Ordinary People

The UK has a world class National Health Service but is it fit for purpose for everyone? 
 
Considering black people have served on the front line of the NHS in large numbers for over 6 decades, what are the origins of the mistrust in our NHS?

Almost too much to cover. Not almost, it was........ more to come

#HenriettaLacks   #BLM  #DiversityandInclusion  #Community

Host:
Peter Jones - Host and Founder of Ordinary People

Contributors:
Zuleika Lebow - Educator, Artist and Cultural Producer
Elicia Chantiluke - Poet, Mother with 30+ years Nursing experience
Eve Alexander -  IT L&D Consultant
Cliff Faulder -  CEO AboutFace Training

What does a more equal society look like  - can we envisage it ?
Would we know when we have an equal society - how will we know ?

These and more questions are discussed and debated with a diverse panel from different backgrounds and with differing points of view. Making for a very engaging listen.  

You can expect a very open, candid and passionate debate throughout in a search for common ground and agreed solutions to address the issues supporting inequality and segregation.

Host:
Peter Jones - Host and Founder of Ordinary People

Contributors:
Steve Preistnall - Founder & Director, ONQU Automation & Support
James Byng - Education Specialist
Ryder Shafique - Poet, Musical Producer, Artist and Content Creator
Max Cookhorn - Educator and Sportsman 

As a mixed race person in the UK, how does it feel to be part of the conversation, on both sides ? 
It is something that many of us will not have to consider or have to be aware of - “Based on my dual heritage what should i be doing or thinking and how much of an influence is my family or families on my BLM point of view” 

Hosted by: 
Mary McDowall - Co-Founder, Learning Solutions Matter 

Contributors:
Steve Michael - Small Business Owner
Melissa Jones-Jackson - Financial Accounting 
Zuleika Lebow - Educator, Artists and Cultural Producer

Ordinary People has put together a panel of mixed race individuals and asked them to discuss, "What impact has the BLM movement had on your views about life as a mixed race person in Britain"

What we get is something far more revealing in terms of participation, identity, colourism, introspection to a degree that no other ethnic group have to go. If you have never wondered what it might be like to be in the middle and asked to choose a side !!   Then you need to listen to this piece of education.

Hosted by: 
Mary McDowall - Co-Founder, Learning Solutions Matter 

Contributors:
Steve Michael - Small Business Owner
Melissa Jones-Jackson - Financial Accounting 
Zuleika Lebow - Educator, Artists and Cultural Producer

Racism can be most simply understood as someone behaving differently towards another person based on the colour of their skin or culture. But are there other definitions or degrees of Racism.
In this episode we ask the question to our guests who have differing life experiences or come from different communities. The result is an interesting spectrum of views, some not shared or appreciated but undeniably heartfelt.

Host:
Peter Jones- Founder of Ordinary People Education

Contributors:
Kirk Dawes - Chairman Birmingham Rockets Basketball
Graham Moffitt - Retired Police Officer
Roy Grey - Business owner 

It’s been 10 years since the introduction of the Equalities Act 2010 which was meant to protect people from discrimination in the workplace and in wider society. Ordinary People asks a panel of guests to discuss what’s happened.

What is the evidence that DEI has made a difference to the workplace, to employment opportunity and to society for people of colour ?

Host:
Peter Jones- Founder of Ordinary People Education

Contributors: 
Mary McDowall - Director, Learning Solutions Matter
Cliff Faulder - CEO, AboutFace Training
James Byng - Specialist Leader of Education 

“I think whites are carefully taught not to recognize white privilege, as males are taught not to recognize male privilege.”  Peggy McIntosh “Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” 1988 essay

What is your understanding of White Privilege? 
How do you think it impacts the non-white community ?

Another Ordinary People panel discusses the benefits and disadvantages of the ‘White Privilege’ phenomena.

Host:
Peter Jones - Founder of Ordinary People Education

Contributors:  
Helen Bandcroft - Corporate Skills & Employability
Esther Passingham - Development Officer, Voscur
Mark Rice - Leadership & Development Coach
Steve Michael - Founder and owner, Senior Home Solutions

Take a  journey into he realm of the Black Woman.  Listen to 4 black women tell you what it has been like to be a black woman in British society.  

At one time or another we have all either said or thought that black women are the backbone and strength within the black community. That may well be true but what are the effects of heaping so much expectation, responsibility and obligation on them as individuals and equals.

Have society and black men in the main abdicated their own responsibility based on “The Myth of the Strong Black Woman” ?


Guest Host: Evelyn Alexander
Contributors:  Mary McDowall, Elaine White & Mabowunje Harrison

Ordinary People discuss the importance, or not, of retrospectively reviewing the status of Songs, Statues and TV programmes to achieve equality in a multicultural society. 
How far would a review need to look and what impact would that have on historically revered figures in British society. 
Who would be best placed to conduct a review, how would they be chosen and what could we expect as a result of this type of review?

Host: Peter Jones
Contributors: Barry Knott, Eve Alexander, Max Cookhorn & Earl Hibbert.

Not before time, we get to hear what the younger generation think about this era of Social Discourse and Black Lives Matter.

Raw and unfiltered as you would expect but with a few surprises. I’ll shut up and let the Millennials speak for themselves.



Guest Host: Melissa Jones-Jackson
Guest Panel: Naomi Allen, Luwke Snape