About London Black History Coordinating Committee

The LBHCC was formed in 2002, out of a desire to increase awareness of Black History Month activities in the London area. LBHCC hosts upto 10 programs each year. The work of the Committee is conducted by a dedicated team of volunteers and welcomes new members. The committee’s aim was to “engage the community in celebrating Black History Month through organizing, supporting, and collaborating with community organizations on programs and activities that are available in the region to educate, inform and uplift.”

While the committee has successfully run engaging and inspiring Black History Month programming for over 20 years, the volunteer-led group has long worked year-round contributing to strategic projects with various community partners. These projects span from education about the roles that the Black communities have played locally across the decades, to advocacy and strategic discussions with major community organizations on equity and inclusion.

The Committee also assists other groups and organizations with the promotion of their activities. These include but are not limited to: the Congress of Black Women-London Chapter, the Black Student Association (BSA) at Western University, the Historical Society of Buxton and the Woodstock Museum.

LBHCC is routinely at the table consulting on important projects for local organizations such as the City of London and the Thames Valley District School Board, representing the interests of local Black communities and advocating for equity and inclusion. In summer 2022, they worked with the city facilitating a roundtable discussion with local Black organizations, and representatives from other communities, on how our streets and buildings should be named going forward.

Similarly, LBHCC worked with the Thames Valley District School Board sitting on a steering committee alongside other community members, educators and school board officials about the renaming of some of their schools. LBHCC helped the group examine why certain schools were named as they were, negative impacts the names may have on equity-seeking communities, whether the schools should be re-named and how to engage communities in the process.

Our Vision

The goal of the London Black History Coordinating Committee is to engage the community in celebrating Black History Month through organizing, supporting, and collaborating with community organizations on programs and activities that are available in the region to educate, inform and uplift.