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No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.
A compilation of poems about racism in the workplace and in childhood, including winning entries from the second Black in White Poetry Competition. Like its predecessor, this book is dedicated to all who see and value the benefits of equality, diversity, and inclusion and who labour actively in whatever capacity within this field to help…
Sharing Stories, Shaping Societies
Here is your heart
A compilation of poems about racism in the workplace and in childhood, including winning entries from the second Black in White Poetry Competition. Like its predecessor, this book is dedicated to all who see and value the benefits of equality,…
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Poems from the Black in White Poetry Competition 2022.
A compilation of poems about racism in the workplace and childhood, including winning entries from the second Black in White Poetry Competition.
This rebranded version of Black in White Community Collection Volume 2 features the same powerful poems, now accompanied by an engaging new cover design.
Like its predecessor, this book is dedicated to all who see and value the benefits of equality, diversity, and inclusion, and who labour actively in whatever capacity within this field to help open the minds of those who are the reason why these poems have been written…
“As I read the poems, I was moved, more than I ever expected, and then made angry, disgusted, and frustrated that individuals are still being denied fair opportunities, are attacked, and are made to feel less and be devalued. I was also inspired and felt the beauty of the poems.
Avril Lee, Chair of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations Diversity and Inclusion Network
“I was so genuinely impressed by the quality of entries. I was impressed, too, by the diversity of voice, style, and lived experience. There was an abundance of passion, mainly, I believe, due to the addition of the ‘childhood racism’ category. The entries… were evocative and profound.
Serena Malcolm, judge, Black in White Poetry Competition 2022
Author Charlotte Shyllon
Charlotte is a senior business professional with nearly three decades’ experience working primarily in communications and business development. Following the killing of George Floyd in 2020, she wrote her first book of poems, Black in White, to share some of her experiences of racism in the corporate world. She then ran a poetry competition for four years to elicit other people’s stories about workplace and childhood racism.
In 2024, she set up The Transforming Words Foundation to expand this work and now uses her diversity and inclusion expertise to bring insight and illumination to these important issues. Charlotte is a British Sierra Leonean and is mum to two adult children.
