The Young Black Men's Group are students of Falmer School who meet every week, discussing challenging issues, planning activities and finding a way forward. Phoenix found out what they have been up to.

One of our members visited a local theatre show, called Slam Dunk. His reveiws on the show explained it was about basketball which is something that we like. Slam Dunk touched on issues of black people and when brought to the group, we were able to share our simularitiesand talk about our differences.

On Making The Radio Show.
We got alot from making the radio show, at first we were nervous but once we got started we were ok. We gained experience of talking from a professional platform. We are proud of the way it was put together, you learn so much from planning a show: having to choose music, poems and jokes. Putting English, African and Indian music in the same show bought different cultures together reflecting the diversity of our group. We had fun!

Issac read a poem from Benjamin Zephaniah, "This has also inspired me to write because of the way black people have fought against racism."
  Ramadan in Pakistan is a special time
  On christmas day in jamaica the sun will always shine
  Diwali in India brings all the colours out
  And don't forget in Tibet each day a Poet shouts.

What we like about the group.
We learn about each other, how to work in a group as a team also learning about Black History. We enjoy going on trips with the group talking about things that affect black people only. Knowing we are in a safe place to discuss issues, sharing our views and listening to each other and making friends.

Thank you and best of luck to Shofique Ali, Issac Masaraure, Dodu Mboob, Maisam Mohamed, Nabil Mohamed, Salim Mohamed and with thanks to Kemi, the youth leader of the 67 Centre in Moulsecoomb.