Black History Month Celebration

This year’s theme for Black History Month is “Reclaiming Narratives,” and marks a significant shift towards recognising and correcting the narratives of Black history and culture.

You are invited to join NTCG Charlton BLACK HISTORY service in the celebrations of music, poetry, singing spiritual songs,drumming, embracing educating, and empowering one another through the stories that shape our collective identity.

Guest Speaker 1:

Pamela Franklin is the Chair and Founder of the Caribbean Social Forum based in Woolwich Arsenal – a proactive community group that provides information, advice and guidance that affect the Caribbean Diaspora. In 2022 the group co-created the first Caribbean Takeover with the National Maritime Museum that attracted a footfall of seven thousand people from across the UK and 2023 the day attracted fourteen thousand two hundred people.

In addition, Pamela became a Project Community Member of the African and Caribbean collections Research Hub project at the Horniman Museum. In 2022 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Greenwich for her community work and in October 2023 the Forum won BBC Radio One Make a Difference Award. Website for the Caribbean Social Forum:

https://caribbeansocialfor.wixsite.com/caribbeansocialforum

Guest Speaker 2:

Colin Douglas who is the author of The Caribbean in the Second World War (published by Lawrence Wishart in 2024), describes the pivotal role of the Caribbean during the war and the impact the war had within the region. He has written and lectured widely on the subject. His first book, West Indian Women at War (Lawrence Wishart 1991), was co-authored with the late Ben Bousquet and has been widely referenced in literature on the history of the West Indian wartime contribution. In 1988, he produced a widely acclaimed pamphlet entitled Forty Winters On (Lambeth Council, 1988) which was the first major publication on the history of the arrival in 1948 of the Empire Windrush.

After graduating from Oxford University in 1985, Colin had a distinguished career in the public services. He was a member of the National Management Board of the NHS; prior to this he had been on the management board of Transport for London and was an executive director of the Health and Safety Executive. His parents emigrated to Britain from Jamaica in the 1950s. He is married, with two adult sons, and lives in Catford in south east London.

The Caribbean and the Second World War is available on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Caribbean-Second-World-War/dp/1913546799/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1UPFH9MI18VYW&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.pzt50aE1gwOrckX2ScrHhzjd-Nqe07_ONxSZFrLpEpE.5QVoGpeoCmvegE-elMj5Lzvr5nQzKTVlXtEf05dbEvo&dib_tag=se&keywords=colin+douglas+the+caribbean+and+the+second+world+war&qid=1725212883&sprefix=%2Caps%2C306&sr=8-1

FREE REFRESHMENTS ON THE DAY

Host or Publisher NTCG CHARLTON