Jocelyn Barrows

Dame Jocelyn Barrows, born April 15, 1929, is the Director for UK Development at Focus Consultancy Ltd. She was the first black woman to be a governor of the BBC and was founder and Deputy Chair of the Broadcasting Standards Council.

Dame Jocelyn was a founding member and General Secretary of Campaign Against Racial Discrimination (CARD), the organisation responsible for the Race Relations Act of 1968. As a senior teacher, and later as a teacher-trainer, at Furzedown College and at the Institute of Education in the 1960s, she pioneered the introduction of multi-cultural education, stressing the needs of the various ethnic groups in the UK.

She was instrumental in the establishment of the North Atlantic Slavery Gallery and the Merseyside Maritime Museum in Liverpool. She was a Trustee of the National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside and a Governor of the British Film Institute.

In 1972, she was awarded the OBE for work in the field of education and community relations. In 1992, she received the DBE for her work in broadcasting and her contribution to the work of the European Union as the UK member of the Economic and Social Committee.

Her equal opportunities and educational expertise is reflected in her many Government appointments to a variety of organisations and statutory bodies:
* Governor of the Commonwealth Institute for eight years.
* Council Member of Goldsmiths College, University of London.
* Vice-president of the United Nations Association in the United Kingdom.
* Trustee to the Irene Taylor Trust providing Music in Prisons.
* National Vice-President of the Townswomen's Guild.

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