Social Impact / Global Goals Centre
How we can reduce racial inequalities in Bristol
In a campaign run by the Global Goals Centre, in collaboration with Bristol24/7, a new Bristol hero is being celebrated every week for their work to tackle poverty, inequality and climate change.
This week of the campaign, the focus of the Sustainable Development Goals is reducing inequalities – and our local hero is Peninah Achieng-Kindberg.
Thanks to her work on empowering Black voices in Bristol, Peninah was nominated by the African Voices Forum (AVF).
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Peninah works passionately for justice along racial and other lines and volunteers in many community organisations across Bristol.
“We have to be allies because we are all together in this. We are one part of the human race so we have to care,” said Peninah.
“You cannot approach environmental justice, without thinking about racial justice because we are all one human family.”
African Voices Forum is a Bristol-based network of African and African-Caribbean community organisations that are working to empower Africans and African-Caribbean to take an active part in policies and initiatives that concern them.
You can get involved and support the 10th Sustainable Development Goal by learning more about black history and getting involved in Black History Month activities.
The Global Goals Centre is an education charity using creative ways to inspire a fairer, greener future, has worked in partnership with 17 local community organisations, Bristol24/7’s Better Bristol and creative agency Tusko, to create this campaign, which is supported by Bristol City Council and the Bristol Climate Hub.
A series of 17 short videos, one for each of the 17 Global Goals, are being released from Tuesday 6th July. Each one highlights a Bristol hero who is doing something inspiring to help reach that Goal.
To learn more about the campaign and get inspired about how you can contribute to a more sustainable Bristol, visit www.globalgoalscentre.org/bristol-17
Bristol24/7 is teaming up with the Global Goals Campaign to host the Bristol24/7 Presents: How Bristol can become the first net-zero city. The panel event will have experts from the Global Goals Centre, TLT, the Black Green ambassadors, and The Future Economy Group.
For more details and to register for the free panel event on September 16, visit: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-bristol-can-become-the-first-net-zero-city-tickets
The event has been sponsored by TLT.
Main photo: Global Goals Centre/ Tusko
Read more: Social and environmental heroes celebrated in Bristol 17 campaign
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