Joy Francis | Making The invisible Visible

Описание: Joy Francis is co-founder and executive director of Words of Colour, co-founder of Digital Women UK and the award-winning Synergi Collaborative Centre. Francis is a longstanding activist for racial equality and cultural inclusion in literature, publishing and the media.

She co-initiated Writing the Future (Spread the Word/The Bookseller, 2015) with Courttia Newland and curated the week-long industry-focused digital launch for Rethinking Diversity in Publishing (Goldsmiths Press/Spread the Word/The Bookseller, 2020). In 2019, Joy was selected for the UK’s first Museum of Colour’s People of Letters Digital Gallery as a literature influencer, alongside luminaries such as Bernardine Evaristo and Margaret Busby. In her spare time, Joy pursues photography, DJing and is currently writing a TV series.

Following the success of 100 Black Women Who Have Made A Mark, Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage is delighted to launch a new project for 2026; Making the Invisible Visible: Black Women 365 Days of the Year.

Each day will showcase a different woman, whose story has shaped Black British or global Diasporic history; many of whom remain overlooked or under-celebrated in mainstream narratives. This will take the form of a rolling programme of short films, released throughout the year to keep these stories in daily circulation and to create an evolving constellation of leadership, resistance, artistry and enduring impact.