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Can Black Heritage Walks Network have a wikipedia page please?
Hello Editor

My name is Marcia Dunkley and I am one the directors of Black Heritage Walks network www.blackheritagewalksnetwork.com Would it be possible to guide me on how I could have a wikipedia page for this organisation ?

BELOW IS THE WRITE UP.

BHWN was established in 2017 and is the combined effort by 3 Birmingham based researchers Dawn Carr – Heritage Officer of WM Legacy based at Soho House, Handsworth Gary Stewart – Director of Recognize Black Heritage and Culture Marcia Dunkley – College Lecturer and Supplementary Saturday School Black History Co-Ordinator

Black migration to Birmingham Birmingham is the second-largest city, urban area in England with roughly 8 million inhabitants Birmingham is commonly referred to as the second city of the United Kingdom. Located in the West Midlands county, Birmingham, as one of the United Kingdom's major cities, is considered to be the social, cultural, financial, and commercial centre of both the East and West Midlands. The University Of Birmingham has classed Birmingham as a Super Diverse city. Birmingham is a major international commercial centre, its metropolitan economy is the second largest in the United Kingdom and its six universities make it the largest centre of higher education in the country outside London. The city will host the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Birmingham is the fourth-most visited city in the UK by foreign visitors. According to figures from the 2011 UK Census 57.9% of the population was White ,4.4% of mixed race 37.7% Asian and Caribbean. The Caribbean community were skilled economic migrants from Jamaica, St Kitts, Antigua, Barbados, who travelled via ship or airline. Most migrants settled in Birmingham in predominantly urban areas such as Handsworth, Aston, Balsall Heath Small Heath, which had been blighted by the war, evacuation procedures and white flight.

Black Heritage Walks In celebration of the Windrush 70th Anniversary, Black Heritage Walks Network launched its debut Madiba tour in Handsworth. The Madiba Walk – highlighting historical hidden gems of Handsworth History: The Lunar Society, Windrush Economic Migrants, Professor Black – Carnival, Nelson Mandela The tour was compiled in collaboration with Councillor Philip Murphy – Former Councillor of Birmingham City Council Maxi Hayles – Human Rights Activist Dr Pogus Caesar – British photographer and Local Historian Mykal Brown – Owner of Wassifa Sound System and Music Lecturer Black History Month 2019 saw BHWN in partnership with Birmingham NHS Trust celebrate 50 years of contribution of African Caribbean Commonwealth Health Practitioners This landmark tour has been endorsed by Dr Kehinde Andrews – Principal Lecturer – Black Studies Degree @ BCU and approved by United by Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Since then BHWN has developed other walks including. 1)	The Ida B Wells Walk – Edgbaston 2)	The 6888 Walk – Selly Oak 3)	The Broad Street Walk

Other projects BHWN specialises in highlighting the historical facts of poignant Black people, buildings and events via: Educational workshops aligned to the National Curriculum •	In 2019 The Kevin Duffy Foundation sponsored BHWN to present a 6 week – Saturday School at Handsworth Library to celebrate the history of Handsworth – from the Doomsday and Industrial Revolution era to the present day cultural demographics, population of Handsworth, different cultures and races. •	In the same year BHWN supported Holyhead Schools Year 7 and 8 Citizenship Curriculum with a series of heritage walks, aimed at instilling a sense of appreciation and pride in their local neighbourhood.

Seminars & events Visiting lecturer as Birmingham University Handsworth was recorded in the Doomsday survey of 1086 as a very small village in the county of Staffordshire. In 1911 Handsworth parish was transferred from Staffordshire to Warwickshire and became part of Birmingham. The arrival of Caribbean’s into Birmingham was prevalent way before the Windrush Era. At the time of the Second World War an influx of Caribbean’s arrived in Birmingham as part of the war effort in the munitions factories. By 1961 the Caribbean population in Birmingham numbered over 17,000 and bolstered the Birmingham workforce in Public Services, the factories and at that time the main employer in Handsworth was Longbridge Motor Vehicle Manufacturing.

Hope to hear from you soon