Don John
Don was also the founder of Black History Month in Southampton which has now been established as a core event in the city’s calendar. He is also co-author of books relating to Southampton’s Black History and is also a filmmaker and has made several short documentaries all with a “race” dimension. He has also been involved in the music industry and has curated exhibitions on subject matters of "Afro-Futurism" and " Blues Parties in Southampton”, He was also a Southampton Ambassador for Southampton’s bid to win City of Culture 2025 and was recently awarded Honorary Doctor of Arts at Solent University. Don John has been working in the field of Race & Diversity for over 40 years having spent 10 years in HM Treasury in Whitehall. he then moved to Southampton as the director for the Southampton Council for Race Equality and he has been working on Race and Diversity in many different capacities.