Colin Prescod

Colin Prescod is a sociologist turned cultural animator who has worked in film, TV and theatre as well as academia. He is Chair of the Institute of Race Relations, and a member of the editorial working committee of the international journal, Race and Class. He served as a member of the (London) Mayor’s Commission on African and Asian Heritage, and now sits on the GLA Heritage Diversity Task Force. He was founding-Chair, 1993-2001, of the DRUM, National Centre for British Black Arts and Culture, Birmingham. He is the current Chair of the Association for Cultural Advancement through Visual Art (ACAVA), London.