| Bring-A-Dish
May 2006
CCDN's monthly free BRING A DISH Cultural Celebration
took place last Saturday 27th of May 2006 . Newly labeled as a
unique Healthy Concert in a series of culturally diverse events
across the South East, the culturally diverse audience welcomed
an accomplished composer and guitarist Suzahn, American Artist
on tour.
The
Birmingham Post foretold us that "Suzahn's writing style is
influenced by blues, R&B, and pop - although the traditional
jazz runs throughout like molten steel and she can scatt with
the best of them. You've got no excuse not to find the time to
go and see one of jazz's Turks singing songs from her new album,
"Paris Without His Kiss."
Suzahn's music is an elegant entrée into a
romantic world of smoky-smooth vocals, accomplished guitar work,
masterful scatting and intimate, inventive well-crafted original
songs. Her lyrics are like short stories set to jazz, each a
page from a steamy novel revealing a secret life through a well
balanced mix of swing, blues, ballads, Latin, and contemporary.
Lynn Samuels, WABC Radio, NYC. called her "A hot ticket with a
killer voice… a Jazz Bard, the Joni Mitchell of Jazz!"
From studio to stage, Suzahn has worked with a
host of who's who in the music world as well as top venues in
the US and abroad. Suzahn has composed and sang on many National
Jingles and music for TV and Radio including the Oprah Winfrey
Show and Desperate Housewives, has 4 songs in the Smithsonian
Museum in Washington, DC as a part of a permanent collection of
contemporary songwriters and 2 songs in the Baseball Hall of
Fame. Suzahn is signed to Aspirion Records and her CD’s can be
found in stores throughout the US and Canada where she is
currently being played on close to 200 jazz stations.
The vibrancy of the
Hastings & St Leonards BRING A DISH serves to reflect the
diverse membership of the Celebrating Cultural Diversity
Network. Widening one's Cooking skills has grown in popularity
and last Saturday's demonstration was led by Shoba Patel from
the local Hindu Association, teaching those interested how to
spice up their life the Asian way with recipes for chicken curry
and Bombay Aloo with Chick Peas: delicious!
Young and Old People were also invited to take part in the
trampolining or simply to watch & learn from the extravagant
and glistening moves of the Bexhill based Skeik's Delights belly
dancers, led by Faezeh from Iran
who danced since the
age of 3 and was last featured on BBC's "Southeast Today" in
April 2006. Her unique fusian dance choreographies are inspired
by Salsa, Arabic, Greek and Spanish - Oriental Dance influences.
She told us that "Sheikhs Delights are performing at the BRING A
DISH in support of the work of the local National Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC). " and Amal
Abbass-Saal, chair of Celebrating Cultural Diversity Network,
confirmed that the BRING A DISH audience contributed a total of
£50.00 to the cause. She said:
"Looking at the
shocking Mental Health Statistics for communities from Black &
Minority Ethnic (BME) backgrounds and the current lack of
culturally sensitive treatment methodologies, lack of culturally
accessible support services, particularly for Children & Young
People from BME communities, we hope that our support of the
national charity will be used pro-actively to better meet the
needs of youngsters from diverse BME communities."
Celebrating Cultural Diversity Network's next BRING A DISH
Cultural Celebration takes place on 24th of June 2006 4-9pm and
if you want to get actively involved, the next meeting takes
place Wednesday 14th of June 2006 7.00-9.00pm at the
Centre of Creativity, 20 West Hill Road, St Leonards on Sea
Everyone is welcome, so we see you all there!
http://www.celebratingculturaldiversitynetwork.org
African Caribbean patients are
more than 33%-44% more likely to be detained under the 1983
Mental Health Act compared with average figures.
Although African Caribbeans are 3
to 4 times more likely to be admitted to hospital for
schizophrenia, mental health problems are fairly similar amongst
different ethnic groups.
88% of Black respondents of the
Count Me In survey have been forcibly restrained as opposed to
43% of white respondents. 44% of Black respondents were unhappy
with the care they received as opposed to 20% of white
respondents.
Black, African & Caribbean groups
are 40% - 70% less likely to be referred for counselling by
their GP, but twice as likely to be referred for sectioning by
the police.
Black
people are 14% more likely to be turned away than white people
when they ask for help from Mental Health services, meaning that
untreated conditions could result in more drastic interventions
later.
More than 70% of BME patients were just in 23
hospital facilities. The use of control and restraint is 30%
higher amongst Black, African & Caribbean inpatients. Seclusion
rates are 50% higher for Black, African & Caribbean men.
Source:
Count Me In census, 2006 |
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