About Bristol Legacy Foundation
Bristol Legacy Foundation (BLF) is an Afrikan-centred, community-mandated institution working for the Bristol Afrikan Heritage Community.
Guided by ancestral wisdom, community self determination, integrity, courage, and accountability, we exist to build the frameworks, structures, and cultural conditions that move Bristol toward reparatory justice.
To strengthen, protect, and enable the Afrikan Heritage Community through:
Community-led repair
Redistribution of resources
Transformation of systems that have caused historical and ongoing harm
PURPOSE
BLF is not a campaign organisation.
We are:
A framework-builder
An accountability mechanism
A facilitator of communal repair
A cultural anchor
We create the conditions for community and city institutions to act justly, redistribute resources, and embed reparative practices.
OUR ROLE
OUR PROCESS
Listen to, learn from, and be led by community
Call in
Convene community and city in accountable relationships
Call Together
Publicly challenge actions or behaviours misaligned with our principles
Call Out