Oxford Community Action
Race and inequality
<p>The purposes of <a href="https://oxfordcommunityaction.org/">Oxford Community Action</a> are:<br /><br />To<span> </span><strong>support</strong><span> </span>new and emerging Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities (BAME) alongside more established<span> </span><strong>BAME communities</strong><span> </span>to<span> </span><strong>tackle</strong><span> </span>and overcome<span> </span><strong>barriers</strong><span> </span>created by structural inequalities (e.g. labour market and ethnic health inequalities) that prevent BAME individuals and communities from reaching their full potential and<span> </span><strong>enjoying equal representation</strong><span> </span><strong>and participation</strong><span> </span>as active citizens within UK institutions and wider civil society.</p>
<p>Some examples of projects that they have done to support the local community:</p>
<ul><li>Direct fundraising for marginalised and hard to reach groups in need to support them with raw food supplies in response to Covid-19</li>
<li>Translation and distribution of leaflets detailing important information and help points to navigate families through the lockdown</li>
<li>Help to identify funding pots for community-led projects</li>
<li>Research into BAME communities’ access to Mens Health Services in the NHS</li>
</ul>
Tina Eyre
Museum of Oxford
N/A
Oxford Community Action
When black Methodists weren't allowed to speak
Race and inequality
Article from Wesley Mem Weekly for 6 October 2020. It recalls an event in Oxford in 1951, of which we Methodists are ashamed. At least the protest meeting was held in our church. <br /><br />The photo at the top of the page is more cheerful - of the wedding at Wesley Memorial of Kofi and Naa Busia in 1950. Kofi was Prime Minister of Ghana between 1969 and 1972. For more about the connections between Oxford, Wesley Memorial and the Busia family see: <a href="https://www.wesleysoxford.org.uk/people/lay-people/kofi-abrefa-busia">https://bit.ly/34pKvZt</a>
Paul Spray
Wesley Mem Weekly, as its name suggests, is a weekly journal for members of Wesley Memorial Methodist Church, in New Inn Hall Street Oxford. It started just after the Covid pandemic began, and is distributed on line and in hard copy to members of the congregation. It is not publicly available. Each issue has about six pages. In October there have been several articles for Black History Month by black members of the congregation, and about black history.
Museum of Oxford
6 October 2020
Paul Spray
Wesley Memorial Weekly
BLM/RMF Oxford Protest 2020
Race and inequality
"I assumed the third protest would be outside Oriel College on High Street. When I arrived I was told it would be at the Natural History Museum. Unaware that the protest was starting in East Oxford, I went directly to Parks Road. When the protesters arrived I was in a great position to capture the protesters on the road before turning into the grounds of the museum. On a whim I sent the photos to the Oxford Mail and one of them was on the front page, with four on page 2, two days later. Not as big as the earlier protests in South Park and outside Oriel College, but still one of the largest I have seen in Oxford."
Museum of Oxford
June 16th 2020
Bob Weatherhead
Photographs of Black Lives Matter & Rhodes Must Fall in Oxford
Race and inequality
"On 9th June, I was walking on the high street and planning to head back home before I noticed that many photographers with their big cameras were standing opposite the Oriel College and waiting for something to happen. I checked my phone and realised that it was the Rhodes Must Fall protest in response to the global Black Lives Matter events. I ran back home, took my camera, put on the best mask I had, and recorded this events. I was fascinated by the special visual expression and flexible space created by protesters under the pandemic. "
Images and text by Siqi Zhang
Museum of Oxford
June 2020
Siqi Zhang
Black Lives Matter protest in Oxford, livestream
Filmes and livestreamed on Facebook by Zoe Broughton.<br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" style="border:none;" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fzoe.broughton.16%2Fvideos%2F10157558796778869%2F&show_text=0&width=560" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe>
9 June 2020
Zoe Broughton
Screenshot of the Rhodes Must Fall protest
These screenshots were taken from the live streaming of the Rhodes Must Fall protests on 9th June 2020.
I was watching the protest via live-streaming on Facebook and there were people watching online from around the world, including Brasil, Nigeria, Tanzania and Pakistan. It really felt as though we were part of a global, not just a local, event.
Museum of Oxford
9 June 2020
Helen Pooley
Protest in Oxford Tuesday 9th of June
Black Lives Matter in Oxford
Film footage of the Rhodes Must Fall protest outside of Oriel College.
Katerine
Museum of Oxford
9th of June 2020
Katherine
Black Lives Matter - Oxford
My Dad and I speaking at Black Lives Matter protest in South Park in Oxford:<br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tQntJ09ShZk" frameborder="0"></iframe>
Gary DJG Smith and Darius Smith
Black Lives Matter placards at South Park
Black Lives Matter in Oxford
Photographs of placards from the Black Lives Matter protests on the 3rd and 7th of June 2020 at South Park in Oxford. The majority of these are from the 7th of June protests. <br /><br />The signs were attached to railings by protestors at both the Morrell Avenue entrance to South Park and Warneford Lane entrance. The signs and placards were donated to the Bodleian Library.
Oxford City Council
Museum of Oxford
3rd and 7th June 2020
Black + White = Anti-Racism in Islam
This is my artwork created in response to the Black Lives Matter movement.
<strong><strong>Rana Ibrahim</strong></strong>
June 2020
<strong>Rana Ibrahim </strong><br />Iraqi Community consultant <br />Freelance Education and Outreach Officer <br />Professional Consultant in Islamic Collection and exhibition<br /><br /><strong>Iraqi Women Art & War</strong><br />https://iwawblr.tumblr.com/<br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/IWAW19/">https://www.facebook.com/IWAW19/</a>
Rana Ibrahim