Sunday 29 November 2026 | 12 noon–6pm | QUAD, Derby
What remains when lives are lost, histories are contested and experiences are carried across generations?
Join us for a day of conversation, reflection, poetry and creative exchange responding to Collateral Echoes, Baff Akoto’s exhibition exploring memory, grief, justice and the lives and legacies of Black and immigrant people who have died following police contact.
Bringing together Black writers, artists, poets, activists, community practitioners and organisers, the day creates space to consider what we remember, what we inherit and what we choose to carry forward.
Through reasoning circles, poetry, conversation and creative responses, we’ll explore memory, grief, identity, community, resistance and inheritance. This is a gathering shaped by lived experience and shared knowledge, rather than a formal conference.
Free to attend, with optional donations welcome to INQUEST, United Families and Friends Campaign (UFFC) and 4WardEverUK.
Programme
12 noon–12.15pm | Welcome & Introduction
An opening to Collateral Echoes and the questions that will guide the day.
12.15–1pm | Experience the Exhibition
Spend time with the exhibition and the stories, memories and questions held within it.
1.15–2pm | Men’s Reasoning Circle
What do Black men carry, remember and pass forward? An open conversation about identity, grief, fatherhood, community, responsibility and the experiences carried between generations.
2.15–2.30pm | Poetry & Spoken Word
A moment for words, feeling and creative expression.
2.30–3pm | Break, Lunch & Exhibition Viewing
Time to pause, connect and return to the exhibition.
3.15–3.45pm | Women’s Reasoning Circle: The Women Who Remember
A conversation about the ways Black women hold memory, care for communities, create knowledge and resist erasure. What do we inherit, carry and pass on?
3.45–4.30pm | Activism, Justice & What Remains
Who supports families when lives are lost? What remains unresolved? A conversation about family support, remembrance, justice, accountability and the work still to be done.
4.30–4.45pm | Break
4.45–5.15pm | Creative Responses
Poetry, spoken word and creative reflections shaped by the conversations of the day.
5.15–5.45pm | WHAT REMAINS? Closing Conversation
What do we carry? What do we preserve? What do we pass on? And what can we create from what remains?
5.45–6pm | Closing Reflections
Visitors are welcome to stay, spend more time with the exhibition and connect with others after the programme.