African Voices Platform - AVP

21/08/2025

🔴🎙️ LIVE ON AFRICAN VOICES PLATFORM RADIO 📻

Tomorrow at 11AM, join Tchiyiwe Thandiwe Chihana, in conversation with our beloved host Gogo Trysense as she shares about her upcoming Climate Change & Upcycling Exhibition and Workshop. 🌍♻️

The exhibition and workshop is as follows:

🗓 Thursday 28th August
📍 Free Entry | All Ages (children must be accompanied)
💡 Workshops:
▪️ FREE for those bringing their own resources
▪️ Materials available for purchase on site

This is a self-sponsored community initiative born out of passion, creativity, and care for our planet.
Let’s show up for Gogo and amplify her effort to turn waste into possibility.

🔊 To hear all about it, tune in live on African Voices Platform Radio and be part of a conversation that matters!

21/08/2025

21/08/2025

🔴🎙️ LIVE ON AFRICAN VOICES PLATFORM RADIO 📻

Tomorrow at 11AM, join Tchiyiwe Thandiwe Chihana, in conversation with our beloved host Gogo Trysense as she shares about her upcoming Climate Change & Upcycling Exhibition and Workshop. 🌍♻️

The exhibition and workshop is as follows:

🗓 Thursday 28th August
📍 Free Entry | All Ages (children must be accompanied)
💡 Workshops:
▪️ FREE for those bringing their own resources
▪️ Materials available for purchase on site

This is a self-sponsored community initiative born out of passion, creativity, and care for our planet.
Let’s show up for Gogo and amplify her effort to turn waste into possibility.

🔊 To hear all about it, tune in live on African Voices Platform Radio and be part of a conversation that matters!

19/08/2025

18/08/2025

📺In this inspiring episode of African Voices Platform TV, we meet Avi Chimezi and Tyrone Yeboah, the creative forces behind Steady, a Sheffield-born streetwear brand and cultural collective turning style into a tool for change.

The episode first aired on Sheffield Live TV

In this inspiring episode of African Voices Platform TV, we meet Avi Chimezi and Tyrone Yeboah, the creative forces behind Steady, a Sheffield-born streetwea...

18/08/2025

18/08/2025

❓ What does real accountability and trust look like in communities across Sheffield? How can we at Now Then use our platform and our skills as storytellers to build community power in the city? We want to hear from you.

➡️ https://loom.ly/hr8rKmk

18/08/2025

𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫-𝐋𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐔𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝐌𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐞, 𝐂𝐄𝐎 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐑𝐀

Step into our conversation with Ursula Myrie, CEO and founder of Adira Org, a survivor-led mental health and well-being organisation in Sheffield.

In this interview, Ursula shares her personal journey of surviving childhood abuse, living with borderline personality disorder, and transforming her pain into purpose. She discusses ADIRA’s unique survivor-led approach, creative workshops, and pioneering projects such as the BAFTA-nominated film WEAVE and the NIHR-funded TASH Project.

We also explore ADIRA’s recent move to the Sheffield Interchange, how location shapes visibility and partnerships, and Ursula’s powerful advocacy for culturally competent care for Black communities.

✨ Topics include:

Ursula’s personal story and the founding of ADIRA

Survivor-led mental health support in Sheffield

The role of creativity and film (WEAVE, TASH Project) in advocacy

Relocation to The Interchange hub and community partnerships

National recognition and policy influence

Future vision for survivor-led mental health care

Host: Tchiyiwe Thandiwe Chihana
This episode is part of African Voices Platform TV & Radio’s mission to amplify African and diaspora stories that challenge systems and inspire change.

📍 Recorded at African Voices Platform Studio in May and first aired on Sheffield Live TV.

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