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8/14/2019 Celebrate Black History Month petition
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Petition for Sacred Heart School to
celebrate black history month2007 is the 200
thanniversary of the ground-breaking Act of Parliament in 1807 that abolished the slave trade throughou
the British Empire. Educational and cultural events organised to celebrate this bicentenary have provided millions o
people in Britain with an opportunity to learn about the extreme cruelty and racism of the slave system, and the multiracial
broad, popular and powerful movement which brought about its abolition. It is inspiring for the youth of Britain, from al
backgrounds and so many different cultures, to learn that dock workers from Liverpool, widows and homemakers fromLeicester and Irish immigrants crowded into London’s poorest slums could unite with black runaway slaves and free black
men and women, to fight and win freedom and dignity both for slaves they had never laid eyes on and for themselves.
2007 is also the twentieth anniversary of black history month. Each year black history month grows not only in prominence
but also in importance. London is now one of the most multiracial cities in the world. Black history month provides a grea
opportunity to celebrate our diversity and our sameness, to continue our best traditions.
Unlike almost any other celebration, black history month has evolved into an
academically centred event. A wide range of private and public bodies have
developed black history month curriculums and exhibits. The BBC has compiled a
special series of educational programmes for the month. There are also numerous
black history month academic competitions and scholarships for school students.Sacred Heart is one of London’s leading Catholic schools. The Catholic Church claims
to take pride in our diversity and multiculturalism. A refusal by Sacred Heart School to
observe black history month would create the impression that both the school and the
Catholic Church wish to send a message of insensitivity and intolerance to black
students, black parents, black teachers and the community as a whole.
We, the undersigned students, parents and members of the community,
therefore call on Sacred Heart School to begin celebrating black history
month annually by holding a student assembly this October.
Name (Please Print) School/Class or Postcode
Phone/email(to be kept in contact)
Signature
Endorsed by (so far): Joseph Semana (Sacred Heart Head Boy 2006/07),
Movement for Justice (www.myspace.com/movementforjustice),
If you’d like to endorse the petition please email your details to [email protected]
Southwark schools thatcelebrate Black History Month(more to be confirmed)…
• St Michaels RC School
• The Charter School
• Geoffrey Chaucer TC
• Harris Academy (Dulwich)
• Kingsdale School
• Peckham Academy
• Archbishop Michael Ramsey
Other schools and colleges…
St Francis Xavier Catholic 6th
Form College (Wandsworth)