Zita Holbourne

Zita Holbourne
Born1960s
NationalityBritish
EducationLondon College of Printing; Watford School of Art
Occupation(s)Writer, performance poet, visual artist
Known forCommunity and human rights campaigner and activist
Websitewww.zitaholbourne.com

Zita Holbourne FRSA (born 1960s)[1] is a British community and human rights campaigner and activist, and a multi-disciplinary artist, creating work as a writer, performance poet and visual artist.[2] As a trade unionist, she is National Vice President of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) in the UK, and chairs its national equality committee and women's committee, and as joint national Chair of Artists Union England she also leads on equality. She sits on the European Public Services Union National and European Administration Committee.[3] She co-founded with Lee Jasper the organisation BARAC (Black Activists Rising Against the Cuts),[1] which campaigns against the impact of austerity on black communities.[4]

  1. ^ a b O'Hara, Mary (5 February 2014). "Zita Holbourne: fighting austerity's bigger impact on black and minority ethnic people". The Guardian.
  2. ^ "Dorothy Kuya Slavery Remembrance Memorial Lecture Series 2020 Zita Holbourne – 22 August 2020, 6pm". Black History Month. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Two questions about diversity for Zita Holbourne | Interview". European Network of Cultural Centres. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Zita Holbourne | Biography". Dorothy Kuya Slavery Remembrance Memorial Lecture Series 2020. National Museums Liverpool. 22 August 2020.