BCA works with London Mayoral team on Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm
Join the Black Cultural Archives and the team working on the Mayor’s Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm for an evening of discussion.
The event will begin with an introduction to the work of the Commission by Deputy Mayor for Social Integration, Social Mobility and Community Engagement Dr Debbie Weekes-Bernard. We will then hear a provocation from Tony Warner, founder of Black History Walks before launching into three community-led conversations on:
Memorialising victims of the Transatlantic slave trade
Recognising/Celebrating the Windrush generation
Black Britons/Pioneers missing from our public realm
The purpose of the Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm is to lead a London-wide conversation on how to practically achieve greater diversity of representation across the public realm and heritage sites. This will have a focus on increasing presence and visibility of underrepresented groups including Black, Asian and minority ethnic, women, LGTBQ+ and disabled groups and will include consideration of representation of socio-economic diversity.
Discussions from this event will feed directly into the first meeting of the Commission in December 2020. This will be the first of many community events and there will be further opportunities to engage with the work of the Commission throughout the two year length of the project.
Apply to become a board member
We are now recruiting board members for the Mayor’s Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm. Applications will be accepted until Sunday 4 October 2020.
We are looking for a fantastic group of passionate, skilled and dedicated individuals to help us shape the future of London’s public realm. We’re recruiting experts in the fields of art commissioning, art history and the public realm, as well as people who can represent Londoners from under-represented communities.
The role of the commission will be to debate, listen, deliver, share best practice and provide leadership on how the capital’s landmarks can reflect its achievements and the contribution of diverse Londoners.