Hello and welcome back
First of all I would like to say a huge thank you to all my readers and welcome the new
readers also.
I have been very busy and attended an event in
Hull on Saturday to mark
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
Here in Hull there was a celebration on the Saturday in Hull's central library.
I attended the panel discussion at mid day
(below is one of the posters for the event)
Here is a little about the venue
Firstly though I went to view some of the art on show in the cafe.
Here are a few
This created by my good friend
Debi Keable of her late nana.
A touching tribute may I add.
In Hulls library cafe quite a lovely space actually.
These by Lucy-Anna Howson
Then this by Rebecca Robyns.
So then onto the panel talk
Held in the main library
Debi talked about her work presented in Guild hall
A collection of rose petals from friends and family.The flowers was gifts from the loss of her nana.Debi put them all together to create the work.
Knowing Debi I know this meant an awful lot to her and the audience really related to Debi and her emotions.
If you wish to know more about
Debi Keable and her art see more here
The panel consisted of ladies who all had a very different life/story and events to tell the audience.
This lady is Kay Duran
Hulls Detective Chief Inspector
Who has quite the history
serving the Royal army corps and working as a police woman for twenty three years.
Working in the sector of vulnerable people and children who are sexually exploited.
Her role in the force and personal life must have been quite a challenge given it's a very male lead profession.
Uma Rajesh who is new to Hull working
at Hulls hospital as an obstetrician.
Mother to Welsh/Indian children descending from Chennai which was formally Madras.
Uma left her home country after marrying and being a midwife back home now focuses on
women in pregnancy with addiction during pregnancy.
Now to sister Teresa Matthews to lead a conversation also
Then to Margaret King
Who I had to say stole the whole talk.
Margaret wrote her first book at the tender age of
eight seven years old.
The quote
"A diary is a discipline of writing"
Writing the book Ada's Terrace find it here
Then a leading lady in Hull
Diana Johnson who was one of 26 women out of 40 people to be in in the biggest intake of women into Parliament at that time.
Highlighting her proud moments as Introducing the smoking ban and being proactive regarding modern slavery.
See more here
Or
Then the Lord Mayor of Hull
The Lord mayor is very interesting lady.
Before Saturday I knew very little about her.
However I discovered that she left school with one Olevel and sat again and got 7 and was a nurse for seventeen and a half years and then got a degree in Social work.
See more here
The talk was a great meeting of ladies varied and some known and unknown to the audience.
I certainly was captivated by each and every life story told more so Margarets moment to talk.
Gentle humbling and delicate she made the us all wait a while till she realised she had not got her glasses on to read to us.
This was a true moment of delight as I thought maybe she had been caught up in emotion in fact that was just me being emotional.
She captivated us all with every word then her daughter began to talk and told us even more about her which was truly the highlight of the whole talk for me.Letting us know that us women are true heroes and revealing her love and admiration for her mum.Took as all back and it was wonderful!
I hope next years event is bigger and we have more room to debate and talk with more room more women.Till then we can still talk still grow and still learn as women we should stand together like our sisters before.
Here is a list of all the artist on show at the event
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