Stolen Voices: The Power of Historical Black Voices | Pauline Campbell | TEDxWalthamstow

Pauline Campbell’s talk captures her journey, it’s one of resilience and perseverance. At 15, a teacher informed her that she was not 'A' level material. 19 years later, Pauline rejected this limiting belief to pursue a full-time law degree while working a 25-hour-a-week job. At 41, she became a qualified Solicitor. Since then, Pauline has continuously fought for equal rights, an end to racism, and more diversity in the legal profession, namely through her pro bono work.
In her own words, Pauline says:
“My talk took me back to a time when I felt disempowered, lost and disenfranchised as a young teenager in a British Education system that made no place for me and my ancestral history. But it then shows how I used the precious 'gift' of an Education that my parents had fought so hard for me to have to search out inspirational and powerful historical black voices that helped me see the importance of gaining knowledge from those with the 'lived experience' and how those voices paved the way to show how important they were in paving the way for the Equality, Diversity and Inclusive principles we have today. Which not only made me stronger, but helped me to become a beacon in the fight for Equality in a world in which I will never allow myself to be disempowered again”.
Pauline Campbell is a Black British Principal lawyer at Waltham Forest Council, a published author, a legal writer, and a social justice advocate.
Pauline’s journey is one of resilience and perseverance. At 15, a teacher informed her that she was not 'A' level material. 19 years later, Pauline rejected this limiting belief to pursue a full-time law degree while working a 25-hour-a-week job. At 41, she became a qualified Solicitor. Since then, Pauline has continuously fought for equal rights, an end to racism, and more diversity in the legal profession, namely through her pro bono work.
Through her role as Supervisor at the Windrush Justice Clinic in 2021 and as the sole pro bono Legal Adviser to the Windrush Reach project, she has helped over 100 Windrush scandal victims. She is now the pro-bono lawyer of the Justice4Windrush campaign. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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Your story is so powerful! I’ll be listening to it over and over again!

[@jonnywalkerisateacher2676]

Powerful talk about the long shadows of injustices, in the classroom and in society at large - will be sharing it with lots of school leaders i know.

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A very moving story, Pauline.

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