Cultural Confidence – Spoken Word on Race, Care and PCREF Matthew McKenzie скачать в хорошем качестве

Cultural Confidence – Spoken Word on Race, Care and PCREF Matthew McKenzie

Cultural Confidence is a spoken-word poem turned into an AI-generated song, written and performed by Matthew McKenzie FRSA BEM, carer activist and founder of A Caring Mind. This piece explores cultural confidence, pride, identity, and self-worth from the perspective of an unpaid ethnic mental health carer. It speaks to the strength that comes from culture, lived experience, and refusing shame in systems that do not always listen or understand. The poem is taken from Matthew’s forthcoming poetry book: Unpaid, Unseen and Yet Unbroken: Poetry about Ethnic Mental Health Carers (due for release in 2026) The book raises awareness of the emotional, cultural, and psychological realities faced by unpaid ethnic mental health carers navigating services, and aligns closely with the aims of PCREF (Patient and Carer Race Equality Framework), particularly around lived experience, listening, and inclusion. About the music This track uses AI-generated music to support spoken word delivery, allowing the poem’s message to remain central while creating space for reflection and emotional depth. This poem is for: Unpaid and family carers Ethnic and racialised communities Mental health professionals PCREF leads and Trust involvement groups Anyone interested in race, care, culture, and lived experience More from Matthew McKenzie Matthew is a poet, mental health advocate, and speaker, regularly invited to contribute to PCREF-related conversations across mental health services. 🔗 Website: https://caringmindblog.com If this poem resonates, please consider sharing it to help amplify ethnic carer voices and promote listening as an act of care.