By the time she died in 2017, Mrs Betty Campbell was well-known as a Welsh community activist and pioneering educationalist. Education was her medium, the school was her piloting site, the students her focus, with the community serving as validation of the difference she sought to make, and lastly, the national and international recognition the telling testimony of the impact she continues to have. In September 2021, Mrs Betty Campbell became the first-ever woman to have a monument in her chosen by the Welsh public who voted in BBC Wales' Hidden Heroines campaign. In 2023, USW awarded a posthumous honorary Doctor of Letters (DLitt) to Mrs Betty Campbell. This is the first posthumous honorary degree that has been awarded by the University.
The role of women in education, professional and domestic life is a strand of Mrs Campbell’s legacy. Of importance is the role of Motherhood. This podcast has been produced by the Founder of Apex Education, and leading anti-racist advocate, educationalist and consultant, Rachel Clarke, who is also Mrs Campbell’s granddaughter. She is joined by Aisha Thomas and Liz Pemberton, both of whom are anti-racist educators with a wealth of knowledge of the British education system. All are mothers and share insights on the challenges, joys and ongoing work to create spaces to raise their children in the United Kingdom.
The podcast explores Black Motherhood. Rachel Clarke, Aisha Thomas and Liz Pemberton will lead listeners through the effects of structural racism on motherhood, its impact and how it can be navigated. More or as importantly, the podcast is about the beauty of mothering, the joy of children and the knowledge of Black women.
Special thanks to Prof Roiyah Saltus for being a bridge and Rawle-Ann Risha Gibbons for the music
