Black History Month Citations

What people say about BHM...
What they said about the workshops...

What people say about BHM...

"Mia is an active supporter of the BBC and has a track record of covering TV & radio output with a special interest/relevance to the Black community in a positive and celebratory fashion".
Sue Caro, BBC, Senior Diversity Manager 

"Your web site on black history is wonderful."
Emilyn J Brown Archivist Harvard Library USA

"I admire your wonderful work as well!"
Sisterspeaks USA

"With some delay, I am thanking you for your outstanding contribution to
the aforementioned event. It was a great pleasure to have you. Your
experience and good spirit have greatly enhanced the discussion. As for
the new publication Black History 365.."
Michelle - Seven Days Adventist Willesden Black History Weekend coordinator

"Thank you for your help with my Dissertation.   I am pleased to inform you that I passed the Masters in Development Studies."   Lorna Jones

"I enjoyed visiting your site."
John Fleming, Ph.D.The Association for the Study of African American Life and History

"Went online recently to see what coverage our event was getting and was very pleased to see it listed on your website. Griot is struggling financially and we appreciate your support here given our inability to pay for the much needed service"
Thank you again, your work is much respected and appreciated
Regards
Noreen Howard - Founder of Griot

"Many thanks for your encouragement. Your website is a brilliant achievement and I am very
glad for our inclusion"
Daisy Olam -Clifford Hinds  Colchester BHM

"Thank you for helping us to organise a great gala celebration and your recommendations and suggestions throughout the month.  Your attendance on the night was very much appreciated and all the guest speakers were fantastic and enjoyed by all."
Sunita Sidhu
Equality & Inclusion Advisor - Race & Faith
Transport for London

"The Haringey Adoption Service would like to thank you for all the support you have given us over the years and we wish you every success."
Tina Augousti
Campaigns & Communications Officer
Haringey Council

"We spoke briefly on the phone a few weeks back when I called to let you know my amazing news, that I had won joint first prize in the 'Unheard Voices' competition which was judged by Random House Children's Books in conjunction with Malorie Blackman. In the midst of being totally sense overwhelmed, I rang to acknowledge the fact that had you not forwarded me the newsletter to read/circulate onto others I would never have known about the competition in the first instance. I thank you for this again. Little did I know then that a poem I submitted last minute would have the impact that it seems to have had. I have now received a contact from Random House for the publication of 'The Awakening of Elmina', which has been signed and returned."
Grace Quansah

"The Black History Month website proved an excellent resource for us to work with in running a competition on the Opportunities pages to find a story or poem from a new writer for a forthcoming children’s anthology with a black history theme - the story of the slave trade: Unheard Voices, edited by Malorie Blackman. As one of the prime sites for those with an interest in history to access, it was ideal for our purposes. Mia Morris handled our project smoothly and professionally and we were very pleased with the end result: rather than one winner, we ended up with two, both of whom will see their poetry published for the first time within this anthology. Thank you, Mia, for helping us to put this competition together to find these two new voices."
Sue Cook, Senior Editor, Random House Children’s Books

"BHM is a vital resource for all conscious black people in the UK. It’s great to know we have such a wonderful forum that keeps us up to date with things that are going on with the Black race in the UK. Keep up the good work all and thank you very much for being REAL!"
Midé Akerewusi, Fundraiser

"This is excellent information and covers areas that we need to be informed about."
Robin Scates, National Maritime Museum

"I have a prominent and permanent link to Black History Month website on my own Mary Seacole site. This is to ensure that visitors are clearly signposted to this fantastic resource throughout the year. It is crammed with facts, events, and current information and I am constantly referring people to this excellent initiative. Well done Mia!"
Professor Elizabeth Anionwu, CBE, FRCN, Head of the Mary Seacole Centre for Nursing Practice, Thames Valley University

"I love your ... Black History Month website and am stunned I didn't come across it earlier!"
Shaheera Asante, Presenter, Late Junction BBC Radio 3

"Black History Month ... site is an all year round resource; a one-stop shop of cultural events taking place around the country which draws on the sort of experience and social history rarely found in schoolbooks."
BBC Collective Issue #190

"The navigation is very simple and easy to use"
The General Teaching Council for England

"I received an e-mail from a friend of mine entitled "America's High Tech "Invisible Man" It was about Dr. Mark Dean. I wanted to make sure it was correct, so I searched and found your web-site. I am requesting permission to post this article at my church. It is such a blessing that you have gathered this information. This will definitely inspire our young people. May God continue to bless you and your endeavors."
Eldress Barbara Jenkins, Spring Valley, N.Y.

"Your website is a goldmine of info about what's on and where."
Dr Nola Ishmael MBE

"Thank you for your very informative and uplifting newsletter - this will be a useful resource for our schools and community groups."
Jan Parnell Excellence In Cities Manager - Ealing Local Authority

"What a fantastic website. So much to read and so little time. I will add this to my favourites so I can go in and out throughout the year. Great."
Janese Samuels, Children's Information Service

"I shall ensure that my colleagues are aware of the website... I have just been back on the website and looked around some more with the result that I am now going home late because I was so engrossed! It really is an informative and fascinating website."
Ruth White, Librarian, Hampshire

"I am forever energised whenever I access this site. Keep up the good work. Respect to you and all the Brothers & Sisters working on it."
Ansel Wong

"A million thanks to you for all your support as ever - we saw notice of our event on the Black History Month information sheet - thank you, thank you, thank you!!"
Isa, The Lottie Betts Priddy Trust

"This website puts the history back into Black History Month! ...the first port of call for BHM events in London!"
Steve Martin - writer, researcher of Black History specialising in the histories of the Black People in the British Isles. He is the author of the novel Incomparable World and the non fiction book Britain's Slave Trade.

"Thank you so much for your help on this. I am just writing to say that the event was a big success so I really appreciate your help. I suspect I may be organising another one next year!"
Sara Griffiths, National Archive.

"I have spent the morning browsing your pleasurable websites and have forwarded information through to number of colleagues.You may see me at one of your Black History Month Events. Take Care ..."
Nickie Wilson, Connexions

"I work for the Royal Borough of Kingston in Surrey. I have looked at your wonderful site so many times in the last month - I have to tell you it has been a great help in getting people in the Council where I work, interested and motivated - so thank you."
Dinah Liversidge

"Since placing my events on blackhistorymonth.co.uk I have noticed an increase in traffic to our own site. Another website has contacted me and asked that I list my events on their site and I have had a request for an interview for an internet radio station who wish to a piece on the film Ghosts of Rwanda. For a small charity with limited budget the admin fee was a useful investment."
Tony Warner, Director of Education, 100 Black Men

"Black History Month is a must, and an excellent idea for celebrating our joint heritage. We owe it to the next generation to know where they have come from."
Cameroon Forum

"The entire calender including our Careers Fair looks great. Many thanks."
Brenda, African & Caribbean Diversity

"I've just visited your web site and read the article on Dr. Dean. I had just recently heard his name mentioned on a radio show and your web site came up under my Google search. It is truly amazing both that the doctor, the computer that his inventions and genius have helped to proliferate, and the Internet now allow us to have this cross continental/global exchange. I applaud your web site and your efforts to promote Black History and the contributions that we have made to the world. I look forward to further exploration and to your additional offerings. Thanks"
Roderick Mitchell, Philadelphia, PA, USA

"Thank you for the wonderful Black History Month web site. Our 10 BookChat members, aged 9 - 12, found out about Olaudah Equiano, and Mary Seacole using the site and its links. We look forward to next year's celebration."
Susan Deering-Punshon, Reader Development and Children's Librarian, Newbury Library

"A great resource"
David, Luton Borough Council

"I ... found your website packed with useful details."
Sharon Dennis Royal College of Nursing

"Have just visited your website and noticed the disclaimer on the bottom of the home page. We would like to support Black History month and raise awareness both in our organisation and with our customers. I would like to use the information on the website to put together a quiz for our internal newsletter for our staff and would like permission to use the research information on 100 Great black Britons. Would you please give me copyright permission to use this information to construct such a quiz"

"I would like to print out the list of activities that are going on over the period of October to promote black history month around the school. I hope this is possible as students would love to attend many of the events and workshops. This site is the most useful site I have found in regards to black history month"

"As a youth worker in Croydon I am looking to purchase positive images of famous black people to use as illustrations around the youth centre for black history month – I remember there used to be a collection of posters available a few years ago featuring – Seacole, Coleridge, Mandela etc… if you can provide any information as to how I can purchase these posters could you please let me know"

"I have just visited your web site to research for a school assembly on black history; I found the site very informative and would be grateful if you could forward me any links that may support our work on black history in schools."

"I work for an investment bank based in the City. This month we plan to host an event in celebration of UK Black History month. As part of the registration process, we would like to distribute small leaflets to all attendees with summary information on what black history is all about (and where they can go for further information). Your site seems to be rich with information, but I noticed your disclaimer. I am sending you this email to ask for your permission to use information from your site and to see if there are any additional requirements we need to adhere to."

"I would ... like to take this opportunity to thank you for presenting such a well informed and presented website that is very user friendly"

"I love your site! Please send any info, I live in the US but I spend alot of time in London.."

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What they said about the workshops...

Jacqui Young, Supervising Case Worker, LB Bromley
"...would like to thank you for your excellent contribution to the day held at Bromley. I really liked your down to earth approach using simple language so ALL people could understand and access the ideas you were putting across... That's important because as you know "Race" is a very scary topic for some..."

HMPS The Mount
"Black History Month this year played an important part of the environment in which we work, by valuing the history of Black people and exploring the future available to all of us. Without the help of Well Placed Consultancy I doubt we could have achieved any where near the success that we have. It is now important that we continue to build on the relationships and look forward to even better Black History Month 2006. If we haven’t been arrested for meeting in the Railway Station car park first!"

Royal Association for Deaf People BHM Workshop 26/10/05
"We have gained a lot of experience and knowledge from Mia's lecture. Some things that we did not know before. We will definitely buy a copy of Black Heritage Today magazine","Thank you Mia for your time which is much appreciated","Royal Association for Deaf People booked Mia to come to talk about Black History Month. We have been surprised at how much we have learnt from your presentation. It has given us a lot of new things to think about. Thank you","Really enjoyed the day. Fascinating!!"

LB Bromley BHM event for Looked After Children/Fostering 25/10/05
"Absolutely fantastic presentation. Thank you so much for all year help during our first celebrations", "...informative and well received presentation - Mia's input to the day was excellent", "Thank for your presence, knowledge, giving and sharing - love and respect", "Absolutely riveting, I learnt lots in the short time. We will meet again!".

Mr. Sandy Adamson, Director of Education Hammersmith & Fulham (after 'Celebrating Black History for Enrichment & Enjoyment' Workshop for the LBHF Professional Development Centre)
"Mia Morris is one of the most energetic and passionate speaker on a topic which is boundless - the search for truth of the past."

Katy Mbanefo, Senior Advisory Teacher, Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Service, LBHF
"Mia explained it as it is, stating the case for Black History and its importance in the curriculum as concisely and directly as possible. She presented a wide range of resource suggestions to support the case that the responsibility for enriching our curriculum all year round is within the capability of all teachers and adults who work with children. Thank you for a stimulating and thought-provoking session."

Alice Peters, London Regional Co-ordinator, Supplementary Schools Support Service
"Thank you, thank you, thank you Mia, & the miracle that is Well Placed Consultancy. You are now an integral part of any event that we plan and I know that without you many of our recent events would not and could not have been the amazing successes that they were. Again, and from my heart, Thank you."

Home Office Network
"Just to let you know that I have received some very positive feed from attendees. They said that they found the event very inspirational and felt uplifted. They stated that they enjoyed it and wanted more of the same. They found Trevor Gordon and Dalia Alexander very frank and were considering joining Croydon College to learn more about our history"

"Thank you very much for the lovely afternoon. I thoroughly enjoyed myself, I felt very much part of it. I went home so much happier than normal day. I felt part of myself telling me I should get to do something for myself like going back to studying. Also talked about the whole afternoon to my grown up children"

"Thank you for organising this event. I found the talk most informative and uplifting, the guest speakers were for me out of this world in respect they have lived such interesting lives and if it was not for this event I would not have had the chance to meet them"

"Thanks for inviting me to the Home Office Black History Month event just to say the presentations I saw were interesting and I learnt lots. Mostly I enjoyed the presentation by the "real" people who gave an account of their contribution to Black British History. There should be more presentations by "Real" people as it helps to keep the equality message alive and means we are able to celebrate their successes and see more clearly the work we need to do to build on their achievements"

"I was glad that I attended and was in fact my first ever attendance at a Black History Month event. I learned a great deal and was educated!!! It also showed how little I knew and gave me a different perspective. I will definitely try and encourage others to attend the next event of this type. I was impressed by the speakers - especially the fact that they were alive and able to impart their knowledge and wisdom of their own personal struggles - I thank them for sharing (history is alive indeed!! And shaped by us all). Mia was excellent and her energy and approach to getting the audience to participate and socialise was original and refreshing. Well done to everybody who contributed, organised and attended. It was a great day and great was that day"

"I found the seminar both interesting and educational. More than anything it gave me an awareness of contributions made by people who are an inspiration, not just to Britain but to Humanity. These seminars help nudge us from our daily lives that we take for granted to remind us that without the struggles and works of earlier people life would not have been the same. In future I hope to see activities and involvement of people of many other ethnic groups, although I understand that we all need to take active part in seeking to achieve this. May I congratulate the organisers and guests to the seminar. It was organised and conducted very nicely where everyone was friendly and welcoming"

"I enjoyed it very much especially the speaker on black Londoners and the couple describing their alternative black publishing company. Also those responsible for the display panels are to be congratulated on an excellent job"

Hackney Community College
"We were keen to organize a series of events for students to cover lunchtime and twilight, activities. The program organized this year for our young people could just be the ticket"

Caribbean Culture and Sports Centre, Bedford
"Thank you for organizing such a range of speakers for our 10 week evening class, in Bedford, it has been good for members to be exposed to the knowledge and contacts"

Maria, Richmond College Equal Opportunities Officer (Student Union)
"Your activity was very inspiring and did as your mission statement says: exceed expectations and deliver an experience, presenting new possibilities to developing people and communities. It certainly did that for me. Many thanks again"

Maria Dalrymple, Youth A.I.D. Lewisham
Thank you Mia for your insight. clarity and support. Your work is invaluable in promoting the value, skills and achievements of our community. Drawing in our traditions in your approach to those of us who work with you, is truely inspirational and serves to keep us connected. Keep up the good work stay blessed. Having a sister who show care, has insight and hands on experience that works is a true gift.

Beverley Randal, Artists Manager/Producer
"Thanks for the connectdions via my artists and well done for the work you have done within the communit , and for your well supported and respected portal the black history month website"

Comments on Inspiration and Aspirations Program run for CEA@Islington and Family Learning
"Yes Mia and your team of storytellers have made a difference"
"No better way to celebrate Black History Month with Lennox Carty in the lead. Every child, adult and alien in the school were bowled over by the children's performance and work come back soon."

Premier of new workshop "I write what I like" showcased at Adornment 2004 Kensington Town Hall
"I am inspired by the energy of this event, Proud of every aspect of this experience which has blessed my journey as a woman of African Heritage" Cicely Rodway, Jamaica New York
"This has been an empowering event, full of opportunities and a meeting of new and old friends" Pat Green, Oxford
"I am proud to have attended an event that has been well organised and has opened many doors for me in regards to seeing my people represented in a positive, active light. I only wish that it was not just during Black History Month. But a constant and larger events covering many different aspects of the Black Community. This and events like this are truly a wonderful experience." Cindy Soso

Aretha Rutherford, Creative Goals Coordinator
"Your contribution to the course was much appreciated and the participants found the experience highly insightful. Thanks again and best wishes."

BHM Black Scientist at Chalkhill School, Wembley, Brent, School Assembly
"A very enthusiastic and informative presentation"
"Really great to see Black Scientist"
"I found it was put across in a fun way"
"It would be really nice to have you back"
"Very interactive and interesting"
"Thanks for taking time out from your busy schedules to inspire young future Scientists"
"Fantastic and thought provoking"
"Very inspirational for our children .. thank you…" Headteacher Helen Boyd

BHM School Showcase Richmond 28th June 05
"This is a fantastic showcase full of very interesting people and things…. Brilliant!!!!!!"
"I am very impressed by the wide variety of exhibitors and their enthusiasm and knowledge - excellent" - Cllr David Trigg
"Inspirational – a real resource treasury for all"
"Informative and empowering"
"Thank you for co ordinating today’s event. The evaluations I have received are all positive and praise the quality of the exhibitions, workshops and performances. For my part, it has been a pleasure working with someone so vibrant, knowledgeable, energetic and professional. I hope that we can work together again in the near future." Velia Hartland – Adviser for Vulnerable Pupils and Ethnic Minority Achievement