New College BAME Reception and Dinner
It is my pleasure to invite you to the BAME Annual Reception and Dinner on Saturday 8 February 2020. The evening will begin at 6.30pm with a drinks reception, followed by Dinner, both in the Founder’s Library.
We are delighted to confirm that New College Old Member, Dr Grace Ofori-Attah 2005 Medicine) will be our guest speaker.
The cost of the dinner will be £57.00 per person, and you can book your place securely via our University of Oxford Online Store here. Please RSVP by Friday 31st January 2020 to confirm your place at the reception and dinner.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Grace Ofori-Attah – formerly a Consultant in Addiction Psychiatrist working in North London, Grace studied pre-clinical medicine at Cambridge University before moving to Oxford to complete her clinical studies. Throughout her degree she wrote fiction and during her specialist registrar training she began writing TV Scripts. She was selected for the Channel 4 Screenwriting programme in 2017 and the same year, completed a writer’s apprenticeship with Carnival Films on their Jamestown TV Series. Later that year she began working with Idris Elba on a TV show based on his life growing up in East London. This became the award winning Sky TV Series, ‘In The Long Run’. Grace currently has a number of TV and film projects in development and she is an associate member of BAFTA. She is also working with the Wellcome Trust on an initiative to link scientists with creative artists across various mediums.
Sent on behalf of Aman More, JCR Ethnic Minorities Rep and Priyanka Panchal, MCR Equality and Diversity Officer.
