Project TRUTH: Telling, Restoring, Understanding (our) Tapestry (and) History
What is the project about and who is this survey for and why?
Project TRUTH is centred on the aspiration to bring about city repair and atonement, community repairs, family repairs as well as a shift in the psychology and education of the city, and for Afrikan Heritage Communities who continue to be disenfranchised as a result of the Transatlantic Trafficking and Enslavement of Afrikans (TTEA), a preferred term to the phrase ‘slave trade’, its ramifications and legacies today.
We are seeking opinions on how the legacy of Bristol's involvement in the TTEA should be recognised in the city and the outcomes will inform recommendations moving forwards.
This is a survey where we are asking members of Afrikan heritage communities to participate. We welcome your thoughts and suggestions on what the city could and should do.
Afrikan heritage includes the following: Black, Black British, dual heritage (Afrikan heritage + other), Afrikan descent, Afrikan, Afrikan Caribbean.
Nationalities including but not limited to Nigerian, Gambian, Jamaican, Trinidadian, Guyanese, Afro-Brazilian etc.
This consultation has come about through the advocacy of the Afrikan ConneXions Consortium (ACC) who are members of the Legacy Steering Group which formed in January 2020 and is convened by Bristol City Council who have funded this piece of work. Black South West Network (BSWN) is administering this work and will keep all the data secure and it will be shared with the Legacy Steering Group. This survey is voluntary and you can remain anonymous if you wish. We will use the information to inform recommendations so it is important that the survey is shared far and wide within the Afrikan heritage communities of Bristol. We ask you to share with other members of the Afrikan heritage community. Your ideas, thoughts and phrases may also be used within Project TRUTH.
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For questions or concerns about the survey, please email research@bswn.org.uk