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Blogger, screenwriter and creative consultant Uju Asika is widely known as the author of Bringing Up Race: How to Raise a Kind Child in a Prejudiced World. Formerly working as a journalist, Uju has featured across mainstream media in the likes of Good Housekeeping and Marie Claire and on Good Morning Sunday and Woman’s Hour. Now booked as a speaker for corporate and public events, Uju is known to speak on topics such as intersectionality, anti-racist parenting and race- with former speaking clients including the likes of Dentons, Grazia Magazine and NASA Johnson Space Centre.
A multi-award-winning blogger and writer, Uju is the creator of the Babes About Town blog and is also the founder of Mothers and Shakers– a leading digital consultancy. Her blog has been recognised as part of the Top 10 London Lifestyle Blogs 2020 by Vuelio and as part of the Top 10 UK Mum Blog list 2021. Her book Bringing Up Race was also recognised as one of the Best Books of September 2020 by The Evening Standard. Her blogs and book focus on her expertise in parenting, having created her blog after she felt isolated and adrift as a new mother.
Now booked as a speaker for a range of corporate, public and educational events, Uju is sought to speak on race, intersectionality and anti-racist parenting. Commended for her outstanding talks, Uju has formerly spoken for various schools and businesses creating insightful and open discussions on race, diversity, inclusion, equality and unconscious bias. Also sharing her own personal encounters with racism, Uju pushes the importance of anti-racist parenting and encourages parents to convey that racism is not ok. Passionate about fighting racial discrimination, Uju Asika is a fantastic speaker when looking for an expert on intersectionality, anti-racist parenting and encouraging equality and inclusion.
“We thought the talk that Uju did for our Deloitte Digital colleagues on the 7th March was brilliant. Our colleagues that were able to join the call, all thought she did a really excellent job that proved to be inspirational to many of our discussions at other events that week. Lots of people have commented on how eloquently she spoke about her own experiences, highlighting challenges whilst also providing really actionable advice. Personally I also thought she was really fantastic- she had a friendly warmth about the way she spoke that really helped open up our internal panel discussions afterwards enabling some really frank and honest conversations.”
“‘Uju Asika’s talk was an inspiration to all students. Especially in the world we live in today, it is vital that we are antiracist and she spoke so passionately about the importance of teaching children to be antiracist from a young age. She told us all about her upbringing and her own personal encounters with racism which made us all more aware of how a person who is discriminated against because of their skin colour can feel, making us as a school community more motivated to make change. She concluded with her message of hope in young people and how she believes that young people will continue fighting for action and change concerning racial justice which motivated us to do so in our school community. It is clear to see that her passion and enthusiasm for teaching young people about race definitely had a positive impact on our school community”
“Uju gave two talks at Warwick School, both entitled “Bringing Up Race”. The first was to all of the pupils in the senior school and the second was to parents. Both talks were outstanding. They were pitched at the level of their respective audiences and very clearly our pupils engaged with the content. The talks have enabled us as a school to open up conversations around race, equality, inclusion and unconscious bias. Some parents have also messaged to say that their sons have started conversations at the dinner table as a result of hearing Uju’s talk”
“Thank you for an incredibly thoughtful and wonderful discussion today. This was SO helpful and I hope extra thought-provoking for some of our colleagues. We appreciate your patience and grace. We reached 100 folks today and will share with even more via the audio recording. I’ve already received multiple requests. We appreciate you helping us all to continue to educate ourselves and continue to journey towards a better world. Thank you again. You are truly, wonderfully out of this world!!”
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