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Kamitan Arts’ Advocacy 4 Equity Campaign

A Call-out for Equity, Investment, Value &
Authentic Representation of Local Grassroots Artists and Arts Organisations in RBKC
(The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) and beyond…

Support by Signing to Endorse our Campaign

KA commits to being a catalyst for change needed in the arts and culture sector in order to create a more equitable landscape.

Will you join us?

We are Advocating for:

  • The Importance of Investing in Local Grassroots artists and organisations
  • Nurturing Transparent and Equitable Partnerships along with Accountability
  • The Importance and Value of Partnerships with Local Grassroots artists and organisations with Festival and arts & culture Event leads
  • Within these partnerships Grassroots artists and orgs. need to be paid and valued for their time and work
  • Sharing resources within partnerships and committing to prep & feedback meetings
  • Local Grassroots artists and organisations should be in Leadership Roles within RBKC Arts & Culture Festivals and Events and always Programmed as precedent before outsourcing
  • Local Arts & Culture Festivals need to be programmed in a more equitable way
  • Lifelong multi-cultural grassroots veterans and ambassadors from RBKC need to be a part of Policy-making within the sector
  • A Pledge to Invest more into Local multi-cultural/diverse professional artists & grassroots orgs not just with the small Arts Grant, also in the RBKC Arts Festivals by commissioning & investing in our creative ideas
  • Fair Pay to All arts & culture practitioners, don’t expect locals to freely do what others are paid well for

K&C Arts Festival spent £1.5mil over 3 yrs – Less than 5% put into local grassroots voices of the arts in RBKC! – Kamitan Arts commit to developing an Annual Poetry Fringe as a gradual evolution of our annual ‘Poetry on the Steps’ @ Opera Holland Park & to continue the legacy of the ‘Poetry Corner’ that we’ve been partnering on and is now axed out of K&C Arts Week! KA will commission at least 3 marginalised Poets from RBKC this Summer! KA will also host a series of panels and forums with partner organisations on the theme of ‘Equity in Arts & Culture’ and ‘Equitable Partnerships’ as well as ‘The importance of grassroots artists and organisations at the core of our arts & culture endeavours!’

We ask for your support in manifesting our vision by adding your name below

Please fill the fields below to sign the petition.

(name as many as relevant)

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Check our event:

Equity in the Arts and Culture Sector Panel Event – 25th June 6pm

Already signed:

  • Emmanuelle Marcel Jabbour – Local resident, Artistic Director of Kamitan Arts C.I.C, International bi- lingual Rap-Poetess ‘Princess Emmanuelle a.k.a. EmpresS *1’, Choreographer, Dancer, Creative Healing Facilitator, Arts Project Manager and Tutor
  • Kunle Olulode MBE FRSA RSM – Director, Voice4Change England
  • Isis Amlak – Local resident, Cultural Curator, Poet, Presenter, Production Manager and Writer
  • Yvette Williams – Local resident, Co-founder of ‘J4G’ Campaign, Equity and Justice Consultant
  • Lynda Rosenior-Patten – Creative Management Consultant, Strategic Management & Leadership Consultant, Cultural Arts Programmer, Creative Producer, Curator, Mentor, Writer
  • Zita Holbourne FRSA – Artist, Poet, Author, National Chair BARAC UK, Co-Chair Artists Union England
  • Harry Ross – Director of Portobello Pavilion, In Transit Fest, Secret Cinema
  • Alexander D Great – Local resident, Calypsonian, storyteller and workshop leader
  • Courttia Newland – Writer, Published Author, Playright
  • Joy May – Local resident, Arts Festival Manager
  • Ricky Venel Stone – Safeguarding Professional, Creative, Co-director of Kamitan Arts
  • Stephen Cole LTCL ARCM – Musician and Composer, former Musical Director of RBKC Arts/Special Projects
  • Dr.Charles Gore – Local resident, Visual Artist
  • Mrs Amal Jabbour, Local resident, Dancer & Actress in the Golden age era of Egyptian Cinema, Co- director Kamitan Arts
  • Helena Thompson – Artistic Director and Founder, SPID Theatre
  • Debbie Golt FRSA – Local resident, Award-winning Broadcaster, Poet, Arts consultant & former RBKC Arts officer
  • Nelio P Rodrigues – Local resident, Creative Director of Grove Capoeira Association
  • Giulia D. Parodi-Garner – Local resident, Drama Tutor, Artist in resident within Schools, Kamitan Arts Volunteer
  • Baby N’Sola aka Miss Baby Sol – RBKC resident, professional session Vocalist, Singer/Songwriter, Live and Recorded Artist/Performer, DJ/Host, Director of MBS Ltd
  • Richard Mkoloma, Local resident, Fashion Designer, Poet, Educator
  • Nour-Eddine Aboudihaj – Local resident, Poet, Author, Founder and CEO of Grenfell Tower Trust
  • Tuesday Greenidge, Local resident, Artivist, Craftivists & Sewers sewing for justice, initiator of Grenfell Memorial Quilt-Community Fabric Art project hanging the largest 220ft Quilt in the UK
  • Cllr. Eva Jedut – Dalgarno ward councillor
  • Nelissa Mendy – Poet, Author, Spoken Word Artist, Performance Poet, Writer
  • Yago Soto-André – Local resident, Young Poet, Gardener, Community Mental Health support worker
  • J W Tomlin – Local resident, Design illustrator, Visual & Graphic Artist , Afrofuturist , Musician, KCAW Board
  • Christopher Herbert – Local resident, CEO, Founder and Director of Fit For Life Youth CIC
  • Agnes Cawlyd – Poet, Author, Arts & Crafts Teacher and Tutor
  • Jonathan Pandy, Local resident, BA (Hons) Community Development & Youth Work, Poet, Rapper & Guiness World Record’s fastest Beatboxer as ‘JC 001’
  • LM Hughes – Local resident, Creative
  • Wendy Young – Poetry Performance Artist, NHS worker, radio presenter
  • David Ellison – Local resident and Rapper
  • Simon Melbourne – Project Manager
  • Robert Dyer – Local resident, Probation officer/ Youth Offending Service
  • Kai Gama – Filmmaker, Poet, Musician, Artistic Associate SPID Theatre Co., Creative Director at Dare Arts Society
  • John James – Local resident, JJJs Apparel & Afrodizzychocs healthy chocolates
  • Kris Lalaj – Local resident, SPID Trustee , Performer, Young Poet
  • Richard Essien – Local resident, ‘Magical Bones’ Magician, Dancer
  • Aama Sade Shepnekhi – Cultural Celebrant, Musician, Poet
  • Michael Harvey – Local resident, CEO Bam Records, Actor, Rapper, Specialist Security – British Museum
  • Clive Powell – Academic, Writer and Creative Entrepreneur
  • Jonathan Sharif – Managing Director/Principal Music Consultant of Domino Effect (creative music business consultancy), Brand Partnerships Agent and Music Journalist
  • Baljit Badesha – CEO of Nucleus Legal Advise
  • Tanya Moore – CEO of Youth Action Alliance (YAA)
  • Brian Channer – CEO of the Black Policy Institute
  • Dr William Lez Henry – Professor of Criminology and Sociology, Poet, Writer, and Reggae Deejay
  • Angela Harvey – Writer, Lecturer, Performance Poet ‘Poppy Seed’
  • Nayma Chamchoun – Local Writer and Poet
  • Paprika Williams – Local Art Director of Hot Stuff Studios
  • Muna Escoffery – Educator (Sound Therapist)
  • Maxine Bailey – Local Support worker
  • Feimata Sannoh – Engineer and Musician
  • MahletR – Es and Local resident
  • Liza Lindsay – Aesthetician
  • Toby Laurent Belson – Artist, designer, educator across North Kensington, Trustee for Brownbaby arts group
  • Val Petlov – Website creator
  • Zara Johnson – Entrepreneur
  • Daniella Blechner – CEO of Conscious Dreams Publishing and Author
  • Simone – Artist, Teacher, Health and Wellness Specialist, Founder of ‘Black Women Swimming’
  • Jacob Rety – Web Developer / Capoeira Teacher and Local Resident
  • Oliver Hemmings – Local Resident and Writer
  • Sam Shervington – Local resident
  • Suri El-Amin – Personal trainer and security guard
  • Rosemary Mathurin – Artist/Musician/Writer/Creative Director/Resident
  • Khadijatou – Artist / Producer
  • Melanie Juno Wolfe – Local Resident / Creative
  • North Kensington Community Kitchen – Founder NKCK. Local residents. Creatives. Health & Wellbeing
  • Marianne Alapini – CEO Tender Loving Care Support Services & Local Resident
  • Kamal Gulati – Researcher
  • Professor Mustafa Ozbilgin – Organisational Behaviour, Brunel University
  • Professor Caroline Scarles – Technology in Society, Brunel University
  • Professor Marcus De Matos – Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Public Law, Deputy Director of Equality and Diversity, Founder of the Human Rights, Society & Arts Research Group, Brunel University London
  • Professor Emma Wainwright – Human Geography / Education at Brunel University
  • Khadidja N’diaye – Founder and Director of Cheri Coco CIC
  • Kelechi Mpamaugo – Art Director
  • Raffaella – Educator
  • Dominika Karc – Mural artist
  • La Nonika – Poet, local resident
  • Ramona Galardi – Therapist, poet, artist, 5 times featured KCAW Poets Corner/K & C Poetry Fringe Poetry Trail
  • Parvati Raghuram – Professor/Academic Researcher/UK
  • Jamael Westman – Actor, Title Character in London West End’s Hamilton