THE BLACK Cultural Archives is inviting you to their digital public meeting next Wednesday where they will share the organisations vision for the next 10 years.
Managing Director, Arike Oke, will be sharing a preview of BCA’s new vision and strategy through a meeting on Zoom.
The conversation facilitated by Sabrina Clarke-Okwubanego, co-founder of Niche On Demand will be followed by a Q&A session.
As the Home of black British History, BCA uses Britain’s shared histories to inspire and give strength to individuals, communities and society, while collecting, preserving and celebrating the histories of people of African and Caribbean descent.
By 2030 the BCA aim to:
- Be resilient, flexible and entrepreneurial
- Use their active voice to make a difference
- Make teaching and learning about black history available to everyone
- Share their collections in person touring and online
- Extend their workforce development programme internationally
Organsisers enthused: “We know the decisions we make today secures our shared legacy, so your contribution is vital. We hope that you can join us on the day.”
When: May 20, 2020 at 7pm.
Book here
NB: This meeting will be recorded so that It is available to watch for people who are unable to attend. If you would like not to be featured in the video, please switch off your video during the meeting.
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England’s African, Caribbean and Dual-heritage Subjects must support London’s Black Cultural Archive (BCA) because our failure to convey to Parliamentarians: Civil Servants, the Political Parties, the BBC- along with mainstream school text and history books, the enormous contribution of African heritage people to the wealth of this English-speaking Island has damaged our youth perception of themselves and hurt our Caribbean Elders; who were recently exiled.
Parliament’s enquiry into the illegal exiling of over eighty Caribbean Heritage Subjects to the Caribbean in 2018; which was authored by Ms Wendy Williams, cited ignorance of colonial history as the principle reason why the Home Office’s Civil Servants were willing and eager to illegally exile so many English subjects of Caribbean Heritage.
African skinned people like St., Augustine of Hippo; along with thousands of African and Caribbean soldiers have contributed their lives for England. Their contribution needs to be better understood; celebrated and honoured.
It is not acceptable for Parliament to pledge £75m to build a museum for atrocities committed by the German interwar Government; over which England’s Parliament held no jurisdiction. Whilst Caribbean Ex-Servicemen and Women; who offered their lives in defence of Parliament: The Monarch and the “mother Country” are self-funding for a £500,000 memorial in Staffordshire. How can we convince our knife-carrying delinquent youth that “black lives matter,” when our Parliamentarians and all the Political Parties have treated the exiled Caribbean Elders as if their life and historical contribution “does not matter?”
Parliaments 2018 treatment of Caribbean Elders really hurts. However, with the BCA England’s African heritage people must demand Parliament equally funds the BCA. With Parliamentary