If Southampton wins UK City of Culture 2025, it could bring millions to the city’s economy. Want a slice? In December 2020, Our Version Media CIC became an official media partner of the Southampton UK City of Culture 2025 Bid. Naturally, our main aim is to make sure that our black communities aren’t left out, … Continue reading Event: Southampton 2025 & Black Business
Month: December 2020
As part of Our Version Media’s commitment to increasing authentic and positive representation of Southampton’s black communities, we’ve created a directory of local black-owned businesses. We invite you to take a look at the variety of black-owned businesses in the city - there are restaurants, grocery stores, marketing services, cleaning services, a recruitment agency, and … Continue reading Buy black! Our Black-owned Business Directory is live
More than three quarters (77.8%) of black Southampton residents who took part in our media survey said they do not feel fairly and accurately represented in local news coverage. The survey also revealed that 75% felt there was a negative bias against black people in local news coverage, with the majority stating that the media … Continue reading Media racism: “Sometimes things go unchallenged because they go unspoken”