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Black History Month with Urban Circle

Events, Learning, Youth Work October 11, 2021

With plenty to learn and share here is a series of workshops and screenings organised by Urban Circle Newport for this years Black History Month. Training & Course  Abu Bakr, Monday Training  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/diversity-workshops-by-urban-circle-tickets-189187433707 Black History Course  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-history-course-tickets-189341263817  Marilyn Bryant diversity and Inclusion training.   https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/189608372747 Films & Documentaries  Arena Fela Kuti: Father of Afrobeat https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/arena-fela-kuti-father-of-afrobeat-tickets-189239258717 Small Axe Education  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/small-axe-education-tickets-189253491287 Paris is Burning …

UCN Documentary Project- The beginning of our research

Learning August 30, 2021

After the success of ‘Wales Untold’ Documentary- members of Urban Circle have began the process of creating a secondary documentary that will lead on from the 2015 success; it will focus on Wales as well as expanding both nationally and internationally. You can watch ‘Wales Untold’ via Amazon Prime. FREE HERE. This new documentary will analyse the study of genetics, African race and…

Fight For Facts- A project with Newport Rising

Communication, Learning July 18, 2021

This month UC Welsh Translations Officers worked in partnership with Newport Rising on a new ‘Fight for Facts’ campaign, spreading positive awareness of the challenges of misleading and false information online. The filming took place at TinShed Unit 9 and will be launched later this year.  We’ve been planning the project for a number of weeks, writing scripts and doing research around…

Promoting BAME Education through Film

Learning June 23, 2021

With the upcoming implementation of BAME history’s into the school curriculum, and the BLM response targeting education as key in bringing about change, we have worked with our partner ACAP to develop an educational resource for learning providers. To support this project, we worked with members of the Youth Management Team and Urban Circle members, who shared their experiences of heritage and…

Be the first.

Learning May 12, 2021

My name’s Dan, I’m Assistant Communications Officer for Urban Circle Newport…. And this is my advice… to be the first….. As a young girl, I always had a love for dance, I would do it anywhere and everywhere that I got the chance. But I never believed it was a path I would be able to pursue, as amongst all those who…

Wales Untold Feature Film

Communication, Learning November 12, 2020

Wales Untold: Black History Told through South Wales This is a story of people, industry, and power. A film that explores the African presence, products, and outcomes of Black labor at the heart of Welsh and British history. See how community and labor relations have defined and created a nation. A film project developed by Urban Circle Productions and BlackNine Films, funded…

Akala: The Power of Education

Learning September 22, 2020

Talk by Akala + A discussion on race & learning by panelist’s Foluke Adebisi and Abu-Bakr Madden Al-Shabazz. This discussion is geared for educators. BOOK HERE < On Thursday 1st October 2pm-5pm Urban Circle’s youth workers and their Youth Justice Minister Andrew Ogun, have organised the online discussion featuring award winning musician and educator Akala, to do his talk on The Power…