Welcome back to another blog post by carer activist Matthew McKenzie. Since I run an ethnic carer group, I wanted to promote Black History Month. Black History Month is celebrated in both America and UK, although the UK promotes Black History month in October.

There are 2 themes for Black History month one being “African Americans and the Arts”, the other being “Reclaiming Narratives”. I decided to go for the first theme, but did a mention on how the UK celebrates Black History Month.

Here are the highlights of my video.

• 🎨 Black History Month 2024’s theme is “African-Americans and the Arts.”
• 🌍 Celebrates the impact of African and Caribbean heritage in British history.
• 🏛️ Encourages exploration of Britain’s colonial past and migration.
• 🎶 Highlights the influence of black Americans on music, especially jazz.
• 📚 Black History Month aims to educate about interconnected histories of Britain, Africa, and the Caribbean.
• 🏢 Calls for action from governments and institutions to embrace diversity.
• 🤝 Stresses that these stories are part of everyone’s history, not just black history.

If you are interested to watch my video please via the view below.

Thanks for dropping by my carer blog site. For those interested I am doing a Black History Month event with Carers UK. This will take place October 16th at 4 pm via zoom

The Link to sign up is below.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYtcOCtrD8tHNH8VQpLitUXVy2lGGRY6Omq#/registration