The state of black Britain symposium is being put together by fellow Street Pastors founder and Baptist minister the Rev David Shosanya.

It aims to provide representatives of Britain’s black community with a platform to assess past successes, current concerns and future achievements.

Panel discussions will explore religion and politics, the family and young people, economics and the new future of black Britain.

“The purpose of the symposium is to create an annual forum for a conversation across African and Caribbean communities with a view to evaluate progress, develop strategy and prioritise action around key social, political, economic and others issues of concern, and to facilitate the process of ongoing engagement,” said Rev Shosanya.

He said the symposium had the potential to “usher in a new paradigm” for community dialogue that could lead to engagement with issues of concern to Britain’s black community and coordinated action.

Rev Shosanya said: “The symposium will also be the only space that brings together both the leading thinkers within African and Caribbean communities and the organizations that represent us at Westminster and other key-stakeholders forums and holds them to account for the work done of behalf of us.”

The symposium will take place at the Commonwealth Club in London on 17 October.

Other panel members include Entrepreneur Levi Roots, the Mayor of London’s Ambassador to Young People James Cleverly, and BAFTA Award winner presenter and documentary maker, Angela Sarkis.