Choose Courage

This is a film of the making of Choose Courage by a youth project who created a mural in Bethnal Green of Ramla Ali, a Somali boxer, model and activist, as a role model for other young women. It was made in a partnership between Numbi Arts, Paint the Change and Rich Mix. Numbi Arts hosted workshops to create the design, which was officially unveiled in summer 2022 as part of NumbiFest2022, a festival exploring culture's role in designing environment for growth. Ramla Ali is the first Somali boxer in history to compete in the Olympics.

Ramla Ali said, “To be selected and painted across a building as a representation to other young women who look like me and sound like me that through perseverance and determination anything is possible will be remembered as a huge accomplishment of mine."

The mural is on the corner of Bethnal Green Road and Barnet Grove.

Open the links to view films on the making of the mural and the story behind it:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RMOO9F7qJDpW54jgdtwsZt7DfcPQFh7a/view?usp=drive_web

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qd7INkcOdVhBHlB3Yc0nQBcSIfSLVQqA/view?usp=drive_web