As Featured
Sulaiman
From PR/media work and publications to podcasts and books.
PR/Media
- BBC London News
- ITN’s London Tonight
- Channel 4 News
- BBC News 24
- BBC Three
- Sangat TV
- The Guardian (online and print)
- The Independent (online and print)
- The Mirror (online and print)
- The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (online)
- Evening Standard - London (online and print)
- BBC News (online)
- BBC News Ouch
- BBC Radio 5Live
- Sunrise Radio
- CBC Radio (Canada)
- NHK Word Japan
- And various outlets throughout Europe
Publications
- LinkedIn Publications
Podcasts
- Contra* (Apple)
- The Speakeasier (Apple) by The Unmistakables
- AXS Chat (Apple)
- Seeding Stories For Change (Spotify) by Global Diversity Foundation
Books
- The Bump'n Book of Love, Lust & Disability by Bump'n, Jess Tarpey, Katy Venables, and Andrew Gurza (October 2020)
- Own Your Awkward: How to Have Better and Braver Conversations About Our Mental Health by Michelle Morgan (December 2021)
- In Other Words 2 by Metal Culture (May 2022)
- Definitions of Design by Sir John Sorrell CBE Hon FRIBA HonFREng et al (September 2022) | Personal invite by Sir John to write as just one of 100 designers to be featured in this one-off handbound book
- Applied Utopia Textbook by The Slow Factory (October 2022)
- Planet Justice Textbook by The Slow Factory (June 2023)
- Honourable mention in Millennial Black: A motivational, authentic practical guide to success for black women at work by Sophie Williams (April 2021)
Awards and Honours
I’m proud of all I am achieving, and I will keep shining into the future…
2024
- 2024 Fellow | Bio-Leadership Fellowship, 11 March 2024 | The Bio-Leadership Project
2023
- 2023 Fellowship | The Slow Factory, 11 March 2023
2021
- TEDx Speaker | TEDxLadbrokeGrove, 2021
- Shortlisted for Best Storytelling by An Individual with A Rare Condition | Rare Disease UK, 5 April 2021
2020
- Shortlisted (Final 8) Nominee: Lifetime Achiever Award | National Diversity Awards, 22 July 2020 | Inclusive Companies
- Judge | Next Creative Leaders, 20 April 2020 – October 2020 | The One Club for Creativity
- 2020 Winner: Community Person of The Year | Visionary Honours, 6 May 2020 | Visionary Arts Foundation UK
- Judge | DUREX Jury | New Blood Award, 20 Jan 2020 – July 2020 | D&AD
2019
- Judge | Getty Images Creative Bursary | Disability Stories, 18 Sept 2019 – 3 Dec 2019
- 2019 Agents of Change Power List | Management Today, 22 May 2019
2018
- Top 10 Trailblazers for Change in 2018 (NO. 8) | Campaign, 7 December 2018 | Campaign Magazine
- The Dots and Squarespace’s 100 | Creative Leaders With Social Heart | The Dots, 19 September 2018
- Winner: DIMA 50 Male Advocate for Equality in Marketing & Media | DIMA (Diversity in Marketing & Media) Summit, July 2018
- Judge | BIMA Advance Award forDiversity Jury | BIMA (British Interactive Media Association), July 2018
- BIMA 100 “Champion for Good” | BIMA (British Interactive Media Association), 9 May 2018
2017
- Top 10 Trailblazers for Change (NO. 8) | Campaign Magazine, 11 December 2017
- Speaker | eurobest Festival of Creativity, 28-30 November
2016
- Speaker | D&AD Festival, 20-22 April 2016 | D&AD
- Joint 3rd Place Winner with my team that was a project to help prove that diversity works | The Great British Diversity Experiment, 25 February 2016
2015
- Speaker | CANNT Find Them | Cannt Festival, 26 June 2015
2011
- National winner for THE SHOUT AWARD for campaigning | vinspired, 17 March 2011
- Finalist team for live industry brief | Bloom Consulting (Madrid), 17 January 2011
- National Finalist for THE SHOUT AWARD for campaigning | vinspired, 10 January 2011
2010
- London Regional Winner for THE SHOUT AWARD for campaigning | vinspired, 1 November 2010
- Finalist for the SMK London Social Justice Award | Sheila McKechnie Foundation (SMK), 21 September 2010
- Successful nomination as Rotary Young Citizen 2010 | RIBI, April 2010
- Joint runner-up for 2010 Young Citizen Award (received from Redbridge Mayor) | Redbridge Rotary Club, 1 April 2010
2009
- Monthly winner of Young Citizen Award | Redbridge Rotary Club, September 2009
- Won President’s Award for 2009 Young Person of the Year | Muscular Dystrophy UK, September 2009
2005
- Won Marketing Student of The Year | Robinson Secondary School (USA), June 2005
Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
— Toni Morrison