Title Information
Title
Cherise Weaver Oral History Interview
Name: Corporate (naf) (authorityURI="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names.html")
Name Part
Brown University. Ruth J Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice
Role
Role Term: Text (marcrelator)
Creator
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Name Part
National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.)
Role
Role Term: Text (marcrelator)
Creator
Name: Personal (Local)
Name Part
Brady, Darren
Role
Role Term: Text (marcrelator)
videographer
Name: Personal (Local)
Name Part
Eyo-Thompson, Elliss
Role
Role Term: Text (marcrelator)
interviewer
Name: Personal (Local)
Name Part
Weaver, Cherise
Role
Role Term: Text (marcrelator)
interviewee
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videos
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oral histories (literary genre)
Abstract: general (displayLabel="Scope and Contents note")
Oral History Interview with Cherise Weaver, Liverpool 8–born arts educator and Head of EDI at LIPA, on family lineage, artistic and community work, and learning/teaching Liverpool’s slavery history. Topics include Delado and Carnival, local activists and teachers, the city’s architectural legacies of enslavement, and freedom as collective visibility and cultural continuity. The views and opinions expressed by the speaker(s) do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of the Global Curatorial Project, Brown University, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, or the project's institutional partners. For questions or concerns please contact library staff at [email protected] or +1-401-863-2146.
Note: acquisition (displayLabel="Immediate form of acquisition")
A2025-025
Note: biographical/historical (displayLabel="Biographical/historical note")
Cherise Weaver is a Liverpool-born actress, director, producer, teacher, mentor and facilitator with over twenty-five years of experience across theatre, film, television and community production. She has worked in many of Liverpool’s leading theatres, toured nationally, and more recently founded her own company, Parliament Street Productions. Alongside her creative practice, she has held community roles including Community Producer at National Museums Liverpool and Community Leader with the University of Liverpool’s Shaping Futures team. Her Practice as Research MA marked a turning point, focusing on the story of Elroy Josephz, the first Black dance lecturer to teach African and Jazz dance at a Liverpool university. This work deepened her commitment to visibility, representation and amplifying unheard voices. She went on to the School for Social Entrepreneurs, where she began shaping ideas into platforms for change. Driven by this vision, Cherise co-founded the Black Actors’ Collective in Liverpool, a network supporting the growth and collaboration of Black and Black mixed creatives, and more recently co-founded Black Stage Pass, a platform championing Black artists globally while holding the industry accountable on diversity. Both initiatives create pathways to access, visibility and leadership for the next generation. Cherise’s leadership practice has been strengthened by her time on the Leadership Programme, where she drew inspiration from trailblazers such as Sonia Bassey MBE and grounded her instinctive work in academic research. Her approach is rooted in lifting others as she climbs, and her vision is clear: to build sustainable structures where Black leadership in the arts is not the exception but the expectation.
Note: preferredcitation
Cherise Weaver Oral History Interview, Global Curatorial Project: Unfinished Conversations oral histories and records, Ms.2022.010, Brown University Library
Origin Information
Date Created
45798
Date Created: Start (encoding="w3cdtf", keyDate="yes")
2025
Date Created: End (encoding="w3cdtf")
2025
Place
Place Term: Text (naf) (authorityURI="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names.html")
Liverpool
Language
Language Term: Code (iso639)
eng
Language Term: Text
English
Physical Description
Extent
1 mov
Extent
00:01.33:00
digitalOrigin
born digital
Access Condition: use and reproduction
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Subject (Local)
Topic
Global Curatorial Project
Subject (Local)
Topic
Liverpool Black community
Subject (LCSH) (authorityURI="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects.html")
Topic
Political activism
Subject (Local)
Topic
Unfinished Conversations
Subject (LCSH) (valueURI="https://lccn.loc.gov/n82068148", authorityURI="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects.html")
Geographic
England
Subject (LCSH) (valueURI="https://lccn.loc.gov/n80050950", authorityURI="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects.html")
Geographic
Liverpool (England)
Related Item: Host
Title Information
Title
Global Curatorial Project: Unfinished Conversations oral histories and records
Origin Information
Date Created
2014-2025
Identifier: Local
Ms.2022.010
Location
Physical Location
Brown University Library, John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts, Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)
URL
https://www.riamco.org/render?eadid=US-RPB-Ms.2022.010
Identifier: Local (displayLabel="filename")
Cherise MASTER H265 HD
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Brown University Library, John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts, Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)