Mina Smallman: A Better Tomorrow, Life Lessons in Hope and Strength

In this very special event, touching on grief and compassion, humour and love, we hear from Mina Smallman, an activist who has lived through the unimaginable.

 On Saturday 6 June 2020, her daughters, Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman, were killed in a park by a male stranger as they celebrated Bibaa's birthday.

Mina has been fighting for justice ever since - for her daughters, and for the rest of us, by challenging the toxic culture in the Metropolitan Police and calling out the wider institutional misogyny, racism and classism in Britain. In her memoir, A Better Tomorrow, she tells her story for the first time. Starting from her childhood in foster care and arriving at the present day, Mina looks back on her time as a schoolteacher, and then as the first woman of colour to be an Archdeacon in the Church of England, before sharing her experience of losing her two daughters, Bibaa and Nicole.

Mina talks to Doreen Foster, Warwick Arts Centre’s Director, her words a beacon of hope, which call for all of us to step up, collectively, and work together for a better future.

Part of a series of exciting events taking place throughout 2025 to celebrate the University of Warwick's landmark 60th Anniversary. 

Mina Smallman: A Better Tomorrow, Life Lessons in Hope and Strength is part of our Handle with Care! season.