#StockportRaceEqualityPartnership Event: Stockport Race & Culture Awards Host: #CarolAnnWhitehead Date: 6 Feb 2026 Category: Young Person of the Year Presented by: Kofo Kego Oyeleye, Chair of #GMCA #RaceEqualityPanel Winner: ✨Papula Aga ✨ Well done Papula 👏🏿👏🏽👏🏻 #community #youth

About 1,000 endangered sea turtles were rescued in Florida after extreme winter weather left them cold-stunned. This massive rescue effort shows what’s possible when communities act quickly to protect ocean wildlife.

Really ? I am surprised. With such an outstanding moral compass too 🤷🏽‍♀️

Stockport Race And Culture Awards Well!! That was a bit of a blast last night💥 Not only supporting Stockport Race Equality Partnership (S-REP) Directors #AbaGraham & #SolomonOnaolapo but hosting the awards for the 4th year is an absolute tonic. Amazing finalists 👏🏿👏🏽👏🏻 @stockportcouncil.bsky.social

Happy February!! Have a wonderful week everyone My #ZebraTribe week: 🔸Kickstart #RaceEqualityWeek with my University of East London Fellowship 🔸CMI MotherShip Meetings 🔸Back up north for the Stockport Race & Culture Awards Meanwhile Starbucks making me feel special 🤩

January in a nutshell ✨ @5050parliament.bsky.social Ambassador @gmchamber.bsky.social speaker • #ClassCeiling Launch • @porticolibrary.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social visit • #NPWawards finalist• Finalist @cmi-managers.bsky.social Finalist • #GMBTE Lifetime Achievement award Grateful 💫

#PorticoLibrary Volunteers Rock!! Meet the fabulous Ikram. Thanks to the visitors for joining us for our first Saturday opening of 2026. @porticolibrary.bsky.social 📚

Hey UK friends - it would really help me out in my day job if you could take this anonymous survey. Even if you don’t watch Korean drama, that’s still really useful data for us! tally.so/r/81LqBo

"I just aspire to pick people up. That's my ambition" #Sade #Musician Happy 67th birthday to the forever muse, Sade Adu 🌹who looks amazing. Long before any backlash of the 2023 live action ‘Little Mermaid’, Sade did this back in 1992! 34 years ago! 😲 Going for a lie down 🫣

Live by the Sun ☀️ Love by the Moon 🌙 #TheZebraPartnership (Publishing / Events / Campaigns) #OutOfOffice #Christmas2025 🫶🏿🫶🏽🫶🏻🫶

#ChristmasFeast 🏛️ @porticolibrary.bsky.social 📚 Fab event by Chef #JoeFenn & his team. Hosted by Dr Thom Keep, CEO & yours truly Chair, Public Programme Committee. Exciting times #PorticoReunited is an £11 m capital project that will transform & #futureproof our Grade II* listed building.

#SpreadingTheGospel for #ShirleyMay that @youngidentitymcr.bsky.social are looking for Trustees to join their board. Great opportunity 👏🏿👏🏽👏🏻 Application pack here: static1.squarespace.com/static/5e678...

16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence UNiTE to End Digital Violence against All Women and Girls Women putting the needs women and girls at the forefront of what they do. First Minister & Deputy First Minister of #NorthernIreland #AmplifyingMutedVoices #AmplifyingWomensVoices

Happy Birthday to @porticolibrary.bsky.social Michelle L Hill our Membership, Finance and Admin Administrator but most of all our #MotherOfWeddings

“Hey Queens” ✨💚✨ Here I go again spreading the #AmplifyingMutedVoices gospel this time in #Belfast in the vast #Mandela Hall at Queens University for Women in Business Northern Ireland #VoicesOfLeadership conference. I met my #LeadershipIcon #TinaMcKenzieMBE - and was relatively cool about it 😄

Did a rare repeat cinema visit to see Black Phone 2 a second time, because my daughter is home from uni for half-term and she’s a fellow horror nut. Still an absolute blast.

I love with these stunning photos taken during Bimbo Ponmile's book launch for #WorldMentalHealthDay & #BlackHistoryMonth at @porticolibrary.bsky.social for #PorticoUbuntu - #QueensInPrint 📸 Photos by the fantastic Gideon Okorie #Nigeria 🇳🇬

Ubuntu: Black Creatives with Kevin Dalton Johnson - part one Under @porticolibrary.bsky.social Dome this inspiring masterclass and interview with international artist Kevin hosted by yours truly, Portico Public Programme Committee Chair, Carol Ann Whitehead CMgr CCMI - UK Black History Month 2025

#Portico #Ubuntu Local History, Global Impact exhibition launch. Celebrating the 80th anniversary of the 5th #PanAfricanCongress in #Manchester - A chance to engage with history, learn, contribute to the ongoing conversation & honor the legacy of those who came before us @porticolibrary.bsky.social

#PorticoReunited This once-in-a-lifetime project will reunite all 3 floors of the Portico for the first time in over a century via a lift, creating the UK’s most sustainable historic library – a place for heritage, literature, creativity & community. www.theportico.org.uk/reuniting-po...

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#FridayFeeling Congratulations to @porticolibrary.bsky.social Apapat Jai-in Glynn 🌟 on being shortlisted for Heritage Volunteer Group (HVG) Volunteer Leader of The Year 2025. Here she supporting the #PorticoKitchen at the lunch for The University of Manchester students visit with an welcome talk ✨

Women Leading in Business – September 2025 🌟 @alliancembs.bsky.social We had the honour of listening to Professor Dawn Edge, Professor of Mental Health & Inclusivity at #TheUniversityofManchester and the institution’s first Black woman professor.

Images at the @porticolibrary.bsky.social by #GideonOkorie Creative Story Teller Through Photography Through the torrential rain Gideon Okorie brought the #Lagos sunshine via not just his smile but his ideas & vision supporting yours truly creating #Ubuntu Events for #BlackHistoryMonth 2025

Just dropped my daughter off at university so if anyone needs me, I’m the sobbing pile of goo in the corner.

Regional Boards dinner:- Fantastic to see some of my #CMI West Midlands & North West board members and the board members from across CMI South West CMI North East, Yorkshire & Humberside CMI West Midlands & North West CMI Scotland CMI London and CMI South East @cmi-managers.bsky.social

Update, my #CoachingSafari slots are now full for 2025/26 ✨ I will be opening up #MentorAndMunch sessions soon - they’re a bit like an energy booster shot 💥 DM me #ZebraCoachingSafari #ShineBrightLikeADiamond #AmplifyingMutedVoices #AmplifyingWomensVoices #StandingOnTheShouldersOfGiants

Angela Rayner is a successful northern girl from a working class background & the elites don’t like it, they’re trying to find ways to take her down. @dailymail.co.uk, @dailyexpressnews.bsky.social & @telegraphnews.bsky.social are the worst for this. #AngelaRayner

The #Paramedics receive their Chartered Management Institute certificates at the Bolton Wanderers Stadium. It was an honour to represent as Chair of CMI West Midlands & North West Board @cmi-managers.bsky.social youtu.be/Sh5QLLoq8qY?...

And this is why I absolutely cannot be trusted at an “antiques” centre…

#SixDegreesOfSeperation On this day 2018 I was featured in the story where awesome #writer & #actor @mindykaling.bsky.social recreates #Beyonces @voguemagazine.bsky.social cover then inspires #women to do the same - yours truly gets featured 😲 Didn’t get a gift 🎁 or anything. Still waiting Mindy ✨💐

#KeepCalmAndCarryOn Epic challenges this week with a soupçon of fabulousness. Thanks Lee @maleallyship.bsky.social The Zebra kettle is on and brewing ideas 💡#TheZebraPartnership #KnowledgeSharing #Publishing #Events #Campaigns

#ALevelResults & #BTECResults 👏🏿👏🏽👏🏻

#ReadingIsSexy So true! 😂 Nuff Said

This was fun! @porticolibrary.bsky.social book launch. Floating poet, Jo Bell – who is a boat dweller, archaeologist and award winning author, the first ever Canal Laureate, a & former director of the with #ThePoetrySociety - joined us at the Portico for the Manchester launch of her memoir, #Boater

Last Saturday, coinciding with Portico Pride, we hosted the launch of William Rayfet Hunter's new book Suntruck, as part of the Penguin Random House book tour...

Our next Secret Supper Club, Portico Pride, will be taking place on Thursday 21st August, coinciding with Manchester Pride Week. The tantalising menu will feature dishes inspired by books from our collection, served in the beautifully intimate surroundings of our stunning Reading Room...

On this day in 2023 there was a buzz with a bit of seasoning at #OldTrafford stadium & it was nothing to do with football ⚽️ I was asked to be one of the line up of hosts for the #BOBExpo (#BlackOwnedBusiness) - I was flying out to Belfast with #dzywhitehead to film in a few days 🌟

#England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 winning on penalties! #WEURO2025final #LikeALioness 💪🏿⚽️💪🏽⚽️💪🏼⚽️ At 19 she’s a #Trailblazer 💥 Just look at #MichelleAgyemang getting celebrated like that and thinking of all of the young #women & #children watching who look like her 🌟❤️🌟 #DareToDream #SportForAll 👏🏿👏🏽👏🏻 #Lioness

The racists will never win. The haters, the misogynists, the homophobes. THIS IS ENGLAND. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #lionesses

Milo loves the weekend “Quality time with the Hoomans” #ShihTzu #Royalty #DogsOfBlueSky

As #CMI WM & NW Chair I proudly represented Chartered Management Institute at the #NorthWest #Ambulance Service #NHS Trust CMI Certificate Presentation Day — a special event celebrating the achievements of future-ready professionals. @cmi-managers.bsky.social youtu.be/Sh5QLLoq8qY?...

What did you do on #NelsonMandelaDay? I joined the speaker & podcast line up with some awesome Queens 👑here in the U.K. & overseas. #GREATERMANCHESTER #BLACKTECHEXPO - The Power of Expression Thank you to #MichaelEkpechue of Adanian Labs for curating a space.

“Success isn't about how much money you make; it's about the difference you make in people's lives." @michelleobamya.bsky.social Thanks to #LeeChambers who paid for some winners to attend the awards, their company would not due to #EDI #rollback 😠 We all had a fantastic night 🌟 #RisingStars100 🌟

As #WeAreTheCity Judge I’m in #London as speaker at the awards. Representing Chartered Management Institute @cmi-managers.bsky.social as Dep Chair #CMIWomen & Chair CMI #WestMidlands & #NorthWest board. 🌟Congratulations #RisingStars100 winners 🌟

Flying the flag for @cmi-managers.bsky.social “Watching the embodiment of change and disruptor that is Carol Ann shake the room at the Women in Leadership conference hosted by Institute of Government & Public Policy. Talking about the elephant in the room. Women supporting women more.” #Made4Tech