What you’ll do
Hear from Jay-Ann Lopez, founder of Black Girl Gamers, who will talk about her work to promote diversity and affect change within the gaming industry.
Dates
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Past
Need to know
Location
We’ll be in the Henry Wellcome Auditorium. To get there, take the stairs or the lift down to level −1. The auditorium is fitted with a hearing loop.
Place not guaranteed
Booking a ticket for a free event does not guarantee you a place. You should aim to arrive 15 minutes before the event is scheduled to start to claim your place. If you do not arrive on time, your place may be given to someone on the waiting list.
Speech-to-text
This event will be live-transcribed, with text displayed on a large screen.
Relaxed
This is a relaxed event, which means that if you need to, you are welcome to move around and make noise at any time.
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About your speaker
Jay-Ann Lopez
Jay-Ann Lopez is a empowerment influencer, poet, public speaker and entrepreneur. She is the Founder of Black Girl Gamers and Co-founder of Curlture. Black Girl Gamers was initially created as a safe space in 2015, void of the sexism and racism (misogynoir) widely experienced in gaming, and has grown from its original purpose to become the hub for all things gaming from the Black woman’s perspective.