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David Harewood
David Harewood OBE helps organisations talk openly about mental health and racial equality. A mental health and diversity speaker, the Homeland actor draws on his own experience of psychosis and serves as RADA President and UNICEF UK Ambassador.
David Harewood OBE is a British actor, director, and author, known for Homeland and Supergirl, and President of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He speaks on mental health, racial equality, and representation, drawing on his own experience of psychosis.
His documentary David Harewood: Psychosis and Me and his memoir, Maybe I Don't Belong Here, explore mental health and racism through his own story. David is a UNICEF UK Ambassador, has been President of RADA since 2024, and was appointed OBE in 2023 for services to drama.
David speaks openly about his experience of psychosis and recovery, and about his ancestors who were enslaved on a Barbados plantation owned by Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood. That candour gives organisations a way into conversations on wellbeing, identity, and belonging that many find hard to start, delivered with the command of a room that comes from a long career on stage and screen.
Audiences come away with a clearer understanding of how mental illness can affect anyone, practical encouragement to talk about it at work, and a keener sense of how history shapes inequality today. His UNICEF work, including vaccination campaigns in Sierra Leone, adds a global view.
Book David for a personal account of psychosis, recovery, and identity that helps organisations make mental health and racial equality part of everyday conversation.
Book David Harewood OBE as a speaker to inspire your team with his powerful insights on mental health, racial equality, and personal resilience. His compelling storytelling and advocacy for change will motivate your audience to embrace diversity and foster a culture of understanding and support within your organisation.
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David Harewood draws on his documentary Psychosis and Me and his memoir Maybe I Don't Belong Here to structure talks that move between his own experience of psychosis and wider arguments about mental health and racial inequality.
David Harewood OBE speaks on mental health, diversity and inclusion, and racial equality, drawing on his experience of psychosis and his family's history on a Barbados plantation. He is President of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, a UNICEF UK Ambassador, and author of the memoir Maybe I Don't Belong Here.
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