Left to right: Waseem Zaffar, Joel Graham Blake, Jamie Dunn, Denika Porter

Councillor Waseem Zaffar has been leading MyBrum, a consultation by Birmingham City Council’s new social cohesion and community safety scrutiny committee asking the simple question:

“What does it mean to be a Brummie?”

I was at Birmingham Leadership Foundation‘s Monday Masterclass in Handsworth last week (Podnosh provide social media help at the events) and helped social report the debate on “What does it mean to be a Brummie?”

There was a good mix of civic and young leaders giving their opinion. Here are my notes paraphrasing the debate:

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