African & Caribbean Carnival Weekender 2021 magazine

The Story behind AFRICAN &
CARIBBEAN ARTS & HERITAGE
UNION
the idea of the carnival, we conducted a survey using
Before
media channels, one to one and group meetings with
social
religious, and youth centres, family groups, local
community,
support officers and police officers as well as schools in
police
to find a solution to knife crime. We listened to school
trying
who told us about groups of young black boys who
headteacher
very distracted, rude and underachieving. He
were
his concerns about their lack of confidence and self-
expressed
and its detrimental effect on their school performance.The
esteem
and the Caribbean community groups have worked on
African
community projects independently for many years (e.g.
different
Diaspora Festival, Caribbean Cricket Fun Day). However,
African
to the increase of knife, gun and gang crimes in Milton Keynes
due
African – Caribbean communities have decided to come
the
to create unity between the cultures, to demonstrate to
together
people that we are one community and stronger
young
Our agenda echo’s the agenda of the
together.
councils (Arts and Heritage Alliance of Milton Keynes), to
local
create
celebrate diversity and showcase equality regardless of
inclusion,
gender or sexual orientation. We would like to showcase the
race,
togetherness and beauty of diversity through holding a
harmony,
that will give all members of the community, more
carnival
young people, the opportunity to celebrate our
especially
diversity.