Dr. William (Lez) Henry
Director & Co-founder

Dr. William (Lez) Henry was born in Lewisham, South east London, England of Jamaican Parents and is an experienced youth worker, a poet, writer and was one of the pioneer, British, Reggae-dancehall Deejays. Dr. Henry lectured in the Department Of Sociology, Goldsmiths College for a number of years and is now a Visiting Research Fellow. Dr. Henry is a researcher, consultant and staff trainer for Nu-Beyond Ltd: Learning By Choice! Dr. Henry is presently Centre Manager for Southeast London based Family Health Isis, which is one of the oldest African, African-Caribbean Mental Health organisations.

Dr. Henry received an Excellence In Education Award at the Challenging The Genius: Excellent Education for Children: “Our Future is Not a dream”, Conference Chicago, IL, USA, September 16-18th 2005. Dr. Henry is the proud recipient of an award from the South east London based Mandiani Project, For his valuable contribution to the community and the Mandiani Project, 1st October 2005. Dr. Henry has also been honoured with an award from Lewisham Council’s Black Staff Forum, October 25th 2007, for his Key Note address as part of the Council’s 2007 Abolition 200 commemorative events and for ten years loyal service to their organisation. His research direction seeks to use cultural history as an educational tool to assist our contemporary understanding of many of the problems that affect the various communities in Britain. His research is therefore conducted in a manner that will provide practical information to various interested public and private bodies.

Dr. Henry delivers empowerment, education interventionist packages in schools, colleges and universities. He collaborated on the Challenge to Succeed-Learning By Choice initiative with Greenwich Education that was designed to bridge the attainment gap between African-African Caribbean students and other social groups. Dr. Henry is a founder member of the National Independent Education Coalition (NIEC) who held the 1st annual STOP BLAMING THE CHILDREN - Raising Achievement Through Partnership: Parent, Teacher and Child, conference at Croydon Town Hall, London, England on Saturday 14th October 2006 and their second conference Striving For Excellence at the Greater London Authority, October 12th 2007. He is also the creator of Black Liberation Afrikan Knowledge—B.L.A.K. FRIDAY, where on the last Friday of each month, grassroots community speakers present insights into the legacy of the MAAFA (Afrikan Holocaust) from various perspectives as a way to provide practical solutions to real problems. More>>