Our work empowering people from Southampton's black and ethnically diverse communities through mobile storytelling appeared on the BBC this week. Three mums who were part of our Our Voices, Our Stories training programme shared their stories with BBC South News. Helen Jackson, Laura Racioppi and Hafsat Bello were three of eight local residents in Our … Continue reading Watch our mobile storytellers on BBC News
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It's back! Our weekly Black Community Coverage Clinic returns this month! This free consultancy service provides marketing, communications and media support and guidance to Southampton's black community organisation leaders and representatives. The weekly drop-in first launched in 2020, running on the Zoom platform from 14th September to 14th December 2020. Leaders from the city's black … Continue reading Our Black Community Coverage Clinic is back, to amplify even more black voices!
Our Version Media is holding its first virtual event later this month, to reveal the full results of our survey of black people living in Southampton. Our Version Media has created free services to tackle the issues revealed in the survey What are the three most common words used by the local media to describe … Continue reading Ignored, Misunderstood, Depressed: You Spoke, We Listened | Event
Our Version Media's founder, Veronica Gordon, has been awarded a Black History Month South Award for her work "amplifying black voices" in Southampton. The Award was presented during the city's official Black History Month launch, as she was co-hosting alongside BHM South's Lou Taylor and Olu Rowe. The launch, took place on Thursday 1st October … Continue reading OVM founder awarded for “amplifying black voices”