With the global Black Lives Matter movement making positive steps in society, we felt a cultural project during Black History Month would be a welcome and effective means of engagement with the community in Tower Hamlets.

Our team of experienced creative professionals, including a national charities, are best positioned to encourage and engage our Borough's residents. Not only would it bring people together, we would also address how best to encourage more engagement and build on local pride and a sense of belonging in the borough.  

Supporting community-led projects and using our expertise in community cohesion is at the heart of our organisational aims. It is our belief that local people know their communities better than anyone else, and it is our aim to provide the most effective platform, resources and opportunities to give them the tools to survive, thrive and evolve both personally and socially.

Trapped in Zone One is working towards creating a new public mural at Chicksand Street Park with artists Coma and Sky High as part of Black History Month (2020) in Tower Hamlets to celebrate the Borough’s rich cultural diverse communities. In order for us to do this we need your help by answering the following question: ‘What does diversity mean to you?’.

If you would like to contribute to our project, all your need to do is:

  • Share a video with us, created using a smart phone or digital device

  • Video should be in widescreen format

  • Your video needs to be a minimum of 15 seconds and no longer than 30 seconds

  • Deadline for entries: Monday 30 November 2020

  • Please submit your video via DropBox by using the upload button below. Please include your name and organisation in the file name (eg: Name_and_Organisation_video_submission.MP4)

Selected video footage will help towards the creation of the mural, with an accompanying short film.

Mural

‘This new community mural for Black History Month is in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, together with the community we chose the message ‘Less Division More Ambition’ to show as a borough Tower Hamlets is against all forms of division, and we work towards unity and ambition for a better society to inspire our young people.’

This project was supported by Coma, Sky High, Tower Hamlets Council, Tower Hamlets Homes, GreatArt, The National Lottery Community Fund, London FA, GoodGym Tower Hamlets and Brewers Paint.