About Us
Learn about our mission to advance research and understanding of Black girlhood experiences across Europe.
Who We Are
Black Girl Streams is a holistic and multifaceted membership space where Black girls are centred, elevated and nourished.
Our Mission
Collectively create a network of streams that consist of all things that support Black girls to thrive, create, and live healthy, expressive and full lives
Our Values
Support Black girls in working towards achieving their dreams and aspirations despite the negative narratives and barriers that society has created for them through projects, opportunities, collaboration and innovation
Our Community
Researchers, practitioners, students, and advocates working together
Our Impact
Creating positive change through research, policy, and community engagement
Founder
Meet the visionary behind Black Girl Streams.
Dr Silhouette Bushay, Founder and Director
Dr Bushay is a Senior Lecturer in Education and Course Leader at the University of East London, in the United Kingdom where she is also a member of the Centre for Social Change and Justice and the Centre for Wellbeing, Communities and Inclusion. Her research is concerned with racial/racialised gendered in/justice where she examines Black girlhood and Black womanhood in Britain primarily in the twentieth and twenty-first century. Silhouette’s thesis entitled ‘Uncovering a Grimey Hip Hop Critical Race (Feminist) Pedagogy’ (2025) examines Black girl space, lives and pedagogies in Britain. Her book chapter ‘Public Pedagogies of Resistance: Black British Women, Talk Di Ting’ in the Black Music in Britain in the Twenty-First Century (2023) publication foregrounds scholarship from a British context that engages Black womanhood, Hip Hop, Grime and pedagogical insights.
Our Mission & Vision
Understanding our core purpose and the future we're working towards.
Our Mission
- Collectively create a network of streams that consist of all things that support Black girls to thrive, create, and live healthy, expressive and full lives.
- Support Black girls in working towards achieving their dreams and aspirations despite the negative narratives and barriers that society has created for them through projects, opportunities, collaboration and innovation.
Our Vision
- To drive active participation in protecting Black girls against violence, trauma and erasure, while recognizing their assets and agency.
- Support Black girls in positively shaping their own lives and that of their own communities.
- To be one of the most multifaceted Black girl centred online platforms and where members can find like minded people and organisations to collaborate and create