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Gather in my name, my skin, my everything...('Gather in my name' : Maya Angelou 1974) (2017)
Journal Article
Hesk, G. (2017). Gather in my name, my skin, my everything...('Gather in my name' : Maya Angelou 1974). Qualitative Research Journal, 17(3), 188-201. https://doi.org/10.1108/QRJ-03-2017-0007

Purpose Based on a performance of a conversation between my white mother and myself – her mixed race black daughter – the purpose of this paper is to deconstruct the complexity of the intersection of migration, racism, sexism, disability, and class... Read More about Gather in my name, my skin, my everything...('Gather in my name' : Maya Angelou 1974).

'It pushed me back into the human race' : evaluative findings from a community Christmas event (2016)
Journal Article
Collins, T., Kenney, C., & Hesk, G. (2016). 'It pushed me back into the human race' : evaluative findings from a community Christmas event. Health and Social Care in the Community, 25(5), 1601-1606. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12342

Many older people in Britain spend Christmas day alone. The Christmas period may be especially difficult for older people who are socially isolated, living with dementia or who have physical impairments, and may feel particularly marginalised at this... Read More about 'It pushed me back into the human race' : evaluative findings from a community Christmas event.