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….was a fantastic day for the community.  Over 1,000 people including 40 community and mainstream partners came together in Georges Park to enjoy the sunshine, the bouncy castles, football, ice cream, mountain bikes, and talk to stall holders about services  residents can access for free.

W.A.I.T.S are looking for BAME Community Organisations andleaders to take part in a new Empowerment Programme.

Aimed at supporting people to better engage with local decision making structures, funders and raise issues to national decision makers. Participants should be able to commit to attend 6 workshops, over 3 days, with a further opportunity to meet directly with key decision makers.

Wednesday 17 February 2010

Wednesday 24 February 2010

Wednesday 3 March 2010 9.30am – 3.30pm (includes FREE hot lunch)

VENUE: CIP (Community Integration Partnership)9 GEORGE RDEDGBAS
EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM B15 1NP

For more information, please download the Flier Here

Come:Unity arts are staging a new exhibition at the Arts for Change gallery at BVSC, 138 Digbeth. The exhibition runs from 2 November – 7 January

The exhibition uses film and photography to allow a group of women from Handsworth to explore complex issues about the relationship between beauty and skin colour:

“In the appearance-conscious society in which we live there is a myth for women of colour that lighter, plaer complexions portray beauty, riches and success. In India, Read the rest of this entry »

Sistertree, our very own talented Theatre group in Lozells, will be performing their play Mix and Flix at Lozells Methodist Centre on Saturday 17 October. This is just one of many activities taking place across the City as part of Black History Month.

The performance starts at 4.45pm and tickets are £5 . Tickets can be bought on the door or by contacting 0121 240 4767. 

Lozells YIP ran a series of workshops, looking at how young people perceive themselves as being disadvantaged and unfortunate. We as a project were interested in comparing our lives to the lives of other young people around the world, to show them just how privileged and fortunate we are, and show the true extent of the poverty and misfortune faced by some young people around the world. We also looked at how certain young people show little or no respect to their parents and immediate family and continually take them for granted.

 What we wanted to do was to show the local young people how fortunate they are to have parents/guardians and close family that they could rely on, confide in and turn to for help in their times of need, and how such luxuries should be appreciated and cherished.  We also looked at how lucky we all are living in a country like England, which is a safe environment, where we have rights and laws that govern our lives allowing us to live the way we do, as compared to poverty ridden third world countries where there is little or no access to basic human rights.  

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