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The 9 th August 2020 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Mangrove Restaurant protest; this however was more than just a “restaurant”- the Mangrove was an important hub for the Black community, a regular meeting spot for Black intellectuals and activists. The peaceful protest in London’s Notting Hill was as a result of the constantContinue reading “Fifty Years On: The Mangrove Nine Protest by Ruby Koopman”

In the absence of government-led reforms to the current racist, chaotic and unregulated state of the Schools exclusion system we have in the UK, we are calling for a school-led change to supporting young people.  We at BLAM UK are calling on schools to channel their energy into less punitive approaches that will, in turn,Continue reading “Why we need a move towards a Transformative Justice framework within schools by Ife Thompson”

In my previous article, I briefly touched on the evolution of Black Geographies, as well as some of the prominent thematic areas within the Black Geographies scholarship, including space‐making, and the Black geographic imagination. Here, I investigate the relationship between geographic regions and black political movements as a core and inextricable element of the BlackContinue reading “Black Geographies: Mapping Political Movements By Malaika Laing-Grant”

BLAM UK is an educational and advocacy not-for-profit This week, A-Level, BTEC and other higher education qualification grades were released by Ofqual (the UK regulatory body for exams and qualifications) prompting a public outcry over downgrading. At the sharpest end of this are multiracial working-class pupils in attendance at comprehensive schools in historically underfunded areas,Continue reading “OFQUAL’S STANDARDISATION PROCESS IS DISCRIMINATORY and CLASSIST”

Please take part in our A- Level Survey ( 2 mins long ) Please download our PDF file to Access our BLAM UK A-Level Appeals Guide A- Level Appeal Letters Template for Schools/ Exam Board

There is an unequivocal push to shed light on the deepening racial divides that continue to underpin the Black experience in the 21st Century. Black liberation movements around the world, from the bustling streets of London to the southeastern coasts of Jamaica, have brought the importance of blackness to the fore. Not only as aContinue reading “Black Spatial Agency Matters: The Rise of Black Geographies By Malaika Laing-Grant”

By Ella Asheri My journey with white allyship began at university where I was part of a student society that held open and honest conversations about race. As one of the few white people in that space, I felt disturbed hearing so many experiences of racism in a university that I chose for its ‘critical’Continue reading “Ongoing Journey with White Allyship”

and when we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcomed but when we are silent we are still afraid So it is better to speak remembering we were never meant to survive. – A Litany for Survival, AUDRE LORDE Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Tony McDade. They, andContinue reading “Black Lives Must Always Matter”