African Caribbean Cultures Glasgow LLP (ACCG) is the new cultural events and discussion group hosted by Graham Campbell and Anne McLaughlin. We will be posting all news of our exciting plans for 2014 Commonwealth Games Festival events in July/August and for the African Caribbean Talent Showcase in June. Feel free to post Caribbean and African related stories, news or events in Scotland. COMMUNITY
LINKS - We work together to promote our cultures through through coordinating music, visual art, dance, film and theatre production services to Scotland’s 39,000 people of African, Caribbean, Arab, Latin American & Afro-Scottish descent. ACCG is a social enterprise for cultural, educational, and historical development, for all Scotland’s 50 different African and Caribbean national communities and cultures. ACCG OBJECTIVES: • To create a platform for high quality artists and cultural activists across a variety of mediums – i.e. visual arts, music, dance, journalism, literature, theatre and film as part of the ongoing cultural legacy of the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014
• To establish artistic debates, community engagement meetings to examine the historical legacy of slavery in Scotland and in the former British Empire
• To use dance, drama, film, social media and music to share cultures and experiences between African, Caribbean and Scottish people during the course of the Commonwealth Games and in its aftermath.
• To raise awareness through cultural heritage of social and political issues such as race discrimination, gender equality, education, borders, immigration, asylum policies - which most directly impact on African and Caribbean communities in Scotland.
• To organise regular Black History Month and other Country national independence days and other calendar events marking important moments in African, Caribbean and Scottish history :
• January 18th MLK Day • June 30th – DR Congo Independence
• February 6th – Bob Marley Day • July 18th Nelson Mandela Day
• March 7th - Ghana Independence Day • July 23rd-August 3rd – Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
• March 8th - International Women’s Day • August 1st Caribbean Emancipation from Slavery Day
• April 24th South African Democracy Day • August 28th – March on Washington Day
• April 27th – Zimbabwean Independence • October 1st – Nigerian Independence & Scotland Black History Month
• May 25th - African Liberation Day
• June 16th – Soweto Uprising Day • December 1st – World AIDS Day
VOLUNTEERING - We offer multiple volunteering, training and work experience opportunities for people wishing to update or maintain skills and experiences to help promote African & Caribbean cultures in the community. ACCG also offers special access to events for refugees and asylum seekers. Yours in full confidence,
Graham Campbell - Anne McLaughlin (Partners)
African Caribbean Cultures Glasgow LLP
Aspire Centre, 135 Wellington St
Glasgow G2 2XD
We can be contacted at [email protected]
