MOVING FORWARD

BLACK HISTORY MONTH COLCHESTER 2021

Now is our time to Represent

The theme for Black History Month Colchester 2021 is “CELEBRATE!” After the year that we’ve just had, we need a little more to be joyful about. “Lawrence Walker” Chairperson & Organiser BHM Colchester 2021

Celebrating the accomplishments and the achievements of Black Men and Women in the United Kingdom

Black History Month 2021 has been a fabulous 31 days of programs and activities celebrating the accomplishments and the achievements of black people in the UK. With learning opportunities, entertainment and social awareness for young people and adults alike. As we move forward into November , December and the New Year, we aim to stay true to our slogan ” Black History Month is EVERY month. Here’s a look at some photos and videos of the month of October.

The explosion of Black History Month Colchester begin again this OCTOBER.

A series of events and activities for all, young people and adults thoughtout the 31 days of October. Let’s not forget, Black History Month is EVERY Month!

Click here to events for 2021 http://bhmcolchester.co.uk/events

In the month of September Black History Month Colchester will set up shop in the Colchester Community Hub on Longwire Street, Colchester for the a prelude to our October celebrations. Our project will begin with table top displays and exhibitions of Arts and Crafts and a series of progarms and activities for young people and adults throughtout the month of October.

PLEASE NOTE: There are NO Sunday events or Activities scheduled for at the One Colchester Community Hub.

We also invite you to check out Black History Month UK magazine, which are launching a new campaign to mark Black History Month 2021 in October. Inspired by the 2020 Black Lives Matter events, the new campaign is called ‘Proud To Be’. They are inviting Black and Brown people of all ages throughout the UK to share what they are proud to be. For example, Proud To Be Black, Proud To Be Brown, Proud To Be Black & LGBTQ+, Proud To Be Me. www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/article/section/news/proud-to-be

You can use this collection of resources to explore black history, heritage, culture and achievements with your children, youth groups and your class. Black History Month – Teacher Resources – BBC Teach

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The Prevention of Suicide Amongst Black Men 2

March 16th Black History Month Colchester and African Families in the UK launched the second phase of The Prevention of Suicide amongst Black Men on zoom. Great session with lots of good ideas and exchanges of information between a groups of black men with a common cause. Safeguarding of mental health in our community.

After a recap of program 1, we had a lengthy discussion around safeguarding and the list of 10 things we could do to reduce the rate of suicide amongst black men. We were able to cover items 1, 2 and 3. Session 2 we will continue to discussion with item #4 Developing Our Male Suicide Literacy. New to the program is Pamoja, a Swahili word meaning together and unity. The group was introduced to the Community Ambassador project, My brothers Keeper. The group was then introduced to the Jenga project, also new to phase 2 of the program. Jenga is our Youth Development and appropriate role models. A very lively discussion started about be ideas of mistrust within the black community and how years of physiological conditioning has created these thoughts and feelings of mistrust. We brought the session to a close with, Each One, Teach One. How we interact with each other to give each other strength. Feedback and comments will be posted in upcoming notifications.