Cleo Lake

@CleoDanceBaton

Community Coordinator Artist. Activist. Politician. Changemaker. Former Lord Mayor of Bristol 2018/19. 3rd in election 2021

Bristol, UK
Joined August 2013
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    Feb 13

    Interview from 2020 for just released. as my 'weapon' of choice. It helps me to understand my past & future & will / is part of navigating the great reckoning of that is brewing

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    As part of funded Art of Resistance caught up with activist, artist & elected representative to find out more about her inspirational story of grassroots activism and creativity 👀👇
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    7 hours ago

    Fascinating evening introducing the 5-year-long project 'The Meaning of Zong' soon at the . Brilliant talk with writer/performer , theatre director , performer & activist , a wonderful historian and musician Sidiki Dembele.

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    15 hours ago

    This Friday our final screening event plus Q&A as part of the FLY! Festival of Black Women's Film. Join us for Zanibar Soccer Dreams another fantastic film by Professor Florence Ayisi #IWD2022# Film

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    18 hours ago

    BBC provides Soundbites of their choice, HMPTV chooses soundbites of our choice...

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    Mar 21

    Our next funding round is open! This is a racial justice round in collaboration with , open to Bristol-based Black and Brown led racialised groups. Check out our funding page for more info or contact us. Apply by 30/4. Please share!

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    Mar 20

    Sometimes, when primary age children are together outdoors, boys can dominate. That is one of the reasons we are holding a girls nature camp for minority ethnic girls aged 8-12, on 2nd to 3rd April at Barton Camp near Bristol.

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    Mar 21

    We had a fabulous time together yesterday afternoon. Next stop this Friday evening for screenings of Zanibar Soccer Dreams and My Mother Isange 💛

    Photo of Florence Ayisi and Judit Davis sat in discussion at the Watershed following a film screening of Sisters In Law. Both are Black women and are wearing red head scarfs. There is a still image on the cinema screen behind.
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    Mar 20

    Thanks to for their incredible work calling for Valerie's Law: cultural competency training for police officers 2/3

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  9. Mar 20

    Thank you for meeting with me Zoë. It felt important to be there today. We need & & for the historical harm & for the harm that still happens today which must stop. So many have been retraumatized by this awful episode

    Clear demands from people in to end the adultification of black children & end racist policing What action will be taken to ensure the safety of black children ? 1/3
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  10. Mar 20

    A strong turn out today outside Hackney Town Hall in solidarity with Child Q & to demand answers & action from those currently in positions of institutional power in the borough

    Me with Zoe Garnett from Hackney Greens and Cleo Lake from Bristol Greens stopping by at the protest for Child Q.
    Met with and at the protest about the demeaning and outrageous strip search of , based on the smell of cannabis and in her school, which should have been a place of SAFETY. We need youth workers not officers in our schools.
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    Mar 20

    TODAY! Get one of the remaining tickets & join us for our screening plus Q&A with Sisters In Law Director Professor Florence Ayisi Thank you to everyone who has supported us by sharing & buying a ticket

    Bright yellow publicity e-flyer with the film poster for Sisters In Law. The main image is of two Black women who are lawyers and are wearing legal costume and wigs.
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    Mar 19

    Final event in the Behind the Screen series : documentary maker Sam Liebmann considers difficult ethical issues in “More Earth Will Fall: Documentary film making and ethics” on his work in a favela in Brazil. Info & tickets:

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    Mar 18

    Check this out if you get the opportunity - screening AND a Q&A with 's Florence Ayisi! Part of the FLY! Black * Women’s Film Festival

    This Sunday join us for a screening of Sisters In Law followed by a Q & A with the film's director Professor Florence Ayisi
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    Mar 18

    And please can we get rid of this “smell of cannabis” excuse to commit race based harm. The whole of London smells of cannabis. Kudos to , , and for the work they’re doing on this. 5/5

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    Mar 17

    Join for a screening of the award-winning Sisters in Law (2005) with director Florence Ayisi this Sun 20 March 15:00. An inspiring exploration of the stories & courage of the women working in the judicial system in Cameroon:

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    Mar 17

    Over 9000 children were strip searched by the Met Police in the last five years including 35 children under the age of 12, Freedom of Information data shows.

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    Mar 17

    Joint statement from regarding the horrifying experiences of Our demands are set out in the statement & below 1/5

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    Mar 17

    Today at 3pm!

    Photo of poet and dancer Cleo Lake wearing one large green and red earring and a 'raggedy coat' of different materials. There is a faint background image of a natural landscape of green hills and a faint thin river.
    Join me this Thursday for a poetry & dance workshop.
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    Mar 16

    We're Shortlisted for two MTM awards Two separate voting categories one for health and wellbeing the other for special award recognition. Feel free to share with friends, family, colleagues ect thank you for your support, I really appreciate it 💯😊

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  20. Mar 16

    It's a particularly hard one that has hopefully likely conscientized many who have been naive or in denial of certain realities. This episode of abhorrent abuse of power, should initiate a turning point which will come in whatever way it comes.

    Haven't been able to get my head around this 🤯 Brutal racist Britain.
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    Mar 14

    Nature & Disability 21/03/22 6-7.30pm Nature is vital for our health but Disabled people are often excluded from it. Join Community Climate Action plan launch with myself, , & Tickets:…

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