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Pass The Mic Scotland
@passthemic.bsky.social
National programme to amplify the expertise of women of colour in news, commentary and policy making. Tackling the under-representation and misrepresentation of women of colour in Scotland. Find out more here: https://passthemicscotland.org/contact/
An amazing day at our national gathering - thanks to the brilliant keynote speakers, workshop presenters, and all attendees who made it such a success!
June 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Check out our speakers for the National Gathering 2025: made by and for women of colour- only a few tickets remaining; passthemic2025gathering.eventbrite.co.uk
April 14, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Our National Gathering is back for 2025! A space of solidarity and sisterhood for women of colour - get your tickets quick, we sold out in just a few weeks last time! passthemic2025gathering.eventbrite.co.uk
April 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Today we kicked off the 2025 opinion writers programme with our first meeting! Look out for articles published by our members this year. Thank you to all who are part of our work 💜
March 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
We’re at STV News today to get a behind the scenes look and discuss under and misrepresentation.
March 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
LAST WEEK FOR APPLICATIONS. If you’re a woman of colour in Scotland who wants to share their expertise and experience in an opinion piece with a national news platform - this is for you. Get support to write and edit, and get published. Apply now: passthemicscotland.org/2025/01/21/a...
February 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
We’re working with STV to host a behind the scenes workshop for women of colour in their Glasgow studios. Hear from journalists and producers and try your hand at an on camera interview! Get your ticket here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/behind-the...
February 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Lots of enthusiastic women of colour joined our expert directory over the festive period - make sure you join too.
And if you work in news media, policy influencing, or are organising a speaker event - make sure you use the directory! passthemicscotland.org/find-experts/
January 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
2024 has been our biggest year - with our national gathering for women of colour, groundbreaking research on media monitoring and 22 articles published by our writers’ group. We will be back after the festive break with even more. Thank you to everyone who has supported us this year.
December 22, 2024 at 10:03 AM
We’re online now with Equal Media and Culture Centre and @profkarenboyle.bsky.social taking about why our campaign and programmes exist and the general election media monitoring research
December 11, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Founder @talatyaqoob.bsky.social gave evidence this morning to the Scottish Parliament on women’s representation in elected politics and included our research on women of colour’s visibility and representation in media when asked about role models and equal platforms:
November 19, 2024 at 3:33 PM