Honouring Those Who Opened the Door

Creative workshop for children aged 6–13, celebrating Black history, family ancestors and the people who opened doors for future generation As part of our October Tasting Season, we're excited to support EACH1 TEACH1 and offer 10 free places for children in our community. Exploring our PEOPLE pillar, this workshop celebrates the stories, knowledge and courage passed between generations and the doors our children might open next. Here's a little more about the session from EACH1 TEACH1: Let's celebrate the family ancestors who have opened doors for us and share with our children to know that they can be tomorrow's heroes. During this year's Black History Month we would like to 'Honour Those Who Opened the Doors' for us to follow. We will look at a few of those unsung heroes who fought great fights to get access to those areas. Their efforts made it possible for other black people to follow in them into those areas. We, too, have some of those people within our own families. Those who opened the doors to areas that our families hadn't been into before. Parents, grandparents, aunties and uncles please share your family members with your children so that they can share them with us and we can celebrate them. We operate a tech and parent free zone for children 6-13years. This way the children work together to create and learn autonomously. They bring their knowledge so that EACH1 can TEACH1. We invite the parents back at the end for a 'show and tell' to see what their children had created during the session. We ask the parents to ensure that children arrive appropriately dressed, being creative can be a messy business. They should also arrive WITHOUT a mobile device and prepared to say goodbye at the door. They will also need lunch that does NOT contain nuts. Who is this for? This gathering is for our Black, Brown + Global Majority community. At People Dem Collective, some of our programme is intentionally created as space for our communities to gather, connect and explore shared experiences. We believe there is value in being able to come together in this way, without having to explain, translate or make ourselves smaller. Other parts of our programme are open to everyone, creating opportunities for neighbours, friends and allies to come together around joy, creativity, conversation and the values we share. Both are important to us. So if this particular event isn’t for you, thank you for understanding why we hold these spaces. There will be other moments throughout October where we’d love to welcome you through the doors.