CommonSpace caught up with actor and activist Adam Shomo to talk about Black History Month, and the Sudanese Revolution.
ADAM has established a drama group with Sudanese Youth in Glasgow, and believes drama and theatre can have an impact.
Videos made in collaboration with MORE (Migrants Organising for Rights and Empowerment).
Mary is a social justice activist and member of MORE (Migrants Organising for Rights and Empowerment), Saheliya, and Govan Community Project.
WE caught up with her to talk #BlackLivesMatter and the need to make our voices heard, for the next generations to come.
We spoke to Alaa' Hamza, Co-founder of SYG (Sudanese Youth of Glasgow) and collective member of Unity Centre.
ALAA’ spoke about why it is so important to be proud of your heritage, and what can be done to develop black identity.
For the fourth instalment of CommonSpace's special coverage for Black History Month, we caught up with Fatou Cham Gitteh, an activist and volunteer with ACWA (African and Caribbean Women's Association) and Saheliya (a wellbeing support group for migrant women), and who is still studying at the age of 58.
FATOU talks about the importance of setting an example for the next generation.
"It's a history month. It's nice to have the celebrations and the party and the cultural diversity stuff, but actually that's not its purpose. Its purpose is to remember that we got here from a struggle."
THE THIRD video for Black History Month features Graham Campbell, SNP Glasgow City Councillor and activist, who talks about the importance of community cohesion, and the impact Notting Hill Carnival has had.
Instalment two of CommonSpace’s special month of coverage for Black History Month, we caught up with Nabu White, Social Worker, Activist, Mother and Co-Founder of the Yon Afro Collective.
NABU talks about the different forms activism can take, and her experiences as a black woman from apartheid South Africa.
To celebrate Black History Month, CommonSpace, in collaboration with MORE (Migrants Organising for Rights and Empowerment), will be speaking to people whose work is contributing to black empowerment, about what Black History Month means to them.
FIRST up is Ashanti Harris, Artist and Co-Director of Project X - a dance company celebrating diversity in dance. Ashanti has also researched black figures in Scotland's history, and why it is important to remember them.
Àdhamh Ó Broin, linguistic activist and Gaelic consultant on Outlander, talks about his work to revive an Argyllshire dialect of Gaelic.
WITH only a handful of speakers of the dialect left, Àdhamh made the decision to bring his kids up with the Dalriada Gaelic. He has also spent years touring Argyll in order to record living examples of the dialect, while he still can.
In the face of the world’s climate emergency, a Green New Deal has been proposed to address it.
AHEAD of CommonSpace’s forum on a Green New Deal on Thursday 29th August, and the launch of the Scottish Green’s proposals for a Green New Deal which is also being published on Thursday, CommonSpace spoke to Common Weal’s Dr Craig Dalzell about why the Green New Deal is so urgent, and what it will entail for Scotland.
