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The Bishopsgate Institute’s free Friday lunchtime concert series is back, this week featuring pianist Amiri Harewood.
Each week, the music in this series takes its inspiration from a theme suggested by the collections in Bishopsgate Institute’s famous library, centred on London’s history of protest and campaigning.
This lunchtime concert takes inspiration from the community activism of the Southall Youth Movement (SYM).
SYM was established in direct response to the unprovoked racially-motivated murder of Sikh teenager Gurdip Singh Chaggar on Southall’s High Street in June 1976.
At first the movement was mainly concerned to campaign for justice for Chaggar and his family, before the mainly Asian members of the SYM joined with other anti-fascist groups to organise demonstrations against the far right National Front.
Recognising the lack of provision for Asian youth in Southall, SYM also set up a community centre to mentor young people and teach them skills such as photography and sound recording. The roots reggae band Misty in Roots was formed at the centre.
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