African Caribbean Cultures Glasgow

LINKS - We work together to promote our cultures through through coordinating music, visual art, dance, film and theatre production services to Scotland’s 39,000 people of African, Caribbean, Arab, Latin American & Afro-Scottish descent. ACCG is a social enterprise for cultural, educational, and historical development, for all Scotland’s 50 different African and Caribbean national communities and cultures. ACCG OBJECTIVES:
.• To create a platform for high quality artists and cultural activists across a variety of mediums – i.e. visual arts, music, dance, journalism, literature, theatre and film as part of the ongoing cultural legacy of the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014
• To establish artistic debates, community engagement meetings to examine the historical legacy of slavery in Scotland and in the former British Empire
• To use dance, drama, film, social media and music to share cultures and experiences between African, Caribbean and Scottish people during the course of the Commonwealth Games and in its aftermath.
• To raise awareness through cultural heritage of social and political issues such as race discrimination, gender equality, education, borders, immigration, asylum policies - which most directly impact on African and Caribbean communities in Scotland.
• To organise regular Black History Month and other Country national independence days and other calendar events marking important moments in African, Caribbean and Scottish history :
• January 18th MLK Day • June 30th – DR Congo Independence
• February 6th – Bob Marley Day • July 18th Nelson Mandela Day
• March 7th - Ghana Independence Day • July 23rd-August 3rd – Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
• March 8th - International Women’s Day • August 1st Caribbean Emancipation from Slavery Day
• April 24th South African Democracy Day • August 28th – March on Washington Day
• April 27th – Zimbabwean Independence • October 1st – Nigerian Independence & Scotland Black History Month
• May 25th - African Liberation Day
• June 16th – Soweto Uprising Day • December 1st – World AIDS Day
VOLUNTEERING - We offer multiple volunteering, training and work experience opportunities for people wishing to update or maintain skills and experiences to help promote African & Caribbean cultures in the community. ACCG also offers special access to events for refugees and asylum seekers. Yours in full confidence,
Graham Campbell - Anne McLaughlin (Partners)
African Caribbean Cultures Glasgow LLP
Aspire Centre, 135 Wellington St
Glasgow G2 2XD

We can be contacted at [email protected]