In this Mental Health Hour, guest speakers Tolu Ajayi and Cheryl Martin discuss a series of topics relating to Queer Black Mental Health, and reflect on their own experiences working in the charity sector and the creative industry
About the guest speakers: Tolu Ajayi is the Operational Lead at Rainbow Noir, community organiser, and performance artist. Rainbow Noir is a Manchester-based volunteer led community action group, which celebrates and platforms LGBTQIA+ people of colour. Cheryl Martin is the Co-Artistic Director of Black Gold Arts, writer, jazz singer and poet. Black Gold Arts is also a Manchester-based arts organisation working predominantly with working-class people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community and their allies. It aims to get often overlooked voices, stories and hidden histories seen and heard, through a range of artistic mediums