As Black History Month 2023 begins, the Youth Charter calls for the contributions of the Diaspora to be recognised throughout the year, every year as part of the educational curriculum in all schools from primary to secondary, further and higher education. The Youth Charter is sharing its BLACKHISTORYwise education pack as part of its Youthwise series.

This FREE downloadable education programme explores contemporary as well as historic achievement amongst the Diaspora. Throughout the year, new modules will be added. The pack can be used in schools as part of everyday learning in the classroom, the playground and beyond the school gate in both a formal and informal learning setting.
 

The programme also features an interactive exhibition that can be viewed online with  images of global icons past and present, who have fought, and continue to fight, for equality, diversity and inclusion.

BLACK HISTORYwise is the brainchild of Prof Geoff Thompson MBE FRSA DL, founder and Chair of the Youth Charter, the long-established charity which is a United Nations Non-Governmental Organization. Prof Thompson explains that: 

“The BLACK HISTORYwise project has been in development for some time. In 2020, events in the USA and the UK, with the George Floyd killing and the Black Lives Matter campaign, have made this project even more important. For 30 years, the Youth Charter has worked on programmes designed to help young people move from negative to positive lifestyles, through sport, culture, art and digital activities. As for education, what has long been missing is the teaching of Black cultural heritage. But the BLACK HISTORYwise pack is not just for children of colour, it is for all people of all generations, all backgrounds, faiths, beliefs and identities.”