A gorgeous conversation between Judy (museums & heritage professional), Michelle (@_artdp, creative producer, community activist), Lex (poet, storyteller and conflict manager) and Swareena (designer) in the Myatts Fields greenhouse. Michelle and Lex are Myatts Fields regulars who contribute to the area's creative life in many ways. Michelle is on the Park events committee and is encouraging more youth involvement on the back of her hugely successful hip hop festival. Lex had a big turning point in his spoken word career at an event on the bandstand in 2022. Judy and Swareena are experiencing the Park for the first time on the day this conversation was recorded. In fact Swareena had moved from India to Lambeth only seven days ago. We're so pleased she's able to join us!

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Nicole - listen for rhythm and intonation of dialogue

Jill Eastmond in conversation with her mum Doreen on the topic of working motherhood! Doreen came from Barbados to nurse in the NHS, which was actively recruiting form The Caribbean islands at that time. (Doreen came post-Windrush; on an aeroplane not a boat, she'll have you know.)  She raised Jill and siblings in the North of England and Jill went onto become a nurse herself, despite her mums fears. Jill is now on a groundbreaking Kofoworola Abeni Pratt fellowship, aiming to embed an anti-racist agenda in the NHS.

Jill Eastman calls her 85 year old mother Doreen every evening after work.  Both dedicated their careers to NHS nursing. Here they discuss the life Doreen left behind in Barbados, and the pride she took in helping the sick, even when people openly discriminated against her as a Black woman.

Kofoworola Abeni Pratt fellowship nurses in conversation: Jill Eastmond in conversation with Ras Kahai& Charlotte Yearwood Martin