Dear NIDO UK South member,
This is a reminder that our General Meeting will be taking place on saturday 7th February 2009 between 12 - 2pm prompt. We would kindly request that you confirm your attendance by return so that the necessary arrangements can be made. We also have the opportunity for our members to join the PR Committee. Please read the information below from the NIDOE (Europe) Chairman Dr. John George, and interested parties can send a short resume to this e mail address by Thursday 5th February 2009 at the latest. NIDO UK South Chapter can only nominate 4 persons, so I would urge you to send this in promptly. Looking forward to seeing you on the 7th.Kind Regards,Janet LatinwoGeneral SecretaryNIDO UK SOuthGreetings of the season to you all !!
In accordance with the endorsement of the formation of a PR Committee in NIDOE at the Summit in Berlin, I hereby wish to
request that Chapters nominate their members who are able by profession or practise, to join this Continental Committee that
shall revive the shine on NIDOE's look and perception both at home and within the Diaspora. This Committee among other activities
shall create a cyber medium/media for Diasporans to interact meaningfully on issues relevant to our objectives. It shall also establish and manage
links with all effective media Houses both at home and abroad.
This is an extract from the Summit:
NIDO PR StrategyNIDOE has been engaged in much work in fundamental projects and activities which unfortunately remain known largely only to her membership. On several occasions, we have been faced with the fact that many Nigerians know little or nothing about our activities. This bears the risk of confirming the rumour that NIDO is a closed club for the few highly privileged. This creates the need for the formation of a PR Committee at the Continental level to take charge of keeping NIDOE positively at the limelight systematically. This requires a robust PR strategy to be drafted by the team and presented to the BOT for ratification. The Committee should draw her membership mainly from NIDOE members experienced in this field but may attract able hands outside the Organisation when absolutely relevantJohn George
Greetings,
Just a reminder to say, there is just 7 days to go until the next event. If you have not yet confirmed your place, please do so as soon as possible. If you have already confirmed your place, I thank you and look forward to seeing you next week.
There are currently spaces available on the tour of the British Museum in London on Sunday 22nd February 2009. Spaces are limited and are allocated on a first come first serve basis. If you are interested and would like more information, please contact us at info@blackhistorystudies.com
Our next event presented by Robin Walker is titled:
New National Curriculum and the Possibilities for Real Black History in Secondary Schools
This highly important presentation highlights how the National Curriculum really has changed. The new programme which is now in effect stresses the need to teach parallel developments in world history, calls for the teaching of pre-colonial African civilisations and mentions the need to teach the resistance to the slave trade. The result is that there is bigger opportunity than ever to get real Black history into schools.
This event will take place on MONDAY 9th FEBRUARY 2009 from 6.45pm to 9.30pm.
The event will be held at the PCS Headquarters, 160 Falcon Road, Clapham Junction, London SW11 2LN, (3 minutes walk from Clapham Junction mainline station. Buses to the venue 35, 37, 39, 49, 77, 87, 156, 170, 219, 239, 295, 319, 337, 334, 345, C3, G1).
There will be an admission charge of £4 per person.
PLEASE ARRIVE AT LEAST 15 MINUTES EARLY. Refreshments will be provided. For further information and other enquiries about the event, you can call or text us on 07951 234 233.
In order for us to manage seating and room layout, we would be grateful if all who are attending this event could confirm their attendance in advance. Please confirm via email info@blackhistorystudies.com how many of you will be attending this event. Please can you also notify any cancellations made after confirmation.
(Please note, photographs will be taken at this event and may be used for promotional purposes).
We would appreciate if you could forward this information to all who you believe will be interested. We look forward to seeing you for another exciting night of Black History Studies.
The book Before the Slave Trade and Learning Resource will be available at the event. Check out the website at www.beforetheslavetrade.com and watch the trailer for the book!
Regards
Mark & Charmaine Simpson
*** The new book 'Before The Slave Trade: African World History in Pictures' by Robin Walker is now available! Check out the official website at http://www.beforetheslavetrade.com
Check out these short trailers for the book
Before The Slave Trade Part 1- http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SqPT3eTVekA
Before The Slave Trade Part 2- http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VqQNZPPL1fg
Before The Slave Trade Part 3- http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xljZ9bTC4jI
