By Oluwatosin Attah ‘For the first time since the Slave Trade, for the first time in 500 years, the black family was together again, was whole again, was one again.’ – May 1977 Edition of Ebony Magazine This article highlights the cultural importance of the Second World Black Festival of Arts and Culture whilst underliningContinue reading “FESTAC 77: The Revival of Black and African Cultural Values”
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BLAM UK Press Release: BLAM UK is now a AQA Award Unit centre
Black Learning Achievement and Mental Health UK CIC (BLAM UK) is now an Approved AQA Unit Award Centre. We are currently providing AQA award Units on Black British history and in the process of creating our own AQA BLAM Black History Module. We provide this service for All Key stages 1-5. AQA provides the UnitContinue reading “BLAM UK Press Release: BLAM UK is now a AQA Award Unit centre”
Pimlico Students’ Victory- BLAM UK and BPLS Joint Statement
Black Learning Achievement and Mental Health (“BLAM”) & Black Protest Legal Support’s (“BPLS”) “Hair for people of African descent has always been a human rights issue.” Hair Equality Report 2019 BLAM and BPLS are delighted to announce that Pimlico Academy has now agreed that no students will be excluded for exercising their right to protestContinue reading “Pimlico Students’ Victory- BLAM UK and BPLS Joint Statement”
UN Experts Respond to BLAM UK Urgent Communications about No10 Race Report
BLAM UK is a Black-led educational, advocacy and wellbeing Non-Profit. Through our advocacy arm we work with the United Nations to support and protect the human rights of people of African Descent in the UK. On the 6th April 2021, BLAM UK in response to the dubious, ill-written and dangerous Race Report sent communications toContinue reading “UN Experts Respond to BLAM UK Urgent Communications about No10 Race Report”
The Race Today Collective: Why Press and Media are Vital in the Fight for Racial Equity
By: Michelle Aboagye Race Today was a collective focused on uplifting Black communities, showcasing our narratives and pushing back against racist institutions and interpersonal racism in the UK . The collective produced a journal of the same name, where they platformed art, culture, and gave a voice to Black communities in the UK and theContinue reading “The Race Today Collective: Why Press and Media are Vital in the Fight for Racial Equity”
BLAM UK Press Release: BLAM UK Issues UN Body Communications over UK Government’s Race Report
Black Learning Achievement and Mental Health UK CIC (BLAM UK) has triggered the Urgent Action Communication procedure of a UN Body, over No10 Report that denies Institutional Racism exists in the UK, arguing that this report violates a number of the UK’s legal obligations under International Law. The Racial Justice civil society organisation warns thatContinue reading “BLAM UK Press Release: BLAM UK Issues UN Body Communications over UK Government’s Race Report”
BLAM UK Triggers UN CERD Committee intervention over UK Government Race Report
BLAM UK has sent an Urgent Action Procedure communication over the recent publication of the Race Report by the UK Government. An Urgent Procedures Correspondence is issued by the UN CERD Committee to respond to problems within a State parties jurisdiction requiring immediate attention to prevent or limit the scale or number of serious violationsContinue reading “BLAM UK Triggers UN CERD Committee intervention over UK Government Race Report”
BLAM UK Comment on UK Government’s “race report”
“Time is on the side of the oppressed today, it’s against the oppressor. Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it’s against the oppressor. You don’t need anything else.” – Malcolm X Today’s recent race report by the UK Government can only be described as historical negationism, and an outright denialism of theContinue reading “BLAM UK Comment on UK Government’s “race report””
BLAM UK Comment on Schools Exclusions in the UK
A recent Guardian Report has further revealed the insidious and anti-Black nature of School Exclusions in the UK. The report found that ‘exclusion rates for Black Caribbean students in English schools are up to six times higher than those of their white peers in some local authorities’. These figures for organisations like BLAM UK sitContinue reading “BLAM UK Comment on Schools Exclusions in the UK”
Navigating the UK’s Mental Health Services and Advocating for Ourselves
Blog Piece Summary: This piece is an analytical review of the problems that Black people face with regards to the accessibility and provision of mental health care in the UK. Our Intercultural Therapist, Beverley J Weston also provides a therapist’s insight into Navigating the UK’s mental health services and how we can advocate for ourselves.
