Now it's time for you to tell your story. This could be about your experiences, your identity, or something that you've learned today. Let's hear from our interviewees with their advice and experiences of telling their own stories.
Efe Ezekiel 00:00:00:01This section is now about getting every single one of you out thereand being creative and sharing your stories about your experiences,identity or something that you've learned today. Alright, so startdoing spoken word, poetry, maybe do some dramatic art and sharewith everybody in your workspace.
Cassius 00:00:23:16And I don't really like to be sitting and letting all the opinions justrun by past me because I've got my own and I feel like my opinionis as equally valuable as everyone else's.
Lorenz and Kevin 00:00:39:00The stories that we'd tell are like, they're always good to tellbecause it just opens the eyes of many other religions or culturesfor other people.
Aaliyah 00:00:49:22That's how we tell our history, storytelling through Anansi and stufflike that. It connects us, especially when you're Caribbean and themotherland is Africa. There are so many stories like that passedinto Caribbean culture as well.
Zainab 00:01:18:00You can see, like, in my Tik Tok videos and my Instagram, youknow, constantly trying to make people aware and just informpeople about different situations. But also what I'm trying to doalso like convey with any of my social media platforms is really tomix this intellectual side of me and the creative side of me whenthey come together that's where I show me.
Zedikeiah and Mutawakal 00:01:44:01You know when they talk about young Black people most of thetime it's more of a negative side, but when we tell our story theycan see our point of view and our way.
Aaliyah 00:01:53:16So it's definitely storytelling is a way we find joy, a way we findpeace, a way we connect and find humour, especially through darktimes we tell stories. So it's always been a part of our tradition andhistories and it also makes people who've come before us livethrough us, keep them alive, keep our history alive throughstorytelling.
Cassius 00:02:21:16For our young people of the United Kingdom, get creative. Expressyour ideas because what you do every day might be moreinteresting than you might initially think. What you're interested in,what you dislike, what you love, your personality is all incrediblyimportant. So express yourself no matter, whatever way you can.
Storytelling time
It’s time to contribute your personal story and creativity, whether it's for Black History Month or beyond.
Deliver a story or speech about how you can change the world and future so that it is fair for everyone based on the terms of racial equality, justice, diversity and inclusion. You can deliver your stories through various creative and different ways:
- By giving a speech;
- In reporter style;
- By drawing a brainstorm/story map;
- Writing or singing a song or rap;
- Through spoken word or a poem;
- Performing a movement or dance piece.
Ways you can be an ally
- Get involved with celebratory workshops, events and talks during Black History Month.
- Learn more about the positive accomplishments of Black, Asian and UK minority ethnic people throughout history.
- Educate yourselves about people who are different from you.
- Embrace new and different cultures.
- Reflect on inequality, injustice and discrimination.
- Think about the ways we can all stop racism and support anti-racism.
- Be kinder to everyone and care more about everyone’s civil rights and liberties.
- Make sure that everyone has a platform to tell their own unique histories and stories.
- Become an advocate and help build stronger communities who work together to improve life for everyone.
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