#BGFAcademyAlumni — Khadeejah Badru

Black Girl Fest Academy is a seven-month community-focused creative programme, created by Black Girl Festival, in association with Today at Apple and The Mayor of London.

Over the past few months, we’ve supported 30 Black women aged 17–25, equipping them with the tools to create events for their local communities. We’re excited to introduce our Academy Alumni sharing more about their event ideas.

Meet Khadeejah Badru, founder of Offload Offline — Self-development and mental health event.

Khadeejah Badru

Tell us more about your event, How did you come up with it? What impact do you hope it makes for your community?

Offload Offline is self-development workshop focuses on self-care and mental health from a spiritual perspective. We will have panel discussions with mental health professionals, networking, and sessions focusing on self care. We hope to continue to build a safe space for Black Muslim Women as our main goal is to continue to magnify their voices.

What advice would you give to anyone who wants to sign up to the Black Girl Fest Academy programme?

Be a sponge, ready to soak up all the knowledge you’re given because there’s a lot of it, so soak it ALL up !!

Offload Offline

What have you learnt whilst being on the programme?

Accuracy — Doing things that right brings great results, rather than looking for shortcuts.

Offload Offline

Could you give 3 piece’s of advice you would give to someone who wants to run events for their community?

Let your passion drive you, everything else will fall into place! Be purposeful with everything that you do! Remember the vision is ALWAYS bigger than you!