Celebrating black history

BUSINESS GROUP AND LANDLORD WORK TOGETHER

BUSINESS representatives and a social landlord are working together to mark Black History Month.

East Midlands Chamber and emh group are running a social media campaign celebrating black history, arts and culture and their positive impact on our society.

Scott Knowles, chief executive at East Midlands Chamber, said: “We are delighted to be working in partnership with emh group in celebrating and recognising the achievements, influence and contributions of African and Caribbean communities.

“From across the worlds of sport, music, culture and business, the East Midlands has a proud heritage of black role models whose impact has been felt beyond the region – from Viv Anderson becoming the first black footballer to represent England, to the cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason becoming the first black person to win the BBC Young Musician award, and then performing at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

“There are many more examples of inspiring success stories among these communities, and we invite people from across the East Midlands to join us in this celebration, while looking out for some of the exciting activities you can take part in.”

Chan Kataria, chief executive of emh group, said: “We aim to recognise the contribution and impact made by individuals and groups from our black communities and invite everyone to participate through a series of virtual activities.

“At a challenging time for everyone due to Covid-19, it is important we celebrate the things that make our communities great, and diversity is truly at the heart of that.”

For more, follow emh group and East Midlands Chamber on Twitter at @emhgroup and @EMChamberNews.