Blogs & Updates
Challenging Gatekeeping For Inclusive Growth
At Teakisi, we believe in fostering safe, inclusive spaces where all community members can thrive. Safeguarding isn’t just about protecting individuals from harm; it’s about ensuring equitable access to resources, opportunities, and decision-making platforms. However,...
Why Our Bookshelves Need to Reflect Our World: The Importance of Diverse Libraries
As a community resource, Teakisi is always looking to create avenues for inclusivity amongst its services, as it’s needed to build strong communities. One such project is Teakisi's new library in Blyth, Tales Without Borders. Tales Without Borders is answering this...
Heritage & Flair: A Digital Space of African Richness
In the boundless expanse of cultural richness, Heritage & Flair, a Teakisi-powered initiative, emerges as a vibrant symphony weaving the timeless beauty and traditions of the African continent. Beyond the pixels and codes, it serves as a lively nexus for the...
Living With HIV and AIDS
World Aids Day, 1st December, is a worldwide campaign to promote HIV awareness, fight stigma and discrimination and share important information about HIV. A huge part of the campaign is also to support and encourage HIV testing, promote treatment, support those living...
22 Black Women In The North East To Celebrate This Black History Month
Another year another Black History Month that is once again full of events, conferences and celebrations to mark the awesome and amazing black people we have in our communities. Black people who day in and day out continue to make Britain what is it today, but seldom...
Announcing ‘Teakisi Woman Talk’ – 2022 Speakers!
We hope that you have your calendars marked, because we’re only a little over a week away from the 4th Teakisi Woman Talk - our annual Black History Month conference. Community organisations and members of the public will be heading to The Common Room to join us on a...
Unapologetically African
I spent half of last Saturday in one of the most beautiful buildings in Newcastle, The Catalyst - a beacon for data and healthy ageing innovation. Just a seven-minute walk from St James Metro station in the centre of Newcastle, The Catalyst is one of the best venues...
Be a Friend Not An Enemy
"Each age comes with its pressures" were my mother's words a few years back. Back then, this quote did not make sense but fast forward to the present, and the quote with only six words speaks volumes. There was a stage in my life when my peers and I believed that the...
Aminata Alice Yajoh, Visual and Performing Artist
Aminata Alice Yajoh is a self-taught artist from the Gambia. She is in her early twenties and a School of Public Health graduate of The Gambia College. Aminata is one of the country's few promising women in a male-dominated art community. Her paintings portray her...