Monthly Archives: October 2021

COLLECTIVE IMPACT ORGANISE INFORMATIVE BLACK HISTORY NETWORKING EVENTS AT CHECKPOINT COMMUNITY CENTRE, BRADFORD

Collective Impact would like to thank all those who who came and supported our Proud To BeBHM Networking event.

Big Massive Thanks To Our Speakers Who Were Very Inspirational And Informative Karl Oxford Tony Tokunbo Eteka FernandezMarcus Reid Nigel Guy Moses Ekebusi Osakwe Nonyelum Esther Yemi Fagborun Irene Enribo Ani

We would also like to thank our volunteers Kirrin TakharHeather LowersMiriam Smiler Murphy Emma Smith Siobhan ConleyAnnette LeeJaki Ceasar Andie’s African Kitchen Marion Salmon and last but not least Checkpoint Community Centre Action Group.

What We Do Today Will Affect Our Tomorrow. As A Collective We Can Make An Impact

WATCH THIS SPACE FOR THE PREMIERE OF OUR STAR STUDDED BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENT SPONSORED BY INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATION AND COHESION

We are pleased to inform you that The Premiere of our star-studded Black History Month Event will be soon be available on major social media platforms.

This years event has been sponsored by The International Centre for integration and cohesion as well as Faith forum for London

Many thanks to OUR AMAZING SPEAKERS FOR 2021:

CHARLEY BOY AKA  AREA FADA 1     FAMOUS NIGERIAN ENTERTAINMENT CELEBRITY ICON  –   Singer, Songwriter, Political activist, Publisher and Social engineer

June Isaacs – Wife of The Late Legendary Gregory Isaacs –   

Dr Christopher Johnson – Guyanese Award Winning Journalist, Publisher and Business Management Consultant  

Mr Nims Obunge -NIGERIAN PASTOR AND POLITICAN  AND GREAT PEOPLES AMBASSADOR

Getrude Matshe – Award Winning African Storyteller from Zimbabwe, living in New Zealand – 

MR Aro Leonard – MEDIA TRAINER AND CEO OF KLEVEREST

Mr James Ingram – CEO of BWTM Online TV

WATCH THIS SPACE – ALSO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL AT http://www.youtube.com/user/etekatoks

FOR MORE INFO- CONTACT US NOW ON +447882809005 (WE ARE ALSO INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM TV STATIONS AROUND THE WORLD )

A GREAT END TO BLACK HISTORY MONTH WITH MWANA EVENTS, THIS SATURDAY AT 8PM -DO NOT MISS IT

TOMORROW 8PM 🎊Kindly Share this flyer with family, friends, Neighbours & Colleagues…..Kindly forward this flyer to your cousin, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, mama, baba. Tell them ALL we WELCOME them ALL to 🎉🎊 MWANA EVENTS 🎉🎊 Black History Month Special Celebrating African Culture, Creativity &Art Music 🎶 Poetry 🎤 Community 💚🌟 BE THERE. BE INSPIRED 🌟⬇️ Zoom details below ⬇️Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82024512471…Meeting ID: 820 2451 2471Passcode: 135490One tap mobile

This Weekend, This Saturday‼ Show UP ✊🏾 Share the flyer 🌍BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2021✊🏾🎊 Celebrating African Culture, African Creativity & African Art. Providing African Entertainment SAT 30 OCT 2021 – 8PM ( UK TIME) 🎶 Music | Poetry🎤 | Network 🌍 | Zoom 🎥 African Entertainment 📣🥁🎸WE WELCOME YOU ALL 🥁📣🎸‼

Not to be missed‼Special Guest :Tony Tokunbo Eteka Fernandez – Multi Award Winner – Author, Poet Founder of : AFRICA4U Founder of : AFRICANS IN THE DIASPORA WORLDWIDE

ABOUT TONY

Tony Tokunbo Eteka Fernandez is an International Award Winner, Published Author & Poet, Events Consultant , MC and Freelance Digital Marketing Strategist. He is also the Founder of AFRICA4U and The Founder of Africans in The Diaspora Online Network. He has won over 20 awards.Website – https://myfernandez.com/about/Contact – +44 7882 809 005Email – afripoet@hotmail.com Youtube- https://youtube.com/user/etekatoks

Perfomers :Freddy Macha a – Musician Antonette Clarke – Poet Hamida Mbaga – Cultural Ambassador Manatita Hutchinson n Lantern Carrier- Poet TiCha Vibes – Musician Oyèdókùn Ìbùkún Penawd – Poet Kelly Haso – Musician Okeme James Jerome – poet

Host:Jackline Waziri Poet | Aurhor of ‘Mwana’ Poetry collectionJacklinewaziri.com⬇️Zoom details ⬇️Meeting ID: 820 2451 2471Passcode: 135490

ROLE MODEL OF THE WEEK, PASQUAL KPATASUE FROM SOUTH SUDAN

Am South Sudanese by nationality and proud AfricanDoing Reggae/Afro working at South Sudan Republican guard Entertainment known as CEO of New World Music Entertainment (NWME) And also new sign member to GPAN.

I was born in the family of John Able Kpatasue and Mama Angelina Fanika in the year 1996/04/07 in very poor family with poor background in the land of Azande South Sudan, Growing  up in SPLA military academy, in the year 2007 I decided to join music industry, 2009 was the year I joined music academy in Kenya, Am also member at Young Africans Leaders(YALI ) South Sudan.

My birth name is Pasqual John Able Kpatasue

Stage name is PJ AK Youths President.

My dream our dreams to unite Africans to be one

ROLE MODEL OF THE WEEK – MR ROGER ROBINSON -TS Eliot Prize and Ondaatje Prize winner/ Fellow of The Royal Society Of Literature

Roger is a writer and educator who has taught and performed worldwide and is an experienced workshop leader and lecturer on poetry. He was chosen by Decibel as one of 50 writers who have influenced the black-British writing canon. He received commissions from The National Trust, London Open House, BBC, The National Portrait Gallery, V&A, INIVA, MK Gallery and Theatre Royal Stratford East where he also was associate artist. He is an alumni of The Complete Works.

His workshops have been part of a shortlist for the Gulbenkian Prize for Museums and Galleries and were also a part of the Webby Award winning Barbican’s Can I Have A Word. He was shortlisted for The OCM Bocas Poetry Prize, The Oxford Brookes Poetry Prize and highly commended by the Forward Poetry Prize 2013. He has toured extensively with the British Council and is a co-founder of both Spoke Lab and the international writing collective Malika’s Kitchen. He is the lead vocalist and lyricist for King Midas Sound and has also recorded solo albums with Jahtari Records

COLLECTIVE IMPACT “PROUD TO BE NETWORKING” EVENT TAKES PLACE SATURDAY THE 30TH OF OCTOBER AT 3PM

COLLECTIVE IMPACT @CHECKPOINT “PROUD TO BE NETWORKING” EVENT TAKES PLACE THIS SATURDAY THE 30TH OF OCTOBER AT 3PM

VENUE- CHECKPOINT COMMUNITY CENTRE, WESTGATE, BRADFORD BD1 2 QU

THERE WILL BE MUSIC AND FOOD

COME AND FIND OJUT MORE ABOUT ALL THE GOOD WORK FROM OUR BRADFORD BLACK ORGANISATIONS

DO NOT MISS IT

BRADFORD 4 BETTER OFFERS FREE BASIC LIFE SUPPORT TRAINING- GET INVOLVED TODAY

Saturday 16th October was #RestartAHeart Day, an international campaign to raise awareness of Basic Life Support (BLS) training.

Bradford4Better (B4B) launched an ambitious new project called
BRADFORD LIFESAVERS and will be delivering Free Basic Life Support training across all parts of Bradford.

BLS is a vital life skill that everyone should be trained in and can make the difference between life and death in an emergency.

We need your help to get this training in all communities across Bradford.

If you would like to join the team to help or host a training event:

Please contact the team on:
bradfordlifesavers@bradford4better.com

Or visit our website:
https://bradford4better.com/bradford-lifesavers/

ROLE MODEL OF THE WEEK, ATIM ANNETTE OTON- CURATOR AT CALABAR GALLERY

Atim Annette Oton is a Nigerian-born, American and British educated designer turned art curator who grew up in Nigeria with her mother collecting and buying contemporary art.

She is the Curator and founder of Harlem based Calabar Gallery. She is the African Art Curator for Amref Health Africa ArtBall for the past 4 years which honored Wangechi Mutu, El Anatsui, Toyin Ojih Odutola and Zanele Muholi.

Atim has been an advisor to the David Prize, and is an advisor to PUBLIC SQUARE and Haiti Cultural Exchange.

In 2016, she launched Calabar Gallery in Harlem to focus on contemporary African Artists and African Diaspora artists globally whose work is inspired and influenced by black and global African culture globally investigating dynamic ideas about art, culture and society.

Bradford named as one of eight longlisted places through to the next round of the UK City of Culture 2025 competition

Bradford is through to the next stage of the competition to host UK City of Culture in 2025.

The Secretary of State for the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS),
Nadine Dorries, has announced that the district is one of eight longlisted places selected
from a highly competitive and far-reaching field of 20 locations from across the UK.

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries said: “Culture is for everyone, regardless of their
background and I’m delighted that the bids from our eight longlisted places will help areas
across the UK level up by increasing access to culture.

“I wish all our successful bids luck in the next phase of the competition. Bradford’s bid
showed huge promise and I look forward to seeing what they have in store.”

This marks a major milestone for Bradford which has committed to embedding culture in the
district’s inclusive growth as part of a 10-year cultural strategy, ‘Culture is Our Plan’.

Responding to the longlist announcement, presenter and artist Shanaz Gulzar – Chair of
Bradford 2025 said: “We’re thrilled to have made the longlist for UK City of Culture 2025.
The competition is about to ramp up and we are completely focused on creating the best
possible bid – a winning bid – with and for the district. Bradford district is changing fast and
we want to use our rich cultural heritage, our storytellers, our innovators and our diverse
young population to create a bid that is both recognisably Bradford and a new story written
on our own terms. We’re in this to win.”

Cllr Susan Hinchcliffe – Leader of Bradford Council said: “Thousands of people across
Bradford, Keighley, Ilkley, Shipley and Bingley have been involved in getting the district to
this point. To be selected for the longlist of eight is a massive show of confidence in all that
we’ve done together.”

Winning the UK City of Culture title will be a game-changer for Bradford, putting the district
firmly on the national and international stage. A City of Culture designation brings
considerable long-term benefits including increased employment, new investment, enhanced
skills, renewed pride, greater cultural capacity and more opportunities to participate in arts
and cultural activities.

Preparations for Bradford 2025 to date already have generated a new confidence in the
area’s creative sector which has secured £2 million for The Leap, the city’s Creative People
and Places programme, and £1.5 million for Bradford Producing Hub – one of only two pilot
projects in the UK receiving funds to develop local talent.

The district is also set to benefit from a number of major cultural capital projects currently
underway including a new 4,000 capacity music venue, Bradford Live, due to open next
year; the £23 million flagship Darley Street Market including a 750-capacity venue; the
National Science and Media Museum’s new galleries and the Transforming Cities £50 million
public realm enhancement programme.

Beyond the cultural sector, Bradford 2025 already has created new partnerships between
the public and private sectors, with more than 35 businesses across the district including
The Broadway, Morrisons, Jinnah Group, Rushbond PLC and Yorkshire Building Society
coming on board to champion the bid. The campaign also has seen new levels of
collaboration between University of Bradford and Bradford Council.

David Potts, CEO of Morrisons said: “People are increasingly aware of Bradford’s
potential and that’s good for residents, good for businesses and good for visitors. Local
people will benefit hugely from the opportunities, not to mention the incredible experiences,
of a year-long City of Culture celebration. We are looking forward to supporting the bid over
the coming months and creating awareness of the campaign amongst our thousands of
customers as well as our colleagues across the district”.

Bradford 2025 Bid Director, Richard Shaw, said: “Our focus now, alongside creating a
winning bid, is to ensure that everyone – all local people from every corner of the district –
joins us to make ours the most inclusive, most imaginative bid.

Now that we’re officially on our way to creating ‘BD25’ – an extraordinary and dynamic
destination where great things can happen, we need the help of everyone in the district. We
want to create a programme that is unique to Bradford, to build ‘BD25’, a new place and time
where difference is celebrated, where we relish diverse views, where creativity can flourish
and thrive.”

The longlisted places must now submit their final bids in January 2022. Local people can get
involved in shaping the themes and cultural activities for Bradford 2025’s final bid
submission and everyone is encouraged to attend one of the community events that are now
taking place in every ward across the district.

The winner of the UK City of Culture 2025 competition will be announced in May 2022.

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    For press and media enquiries contact Debbie Bradley or Olivia Rhodes at Anita Morris
    Associates on debbie@anitmorrisassociates.co.uk / Olivia@anitamorrisassociates.co.uk /
    01943 603311
    Notes to Editors
    Twitter: @Bradford2025
    Facebook: /bradford2025
    Website: http://www.bradford2025.co.uk
    Bradford 2025 is the district’s bid to be UK City of Culture 2025. Awarded every four years
    by Government the UK City of Culture title has had a transformational impact on previous
    host cities, securing millions of pounds of investment and acting as a catalyst for creative
    place-making and culture-led regeneration. Bradford district’s bid is backed by Bradford
    Metropolitan District Council with the University of Bradford as a strategic partner.
    Bradford 2025 is driven by the Cultural Place Partnership which includes Bradford Council,
    University of Bradford and other representatives of the cultural sector and national funders.
    The bid forms part of Culture is Our Plan – Bradford Council’s cultural strategy until 2031.

In July 2021, Bradford district was officially named as one of 20 UK locations bidding for the
title, the highest number of entries in the competition’s history and a resounding show of
confidence in the transformational impact the designation can afford.
Eight longlisted locations were announced by the DCMS in October 2021 and include
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Bradford, Cornwall, County Durham, Derby,
Southampton, Stirling and Wrexham County Borough.
Up to four places will be shortlisted in March 2022 ahead of the winning location being
announced in spring 2022.


Corporate partners for Bradford UK City of Culture 2025 bid include
:


FOUNDING PARTNERS


● Emerald Group Publishing
● Telegraph & Argus (LOCALiQ)
● Rushbond PLC
● Morrisons PLC
● The Broadway, Bradford
● Bradford Bulls
● Jinnah Group

BID CHAMPIONS
● ITC

● Platinum Partnership Solicitors
● Bombay Stores
● Regency Hall

BID PARTNERS
● CityFibre
● Exa Networks
● Schofield Sweeney
● Bradford City Football Club
● My Lahore
● Muse Developments
● Arup
● Bradford BID
● Welcome to Yorkshire
● Naylor Wintersgill
● Expect Distribution
● Great Victoria Hotel
● Yorkshire Building Society

Balfour Beatty
● Faithful+Gould
● Sovereign Health Care

COLLECTIVE IMPACT AND SORM STUDIOS PRESENTS “PROUD TO BE “

ITS BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND THERE ARE SO MANY INITIATIVES TAKING PLACE THIS MONTH

“COLLECTIVE IMPACT AND SORM STUDIOS PRESENTS “PROUD TO BE”

An event aimed to celebrate, educate , share and acknowledge the contributions and achievements of Black people locally and globally.

This event will be another opportunity to bridge the gap between people from different backgrounds within the vicinities of Bradford, West Yorkshire

The event takes place at The Sorm Studios, 5 Cater Street, Bradford West Yorkshire BD1 5AS

DO NOT MISS IT, ALSO CONTACT Jerry Crawford