October is Black History Month

October is Black History Month and this year’s theme ‘Action Not Words’

Key summary

The author is Matthew Robinson (he/him/his), an Associate at Sandy Brown.

October is Black History Month.

The theme for Black History Month this year is 'Action Not Words'.

Aerospace Bristol is sharing stories of inspirational people from science and engineering.

Black History Month has informative resource packs for organizations and schools.

Inclusive Employers provides a guide to the history of the awareness campaign and ideas for promoting inclusivity.

Reengineer has collated biographies of Black figures in STEM.

The International Centre for Mathematical Sciences has made a poster of the Black Heroes of Maths.

October is Black History Month

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External resources

By: Matthew Robinson (he/him/his), Associate at Sandy Brown

October is Black History Month and this year’s theme ‘Action Not Words’ is explored thoroughly here https://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/article/section/bhm-intros/our-theme-for-black-history-month-2022-is-time-for-change-action-not-words/

We have put together a list of useful and informative links for individuals and organisations wanting to learn and explore around Black History Month:

https://aerospacebristol.org/black-history-month Aerospace Bristol is sharing the stories of inspirational people from science and engineering.
https://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/article/section/news/black-history-month-resource-pack-2022/ Black History Month has a informative resource packs for orginisations and schools.
https://www.inclusiveemployers.co.uk/awareness-day/black-history-month/ Inclusive Employers provides a useful guide to the history of the awareness campaign and ideas for promoting inclusivity.
https://www.reengineer.co/post/black-history-month-2022 Reengineer has collated a biographies of Black figures in STEM as nominated by their community.
https://www.icms.org.uk/news/black-heroes-maths-free-download-poster International Centre for Mathematical Sciences has made a poster of the Black Heroes of Maths.

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