#Black Arts Matter - Save The Drum


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2016-04-04 12:00

The Drum is a special place as anyone who has visited it will know. They are part of the wide fabric of cultural plurality we need in this diverse city. Artists & performers have lost a space. Losing these hard-earned venues is a tragedy & affects whole communities. When we stop seeing Art from certain underrepresented groups we lose the ability to hear different voices & to engage in lifelong learning. It is also a loss to the reasons why people want to live & work in Birmingham. This is a form of
Cultural hegemony where everything goes elsewhere ( usually to London) & we need to defend this enterprise as we would the loss of a factory or industry. Let's stand together & stop this happening. We can . We just need to believe we can.