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Black | Learning | Achievement | Mental Health | We promote a truthful dialogue of Blackness through the analysis of history and active community outreach.

London, England

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@BLAMCharity

BLAM UK

2 years

In our blog for @RunnymedeTrust we explain why banning the use of Black British English (BBE) in UK schools reinforces negative perceptions and stereotypes which are harmful to Black students. Support our campaign to end linguistic injustice in schools✊🏿

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Is it that deep? The impact of policing Black British language speakers in British schools

This blog is written by Black Learning Achievement and Mental Health (BLAM UK) to support their work to end linguistic injustice in schools. This piece explains why banning the use of Black British...

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Makai Williams, 11, from Hackney, east London, has created The Notorious G.I.G Children’s Block Party that aims to inspire a generation through the world’s first hip hop, Afrobeats, and self-development event for children under 12. BIG HIM UP WE LOVE TO SEE IT 🖤

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Glasses frames are usually designed with white people’s nose features in mind - a high narrow bridge. Belgium based designer Ackeem Ngwenya and business partner, Shariff Vreugd, started Reframd. Their design technology creates frames for lower nose bridges and wider nostrils.

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🎉Wishing Diane Abbott a happy 70th birthday, a phenomenal woman who was the first Black Woman MP in the UK! We're proud of her achievements, despite the challenges she’s faced! She paved the way for Black Women MPs, and we're excited to see more Black Women in Parliament! 🙌🏾✨

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We are providing free A-level Appeal Letter Templates!! Check out our website -

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📢📢URGENT: Any young person from Pimlico Academy that is facing a potential exclusion for protesting please get in touch with us. . . We can provide free representation at this disciplinary meeting. Hello @blamcharity .co.uk

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Although, we at Blam welcome this U-Turn we must remember that Black students routinely out-perform their teacher-predicted grades!!

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🇲🇱 What a historic moment! Mali has broken free from its colonial past by replacing French as the official language with 13 indigenous Malian languages! 🎉 A powerful step towards embracing their own cultural heritage.

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Mali drops French as official language

The other 13 national languages spoken in Mali, will receive official language status

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@BLAMCharity

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We have created a resource for Black British children (KS2, 3&4), looking at Racial Wellness, Black Britishness and more! It is available for schools, organisations and parents/carers. Email us at info[@]blam[uk].org

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Any Black child/parent that has been subject to Strip searches in schools please contact our advocacy team!! We work regularly on challenging unlawful and anti-Black decisions taken by schools!! . Email us here hello @blamcharity .co.uk

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We have free African & Caribbean worksheets for children in Keystages 2,3 and 4. 🔗 🔗 Tell a parent to email us- hello @blamcharity .co.uk

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Here’s a thread of Black owned grocery stores, supermarkets & butchers!

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Today marks the first anniversary of the tragic and wrongful killing of Chris Kaba at the hands of the police. To this date we are still awaiting justice and an honest account of what happened that fateful day.

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Congratulations to Daniel Kaluuya for his Bafta win. Winner of the Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton, in Judas and the Black Messiah #blackexcellence

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WOW we love the finished cover art for @prisonculture @dreanyc123 book NO MORE POLICE: A Case for Abolition, illustrated by Naimah Thomas. Out August 30! ➡️

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Have you heard of the singer Janet Kay? An icon in the lovers rock genre, and a singer with an outstanding voice, her popular track "Silly Games" reached the number 2 on the British charts in the summer of 1979!! 🖤

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London's Janet Kay was the first black female artist to have a reggae Number 1 in the UK

Janet Kay, was born Janet Kay Bogle (the first of 6 children) in London to Jamaican parents, Clifton and Monica Bogle. Janet is a descendant of the

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3 years

BLAM UK is pleased to confirm that none of the young people at Pimlico Academy will be excluded from school, for fighting institutionalised racism using their right to protest. We are now sharing this open letter we drafted with @blkprotestlegal to Pimlico Academy last week.

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Today marks ten years since the state sanctioned killing of Mark Duggan. Mark Duggan should be alive with us today. We hold up your name today.

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Currently, Black history doesn’t feature in the national curriculum, meaning it is not compulsory to be taught in UK schools, BLAM UK have made it our mission to campaign against this! Our Grounded Project continues to fight for Black narratives to included in schools

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Today we held our first in-person Teacher Training for the new term at Wanstead High School. We delivered our session to 160 staff. We looked at Anti-Racism, Critical Race Theory and Decolonised Pedagogy.

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We at BLAM stand in solidarity with the lady who was assaulted at the Peckham Hair product shop. This truly is a wake up call, it is heartbreaking, shocking and traumatising to see a young Black woman mishandled in such a way.

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DID YOU KNOW ? The UK has one of the highest numbers of permanent school exclusion in Europe. In places Like Portugal, Spain and Italy school exclusion does not exist as a legislative option.

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📚 its super cool and exciting to discover the grand opening of 'Melanin Magic,' a fantastic black-owned bookstore! 🎉 This empowering space provides a safe haven for Black children to indulge in the joys of reading. 🖤

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The founder of @wokebabiesuk , a monthly subscription box “filled with Black children’s books and activities”, has opened a bookstore in south London. Kelly-Jade Nicholls says Melanin Magic will be a “hub for children featuring great books, learning resources, and Black-owned

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How Racism Affects the Mental Health of Black People. 🧠🧠

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We mourn the loss of the four angels who were lost to the to the Collingwood Road, Sutton fire. May they rest in beautiful and perfect peace. 👼🏽👼🏽👼🏽👼🏽🖤 #SouthLondon

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Black women truly are incredible. This creative [@]krysanthum has created a TikTok filter that helps you find the perfect middle parting 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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The New Cross fire took place on this day in 1981, 43 years ago! A memorial service took place this morning at St. Andrews Brockley church in rememberance of all those who lost their lives. 1/7

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⚠️PIMLICO VICTORY ⚠️ BLAM and @blkprotestlegal have helped to ensure that NO student involved in the protest at #PimlicoAcademy will be excluded for challenging the school’s discriminatory policies. The fight to end institutionalised racism continues!

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With the report on Police strip searches circulating, now is the perfect time for us to publish our radical approach to strip searches and how to resist and support young people. . This guide is for Parents, Youth Worker & teachers . Download our guide:

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We can provide advice and representation at school exclusion panels and meetings. We accept self-referrals and referrals from professionals. Parents may feel apprehensive when asked to attend appeals and meetings alone. Our advocates will support you !

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Sinai Fleary 🇬🇩🇻🇨

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NEW: The Scandal of Pupil Referral Units Black parents told me they are being tricked into sending their boys to PRUs. My investigation is on the front page of this month's issue of @TheVoiceNews 📰✍🏾🔥

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This day, 50 years ago the Black community rose up against the racist policing of the Mangrove restaurant.

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Mangrove Nine: the court challenge against police racism in Notting Hill | Robin Bunce and Paul...

Robin Bunce and Paul Field: The Mangrove Nine trial in 1970, spearheaded by Darcus Howe and Althea Jones-Lecointe, changed racial justice in the UK forever

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@BLAMCharity

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There are many flaws in the UK schooling system. Now let us tell you how BLAM UK is fixing this!! And how you get involved.⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ .

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@BLAMCharity

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One of Jamaica’s most influential feminist thinkers was Una Marson. Marson was the first Black woman to be employed as a radio producer at the BBC, where she recorded several significant interviews. Sunday's Google Doodle was designed by UK-based artist Sarah Madden.

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Black events/exhibitions in London! A thread🧵

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🛍️ Are you looking for Black-owned hair shops in London? Look no further! Here's a list of stores to meet all your hair needs. Show your love and support for local Black-owned businesses. 🖤👩🏾‍🦱🪮💼 #BlackOwnedLondon

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Sinai Fleary 🇬🇩🇻🇨

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Here is a link to list of Black owned hair shops in the UK.

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Incredible lesson plan and teaching resources for any teachers who are engaging their classes with @ClintSmithIII ‘s book ‘How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America’.

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Lessons for How the Word Is Passed by Clint Smith

The Zinn Education Project has produced a series of lessons and a collection of discussion questions for How the Word Is Passed by Clint Smith to help teachers introduce the central role of slavery...

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From modelling for ASOS, to creating her own line; @EvaApio_ collabs with ASOS sister brand, LabelRail, to create a new collection inspired by LA nights. 🌃 A huge milestone for one of the most recognisable Black women in the fashion sphere, Eva Apio! ✨ #BlackGirlMagic

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Cherry Hartley, was among the first of the UKs Black bus conductors in Bristol! Celebrating her 90th birthday, it’s amazing to learn about her story! 🚌🎂📖

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One of Bristol's first black bus workers marks 90th birthday

Cherry Hartley arrived in Bristol in 1960 and took up work on the buses after the Bristol bus boycott.

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@BLAMCharity

BLAM UK

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WE ARE SEEKING A RESEARCHER! 📚 • 7 hours pw, flexible hours • £500 PCM • 7 month contract REQUIREMENTS • Well-versed in Anti-Black racism • Written/researched Black experiences in UK Apply by 14th November 6 PM with CV & cover letter sent to hello @blamcharity .co.uk.

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Call out! We are looking for parents/carers or teachers who have witnessed discrimination in schools against BBE. Get in touch at jamilaxblamuk @gmail .com

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Over the course of this week, we'll be looking at African religions in the diaspora...

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@BLAMCharity

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- @AlisonHammond has written an amazing book on Black British historical figures. We can’t wait to check it out!

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In partnership with HSBC bank, Stormzy is offering another round of scholarships to an additional 36 students to study at Cambridge University! By 2026 a total of 81 students will have been supported by these scholarships!! What a fantastic opportunity!🖤

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Stop what you’re doing and help us wish our founder, director, boss lady and superwoman @fufuisonme a veryyyy happy birthday!! She truly is an inspiration to us and we love having her around. More life 🖤🖤

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It is widely understood that Black communities and Black people in the UK are overpoliced and underprotected by the criminal justice system as we are more than ten times more likely to be stopped and searched than our white counterparts. Read more on our blog ⬇️

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@BLAMCharity

BLAM UK

3 years

The practice of policing and shunning Black languages is known as Anti-Black Linguistic Racism. The term, coined by Dr @aprilbakerbell , refers to the linguistic persecution, dehumanisation, and marginalisation endured by Black Language (BL) speakers.

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Trailblazer Diane Abbott made history as the first Black Woman MP. We honour all her achievements and stand against the intolerable abuse and misogynoir she has endured. #ProtectBlackWomen

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🚨🚨BREAKING NEWS: On 6th April 2021, we sent an urgent communication to a UN Body urging them to condemn Race Report, and inform other human rights mechanisms within the UN about it. The UN have responded:

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3 years

We offer a 🌟free🌟 education advocacy service, to ensure that those who are the most vulnerable in society can still access justice. If you know a Black child facing an unfair exclusion then please email us at hello @blamcharity .co.uk. Learn more:

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ATTN 📢: Our Black History App is live! . Black history from the comfort of your phone. For young people aged 11-16

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Celebrating Black Briton, Michael Abbensetts, who will be honored with a blue plaque in Kilburn! As a groundbreaking playwright, he became the first to be commissioned for a British Television drama series, providing meaningful representation and giving voice to Black Britons.

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A highly anticipated Black Girl Festival is returning this summer and for the first time taking place across TWO days at the iconic SOMERSET HOUSE! 🤯💐

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Remembering the Ogoni Nine 27 years on 27 years ago today, a group of 9 activists from Ogoniland, Nigeria were executed. With conversations around climate change and Nigeria growing- it's essential to remember the history of Black people’s resistance to corporate extractivism 1/

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WALTER RODNEY ✊🏿✊🏿

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At BLAM UK we are taking this moment to remember the Black women that have been victim to state and Gendered violence who never received the outcry of masses and their names and cases remain unknown #sayhername Blessing Olusegun Joy Gardner Valerie Forde

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4 years

Do you need to Appeal your #AlevelResults we have easy to use template letters for you to use!

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The BLAM team just finished delivering our session on African oral traditions and Hip Hop!!

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At BLAM UK we fight for linguistic justice! We wrote an open letter to @tes : in response to their article ‘Slang Safeguarding Risks’. We are strongly urging them to remove the article and to provide training on language discrimination! ✊🏾 Read more here

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@BLAMCharity

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Get ready for our upcoming event BLACK RHYTHMS: BLAM MUSIC EXTRAVAGANZA! 🎶 Come and celebrate Black History Month with us on Friday 27th October!! 💃🏾✨ PLEASE SHARE, LIKE & RETWEET!! 🖤 🎼🎶🌟Grab your tickets here:

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The policing of Black children and Black girls hair specifically is part of the ongoing violence of institutionalised anti-Blackness within schools. It is a culture rooted to in conformity to the white norm and is a form of spirit murdering our children.

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Jade Samuels

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My child is banned from the school playground/canteen for her hair, its neatly braided in a natural colour, I gave them a lesson on the history of black womens hairs cultural significance of braiding, they chose violence, @BishopChalloner has a racist hair policy!!!

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Our Open Letter to Ark All Saints Academy about the banning of Black British English (Slang). We are calling for the immediate removal of the Ban. Join us and our 100 Signatories in supporting this letter!!

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Christmas comes once a year, but history is forever... 1- On 25th December 1831, one of the largest Jamaican slave revolts took place. Tens of thousands took part in a rebellion against the heinous treatment of the white Jamaican plantocracy

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A big congrats to our boss lady @fufuisonme for being shortlisted for the Legal Aid Newcomer in the 2023 Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards! #LALY23 🥳🥳🥳

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BLAM UK

3 years

We have 3 new roles for our new project called ”Implementing the UK’s Legal obligations when it comes to teaching about Empire, Race and Black History”. . We are looking for two community researchers to support this project and a project worker. . Deadline 12 July 9pm.

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Calling GCSEs Tutors based or willing to travel to Lambeth! One of our clients has been permanently excluded months to their final GCSE exams. We need your help to support them with this final hurdle.

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Another interesting example of Black erasure in history...

@themultiplemom

Princess | Mindfulness | Conscious Parenting

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The fact that Pilates was rebranded into a workout for healthy/wealthy yt women is... Joseph Pilates created Pilates in a prison for sick prisoners. AND it was his understudy, Kathy Stanford Grant (a black woman) that refined it. She was an acclaimed choreographer.

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“Brixton has been changing for the worse. A wave of gentrification has erased Brixton’s cultural history, pricing out many of the working-class communities that have lived in the area for decades.” #ReclaimBrixton #HondoTower #FightTheTower #SaveNour ➡️

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The work @KwajoHousing does is so important and so inspiring!

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A global platform for emerging talent, i-D celebrates fashion, culture, individuality and youth.

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📣📣We are hiring a Youth Project Worker and a Curriculum developer to support us on our Black History in school projects. . Interested in teaching KS2/ KS3 . Love researching and teaching Black history? . Apply now!! Hello @blamcharity .co.uk

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We stand with Chris Kaba's friends and family in demanding that the @metpoliceuk give us the answers we deserve surrounding his murder. This institution needs to be held accountable for its actions and we won't allow them to silence us!

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At the UN Symposium yesterday, BLAM UK Advocate & Researcher gave evidence about the ongoing discrimination Black-British English Language speakers continue to face in the education system and our campaign to end the criminalisation of Black languages. #WGEPAD #UN

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@akalamusic Free Black history courses for children aged 6-16.

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BLAM UK

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We have free African & Caribbean worksheets for children in Keystages 2,3 and 4. 🔗 🔗 Tell a parent to email us- hello @blamcharity .co.uk

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We wish to honour the late, great Jessica Huntley on her 96th Birthday ✊🏾👑 Community activist, political reformer, race equality campaigner, advocate for women's rights - these are just a few of the titles held by this incredible woman. Her legacy will continue to live on!

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DID YOU KNOW? In the UK, a staggering 1 in 4 black children rely on free school meals during term time. As parents, we understand the importance of ensuring our kids have nutritious meals throughout the year. Discover places where kids can eat for FREE or at a discounted rate 🖤

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Be sure to catch #TribalMark directed & produced by Skepta this weekend in London Everyman cinemas! The premier will feature a showing of the film + a live Q&A! If you live in Birmingham, Bristol or Manchester you can catch the film next week!

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📣We have a new paid position!! If you would like to help run our Racial Wellness and Cultural Therapy workshops please apply by the 11th.

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Reframd uses the image clients can take on their phones to analyse things such as “head width, bridge height, pantoscopic tilt, temple length, and more”. This helps to build a comfortable tailor-made pair of frames for the individual.

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We are supporting ten Black families in the boroughs of #lambeth and #southwark after the Government saw it fit to let them down.

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Our thoughts and prayers are with Sasha Johnson at this time. We know all too well the cost that comes with organising for Black liberation. We are met with state violence and racist violence. #BlackLivesMatter

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🚨BREAKING NEWS: BLAM UK has sent urgent correspondence to UN Body in regards to race report.

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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 Com…

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Our founder had a great session with @AspiringHeads . She spoke about understanding how racism causes Black trauma and advocated for the provision of healing spaces within the school setting for this. She also spoke about the need to centre Black joy as a means of resistance.

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We are upset & disgusted to learn that a Black girl was strip searched on school premises. Schools are complicit in the over policing & under protection of Black students as they are an extension of the carceral state. This is why we focus on education.

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Just finished an amazing Anti-Racism & centering Black narratives teacher-training session with the @Tenisons_news wonderful staff!!

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Pleased to share our #blackhistorybitespodcast is the 12th most popular podcast in the UK. We only launched this May, thank you for all your support .

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The second event in a series of educational events by the London Metropolitan Archives Radical Voices: Yesterday - Today. Curated by Ife Thompson ( @fufuisonme ), @Aleemagray , @mikaimikai_ and Zerritha Brown #RadicalVoices21 Free ticket here:

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@blackfilmarchve created by @mayascade is a living register of Black films. In its current iteration, it showcases Black films made from 1915 to 1979 currently streaming. The project aims to show the full power of Black imagery in film. ✊🏿🎥

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THE ROOTED PROJECT IS BACK! 🖤🤞🏾 The Rooted Project provides free history lessons in summer for children aged 8-14! #summerschool #edutwitter

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On June 22 1948, thousands of West Indian migrants arrived in Britain. Their impact is still felt till this day and their contributions to Black British culture cannot be denied. We wish to take a moment to honour those of the Windrush Generation #WindrushDay

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We took a trip to the Horniman Museum to see their Hair: Untold Stories exhibition and were surprisingly impressed with their representation of Black hair

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Some positivity to start off your week!

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Jason Arday to become youngest ever black professor at Cambridge University

Arday, 37, a sociologist, aims to inspire others from disadvantaged and under-represented backgrounds

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This case is a reminder that institutional racism still runs rampant in the public sector. It is heart breaking to here Richard's mother say "I cried out to the police, they didn't support me". The police need to be held to account for their inaction.

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Join us as we call for the dismantling of anti-Black systems of oppression and policing in education that harm our baby brothers and sisters each day. Education must have abolition and transformative justice NOW. ✊🏿🌸 #ProtectBlackChildren #DignityinEducation #ChildQ

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Happy first #WorldBookDay2024 to us. . If you are a Parent or a Primary School Teacher make sure you grab a copy of ‘Global Black Narratives for the Classroom.’📗📗📗📗 . #BlackHistory 🛒

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Today we are looking forward to the premiere of Steve McQueen's Small Axe. The first Film to be aired today is Mangrove, on BBC One at 9pm. Check out our Blog on The Mangrove 9 to learn more:

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Revolutionary Black British Women is this years theme for #IWD2020 . Let's continue to elevate our narratives and contributions to race and gender equality in Britain. Join us on the 11th March!

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BLAM UK ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE RELEASING A 2 VOLUME BOOK! Global Black Narratives in the Classroom! 📕📕 Our book is a practical classroom guide keen on ensuring Black history and narratives are centered and included all year! Tell a teacher to tell a teacher!

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📢We still have over 20 spaces on our Free, February Zuri Therapy sessions. . This is a 4-week Group session on Racial Wellness for Black people in the UK, led by 3 Black Therapists!! . Sign up Below:

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Racial Wellness Workshop SignUp

This is the sign up form for the Racial Wellness Workshops beginning February 2021

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🚨🚨BIG ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨🚨 We are publishing a book! Global Black Narratives in Schools is practical guide for Primary School Teachers doing classroom lessons, keen on ensuring Black history is centered and included all year. Pre-Order Now!

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RIP Benjamin Zephaniah, a renowned poet and activist, has contributed to the Black community in several ways. Key aspects include using his poetry to address social issues, advocating for racial equality, and promoting education and awareness about Black history and culture!

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🖤That being said this is a wake up call for us to continue to support Black-owned businesses especially in the realm of Black hair and products. Check out this blog post with a list of Black hair shops to support:

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Shopping Whilst Black: Shopping at Stores that Target Black Shoppers but Not Black-Owned

Have you ever stepped into a store and sensed someone watching you, the gaze of unseen eyes, as though you’re under surveillance? Or perhaps you’ve had someone not-so-discreetly follow …

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