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TheCommission for Diversity in the Public Realm is an initiative established on 9 June 2020 by theMayor of London,Sadiq Khan, to review public tributes in the British capital, includingstatues and otherlandmarks.
The commission was formed in response to theGeorge Floyd protests in the United Kingdom, in which protesters toppled astatue of Edward Colston inBristol and defaced a number of statues across the country.[1][2] The commission will focus on increasing diversity in London's street names, monuments, public sculptures and artworks, murals and place names.
Its fifteen members were announced in February 2021, and includeRiz Ahmed,Jack Guinness,Sandy Nairne andJasvir Singh.[3]
In 2022 the commission announced its "Untold Stories" programme, to distribute £1 million of funding to community projects across the city.[4] By February 2023, 70 projects had been funded across 24 London boroughs,with plans including a panel and bench commemorating the 1981New Cross house fire, a memorial toRolan Adams in Thamesmead, and a statue ofElla Adoo-Kissi-Debrah inMountsfield Park, Lewisham.[5]
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