Census Information promo that will be run by ACSONI for Nisra & Executive Office to speak to our community on Monday 15th 6pm.

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ATTN: CENSUS 2021 Community  Information Session: NISRA

Hope you are keeping well. ACSONI would like invite you to participate in a virtual inter-community information session with NISRA’s Census 2021 representative. The Census occurs once in every 10years and it is an important way by which communities like ours can strengthen its voice, impact and influence in NI public life. ACSONI would like to work with you or the Organisation you represents to conduct a good information session around the Census where everyone will have an opportunity to participate .

Please register here:

Topic: Community Census Information Session
Time: March 15, 2021 06:00 PM Belfast

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89186137331?pwd=aGtOblVsczAvSWkvZm1IbEIvdWExZz09

Meeting ID: 891 8613 7331
Passcode: CENSUS21

Census 2021 is here and you should have received your census pack in the post.

 

If you have not please call our contact centre on 0800 328 2021 or visit www.census.gov.uk/ni to order one.

 

I have attached two articles detailing how to complete and the help and support available. It would be great if you could share these, or the info in them, through any channels you have including internal messaging for staff.

 

We also have a number of informative posts on social media.  I’ve included links to some of the most relevant of these below and we would appreciate any shares so as many people are aware of the census and how to complete.

 

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=902328543854443

 

https://www.facebook.com/115730473140857/posts/506734260707141/

 

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=156658259619606

 

https://www.facebook.com/115730473140857/posts/503815160999051/

 

https://www.facebook.com/115730473140857/posts/502941097753124/

 

https://twitter.com/NICensus2021/status/1367870017317072897?s=19

 

https://twitter.com/NICensus2021/status/1368906377293357061?s=19

 

https://twitter.com/NICensus2021/status/1368859043649978369?s=19

 

https://twitter.com/NICensus2021/status/1367481959107207168?s=19

 

https://twitter.com/NICensus2021/status/1367024333286223872?s=19

 

Many thanks for your continued support.  Together we can help make sure that everyone is counted.

ACSONI Statement re Campbell MP

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH SERIES

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH SERIES
Dear Colleagues,
You are invited to join in ACSONI’s Series of virtual Black History Month Presentations.
Esther Stanford Xosei – Oct 27th, 2PM
TOPIC: Reparations and The African Holocaust ( Maangamizi )
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Ambassador Guy Hewitt – Oct 28th, 2PM
TOPIC: Windrush Scandal
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AKALA – Oct 29th, 1:30PM
TOPIC: Police, Protests, Progress
 

ACSONI Belfast Culture Night

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Caribbean Social 2019! #acsoni #cathedralquarterbid #belfastsummerofmusic #Caribbeanpeopleofnorthernireland #writerssquare #belfast #northernireland

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ACSONI in partnership with CQ Bid & Belfast Summer of Music presents: Caribbean Social 2019!

UMOJA Project

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ACSONI October 2018 Newsletter – 

Have You Been Heard?

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Join ACSONI at Belfast Culture Night on 21st September, 2018! It’s an #AfriCaribe One Love Fete! St. Anne’s Cathedral Parking Lot. “Let’s get together and feel alright!”

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INAUGURAL CARIBBEAN SOCIAL IN WRITERS SQUARE BELFAST WITH NOTTINGHILL CARNIVAL STEEL BAND – TROPICAL HEATWAVE

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The Cathedral Quarter in Belfast comes alive on Sunday 19th, August 2018 with the vibrant sounds of the Caribbean. The African & Caribbean Support Organisation (ACSONI) in partnership with Belfast Summer of Music and Destination Cathedral Quarter Bid presents Caribbean Social from 12 noon to 3:00pm.

The event will be opened by Carolyn Stewart of U105. On offer will be the tingling sounds of steel band music performed by Tropical Heatwave from Nottinghill via Trinidad & Tobago. There will be a variety of live performances including: Reggae, Soca and Calypso music, Dance, Story Telling, Live DJ and lots more.

 

“We are delighted to host Caribbean Social as a part of ACSONI’s annual Caribbean Diversity Week which has been running for the past decade. It has been a rewarding experience working along with our partners at Belfast City Council & Destination CQ as well as connecting with the wider programmes throughout the city.” – Joseph Ricketts (Manager, ACSONI)

 

Gareth Neill of Destination Cathedral Quarter Bid says: “Destination CQ are really excited to support ACSONI (African & Caribbean Support NI) and partners in bringing this event into the city centre. We look forward to offering an alternative and vibrant Sunday activity for residents and visitors.”

Caribbean Social is part of the Belfast Summer of Music season and is free to the public. There will be a tempting array of Caribbean cuisine and local eats available for purchase.

For more information, press only:

Media & Communication: Nattassa Latcham

Email: nattassa@acsoni.org

For more information on the event:

Website: www.belfastcity.gov.uk/events

www.acsoni.org/

https://destinationcq.com/event-directory/

The Cathedral Quarter in Belfast comes alive on Sunday 19th, August 2018 with the vibrant sounds of the Caribbean. The African & Caribbean Support Organisation (ACSONI) in partnership with Belfast Summer of Music and Destination Cathedral Quarter Bid presents Caribbean Socialfrom 12 noon to 3:00pm.

The event will be opened by Carolyn Stewart of U105. On offer will be the tingling sounds of steel band music performed by Tropical Heatwave from Nottinghill via Trinidad & Tobago. There will be a variety of live performances including: Reggae, Soca and Calypso music, Dance, Story Telling, Live DJ and lots more.

 

“We are delighted to host Caribbean Social as a part of ACSONI’s annual Caribbean Diversity Week which has been running for the past decade. It has been a rewarding experience working along with our partners at Belfast City Council & Destination CQ as well as connecting with the wider programmes throughout the city.” – Joseph Ricketts (Manager, ACSONI)

 

Gareth Neill of Destination Cathedral Quarter Bid says: “Destination CQ are really excited to support ACSONI (African & Caribbean Support NI) and partners in bringing this event into the city centre. We look forward to offering an alternative and vibrant Sunday activity for residents and visitors.”

Caribbean Social is part of the Belfast Summer of Music season and is free to the public. There will be a tempting array of Caribbean cuisine and local eats available for purchase.

For more information, press only:

Media & Communication: Nattassa Latcham

Nattassa@acsoni.org

For more information on the event:

Website: www.belfastcity.gov.uk/events

www.acsoni.org/

https://destinationcq.com/event-directory/

Images of Africa & Their Impact on Public Perception, What are the Human Rights Implications

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This report debates the human rights implications around the negative usage of images and narratives of Africa and Africans. It recommends a consideration of the various factors influencing the composition of campaign images and literature and the nature of the responses they elicit in audiences, as well as the impact it has on people of African descent. It engages with academic literature where the topics of media images and representation have been discussed at length, documenting the arguments.

The two main organisations involved in framing the discussion on human rights in the context of this

research are the European Convention on Human Rights and Committee on the

Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The Convention and its

members are committed to the elimination of racial discrimination and the promotion of

understanding among all races. It also compels its parties to outlaw hate speech and

criminalise membership in racist organisations.

 

The official discourses relating to Africans and those of African descent in the wider

socio-political context of Northern Ireland must be considered given that it provides a

context for how race and human rights are provided for more generally in the region and

how this is informing how new communities are portrayed. The Race Relations (NI)

Order 1997 (RRO) echoed the provisions of the 1976 Race Relations Act in Great

Britain. It outlaws discrimination on grounds of colour, race, nationality or ethnic or

national origin.

 

This places the rights for individuals and groups to be free from discrimination which

may be viewed as being exacerbated by campaigns which essentialises and

reduces the identities of individuals to a point where they are only recognised in terms

of the ethos underlying a specific cause or campaign. This may be considered as

discriminatory as it denies differentiation for individuals/groups/regions and contributes

to a culture of stereotyping.