Leon Diop: Mixed Up
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Leon Diop founded Black and Irish, an organisation working on the behalf of black and mixed-race people in Ireland in 2020. He is the co-author of the award-winning book, Black and Irish: Legends, Trailblazers and Everyday Heroes and one of the hosts of the Black and Irish podcast. Leon will discuss his groundbreaking memoir, Mixed Up: An Irish Boy’s Journey to Belonging, his work with Black and Irish and the work still to do combating racism in Ireland.
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Throughout February and especially on Ireland Reads Day, Saturday, 28th February, people of all ages across Ireland will be encouraged to get lost in a good book. It doesn’t matter what you read, where you read or how well you read, as long as you read!