Goldsmiths student leads Black Poppy Armistice Day event
A history student from Goldsmiths University is joining up with Royal Museums Greenwich to remember the untold histories of black and indiginous nations.
Selena Carty, from Brixton, is the keynote speaker and organiser of Remembrance Day: A Call to Mind, a day of free public events at the Queen’s House, National Museums Greenwich on November 13.
Ms Carty will be laying a BlackPoppyRose wreath at the First and Second World War memorial on the Goldsmiths Campus.
Ms Carty said: “We are encouraging the world to remember legacies past and to heal many of the traumas we still endure to this day.”
The event will also include the film, Forgotten Faces of the Great War: The Chinese Labour Corps with a talk and Q&A, a poetry workshop and live performances from Newham Poetry Group and Douggie John.
BlackPoppyRose was founded by Ms Carty in 2010, it is an organisation dedicated to sharing untold histories of people from African, West Indian, Caribbean, Pacific island and indigenous nations.
Ms Carty’s aim as founder of BlackPoppyRose, is to educate and empower communities who feel displaced by the current presentation of world history.
The organisation produces BlackPoppyRose Remembrance pins and wreaths to help support a visual remembrance as well as regularly running workshops and education sessions to help spread awareness of these stories.
The BlackPoppyRose was created to be a globally recognised symbol that represents the contributions made by communities with forgotten histories.
The organisation covers a broad history of various wars since the 16th century, in the hope that future generations will be inspired by the widely untold historical legacies.
Ms Carty is currently studying for an undergraduate degree in History with Military History at Goldsmiths.
She said: “We are empowered by history especially when we understand our place within it.
“Knowing that you too have a connection to a common historical event is encouraging to several communities who have broken histories.”
Remembrance pins and wreaths can be purchased from the organisation’s website, with postal delivery by 11 November if you order by Tuesday 8 November.
BlackPoppyRose is a Community Interest Company, which is a form of social enterprise, with all funds raised going back into the running of the organisation.
Details about BlackPoppyRose can be found at, https://www.blackpoppyrose.org.
For information on the Armistice Day event at Goldsmiths campus in New Cross visit: https://www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=14112.
Pictured top: A BlackPoppyRose wreath laid in France for fallen First and Second World War soldiers (Picture: Selena Carty)
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