“You Make Us So Proud”
The vision of the project
To celebrate and mark the occasion by raising the awareness of the contributions and achievements made by Black Britons in Nottingham and the United Kingdom.
“You Make us So proud” will positively stimulate conversations around the title of the project to inspire and create a more collaborative cohesion between BME organisations, Educational Institutions, Business, Community Organisations and Churches.
This is a cross generational participatory program for people of all ages and of Caribbean and African heritage.
“A catalyst for positive change, the start of something new”
Janet Hutchenson Brown
Historical Context
On 25th March 1807, a Parliamentary Bill was passed to abolish the slave trade in the British Empire. That day marked the beginning of a long road to the end of slavery itself, which came in the British Empire with the Act of 1833, and those slaves did not gain their final freedom until 1838.
I want to make sure that in 2007 we not only want to pay tribute to the victims of the slave trade, the ordinary people and those who campaigned for change. What we at Black Renaissance want to do is celebrate with our contemporaries and recognise our contributions and successful milestone in the wider context of a cultural heritage.
