEARCH MANAGER, INC ARTS
CONSORTIUM PARTNER, FREELANCE : FUTURES
Jessi Parrott is Data and Research Manager at Inc Arts UK. As a non-binary, queer and disabled person with a combined background as a performer and academic…
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Dr. Roaa Ali
INTER-DISCIPLINARY EDUCATOR & RESEARCHER
Roaa Ali is an interdisciplinary educator and researcher with a growing research profile in race and diversity in the Creative and Cultural Industries (CCIs); inequality; and institutional change.
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Dr. Amit S. Rai
READER IN CREATIVE INDUSTRIES & ARTS ORGANISING, QUEEN MARY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
Dr. Amit S. Rai is Reader in Creative Industries and Arts Organising at Queen Mary, University of London.
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Emma Blake Morsi
MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PRODUCER
Emma Blake Morsi is a multi award-winning multi-disciplinary producer, non-executive director of Rising Arts Agency and former Bristol City Council’s Culture Board member.
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Vijay Patel
PERFORMANCE ARTIST, WRITER &
NEURODIVERGENT ACCESS CONSULTANT
Vijay Patel (he/they) is a performance artist, writer and neurodivergent access consultant, crossing forms from live art, performance art and queer club/cabaret.
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Jess Holliday
PSYCHOSPIRITUAL WELLNESS COACH
Jess holds a BSc Degree in Psychology and Philosophy. She is also a Vedic Educator, certified in Primordial Sound Meditation, Transformative Meditation, Breathing, Ashtanga Yoga, Energetic Massage Therapy and Reiki Healing.
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Anusha Wijeyakumar MA
FOUNDER
WOMXN OF COLOR + WELLNESS
Anusha is the daughter of Sri Lankan immigrant parents. Being raised in the philosophy of Sanatana Dharma and a lifelong student of Hinduism and Buddhism, she has a vast knowledge in both.
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Louise McMullan
DEPUTY GENERAL SECRETARY
EQUITY
After studying Philosophy, Politics and Economics and working as an employment advisor Louise joined the Transport and General Workers Union as a trainee organiser in 2005.
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Madeleine Botet De Lacaze
ASTROLOGER
ARTIST
Madeleine is an artist and an astrologer, who believes in an astrology that liberates, that opens up possibilities for life experiences and that cultivates fluidity and resilience.
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Kudsia Batool
HEAD OF EQUALITIES AND STRATEGY
TUC
Kudsia Batool is the head of TUC equalities and strategy.
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Karen James
YOGA TEACHER
Karen James is a yoga teacher who believes the practice you undertake should be accessible, and meet you where you are in any given moment.
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