Celebrating Black Achievement: Legacy Gala Dinner

The very idea of thinking about a Black legacy propels us to both celebrate great achievements whist planning for an even brighter future.

The Legacy Gala dinner, to which OBV is a supporter seeks to do both on one special evening.

Organised by the dynamic ‘A few good men’, in collaboration with the Society of Black Lawyers and and Blaksox, the Gala dinner will celebrate achievements, be a space for networking and future planning. But like the very best Black events, they’ll be good food, and great entertainment.

Operation Black Vote’s involvement is to support in particularly organisations such Blaksox, and a ‘Few good men’, who are young people centred. Blaksox, for example is an incubator for ideas, empowerment and a philosophy that seeks to ‘do things for ourselves and our community’. I’ve had the pleasure of working with them around ‘Drugs policy reform’, and witnessed these young men and women articulate a reality that this forcing Drug policy reformers to think wider than an often ‘white privileged’ position.

By celebrating the past, whilst planning for an empowered future the Legacy Gala dinner is able to showcase the best of Black Britain.

The evening will be hosted by the brilliant Eddie Nester and Jenni Steele.

We at OBV will be there, and we hope you can be there too.

Good Luck, and we hope that this Legacy Gala dinner becomes an annual event.

For tickets contact call 07956 041 746 or www.blaksox.com/events

Simon Woolley