Black History Month 2022 – and Louise won an award!

As we reflect on this year’s BHM and its theme of change, DEED, and many of the organisations we work with, are trying to change people’s perceptions of the world around them.

Louise’s talk at BCP Council’s BHM event on the 5th of October led by the BCP Race & Cultural Diversity Staff Network, emphasised that black history is local history and asked the audience to reimagine our relationship with the past. Whilst there, Louise received an award for her work promoting black history in Dorset.

Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum in Bournemouth also hosted DEED’s newly revamped Dorset’s Hidden Histories exhibition from 10-31 October. Visitors’ comments included “very inspiring” “fascinating” and “enlightening” with one particular comment standing out, “I’m 74. I have been here for 65 years. I did not know about this history.”

Finally, Louise was interviewed by Hope FM on the 1st of November and discussed her work at DEED and contemporary issues living in diverse Britain, and how an openness to learning is at the heart of so much of what we do.