#ThrowbackThursday
I first shared this in August last year but from the conversations I’m hearing I think it needs sharing again.
Clarity – clarity is absolutely everything, when life is throwing things at us and we become unclear everything is blurred, your vision, your judgement, your future, everything.
Are you clear on your vision?
This Windrush Wednesday I’m not going to say very much, I’m going to leave it all to Professor Laura Serrant OBE and her Poem You Called and We Came.
Her words are incredibly powerful.
Whilst I’m talking about Windrush, ITV have a programme on tomorrow night at 9pm made by Pride of Britain celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Windrush, I don’t know if it’s any good I haven’t seen it, but if you don’t know much about Windrush and why I talk about it a lot then it might be worth having a look, I’ll give it a look and pray that they do justice to our amazing Windrush generation.
There are still a few tickets left for the Hope Gala Ball, as part of the ball we will be hosting an exhibition of the forgotten Windrush men and women who were a crucial part of World War II.
Just head to The Hope Gala Ball page if you’d like to know more about that’s happening on the day and to purchase tickets.
Valerie’s law is a proposal to tackle domestic abuse specifically among black communities, through a process of cultural competency training for the UK police force and it’s related bodies.
It’s named Valerie’s law after Valerie Forde who was murdered together with her 23 month old daughter Jahzara by her ex partner in 2014.
A few weeks before the murders took place Valerie had reported his threats to the police but they has been recorded as a threat to property rather than live. The police had come to the home after Valerie called 999 but left after allegedly knocking and hearing no answer. Entry to the home is said to have taken 40 minutes, during which time the murders took place.
What happened to Valerie and her daughter highlighted a severe knowledge gap when it comes to the black community and it’s domestic violence victims by the police force and related services such as hospitals.
The campaign aims to see specialist training introduced as standard practice for service providers, in order to help them better navigate domestic abuse within black communities, to better understand the cultural nuances and barriers, colloquialisms, languages and customs that make up the diverse black community.
The law still hasn’t been passed through parliament yet, but there is building pressure to make sure that it WILL happen eventually.
If you need help reporting or recovering from domestic abuse then please take a look at http://gemcic.co.uk, or drop me a message, help is out there.
Monday motivation – we cannot become what we need to be by remaining where we are.
You need to make changes if you want to move forward or if you want to achieve your goals and dreams.
What changes do you think you need to make to move forward?
Do you need help with them?
If you do then maybe GEMCIC is for you, check out this link and if you need help drop us a message.
My throwback Thursday this week was first shared during one of the lockdowns, I was going live every day and sharing motivation or a thought for the day, who do you think you are?
I’ve cut the video to remove the hellos and comments of support so you just get the message this time.
It was triggered by a message in messenger asking me who did I think I was.
Do you know who you are?
Often after abuse people have no clue who they are, they are lost, the person they were before the abusive relationship is gone and they need to find out who they are again, that’s where GEM comes in.
In order for GEM to keep helping ladies find who they are after abuse please join us at The Hope Gala Ball raising much needed funds, or consider gifting a ticket if you can’t be there, I’ll drop the link to GEM’s website below