A comedy night organised by Migrants Rights’ Network celebrating the impact immigration has had on the British comedy industry. Monday 30 March 2015, 7.30pm Bloomsbury Theatre, 15 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AH Line-up includes: Abandoman Nish Kumar Romesh Ranganathan David Mills Bec Hill Grainne Maguire Felicity Ward Paul Sinha Ava Vidal Andrew O Neil Shazia
Geography: London
Deaths of Europe’s ‘unwanted and unnoticed’ migrants exposed
The IRR publishes a disturbing new report, Unwanted, unnoticed: an audit of 160 asylum and immigration-related deaths in Europe, revealing the extent of Europe’s departure from its vaunted humanitarian ideals. The deaths over the last five years, in the detention and reception centres, the streets and the squats of Europe, are a product of the rightlessness
Dying for Justice
On Monday 23 March 2015, the Institute of Race Relations published Dying for Justice which gives the background on 509 people (an average of twenty-two per year) from BAME, refugee and migrant communities who have died between 1991-2014 in suspicious circumstances in which the police, prison authorities or immigration detention officers have been implicated. It concludes
Calendar of racism and resistance (27 February – 12 March 2015)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 3 March: Serco suspends two staff members from Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre after the showing of a Channel 4 film, made undercover, on the treatment of detainees which revealed what the shadow home secretary called
Documenting casualisation
The TUC is seeking to interview black workers affected by the casualisation of the job market. Austerity measures affect the black community disproportionately and, just this week, figures were released which show that the number of young people from ethnic minority backgrounds, aged 16-24, that have been unemployed longer than a year has risen by
Cultures of intolerance
A one day conference to discuss freedom of speech and Muslim communities across Europe. Saturday 28 March 2015, 10-5.30pm CAN Mezzanine, 49-51 Old Street, London N1 6AH Speakers include: Ziauddin Sardar – scholar and cultural critic Tim Sanders – cartoonist Liz Fekete – director of Institute of Race Relations Sunny Hundal – journalist Please note
Screening of ‘Blacks Britannica’
A meeting is to discuss the gains black people have made within British society viz a viz race and class and a screening of Blacks Britannica. Sunday 22 March 2015, 2-5pm The Bridge, Christchurch Avenue, Harrow, London HA3 5BD Speakers include: Nana Asante – TUSC parliamentary candidate Margaret Henry –Blacks Britannica researcher Related links Register here via Eventbrite
Stop and Search: Impact on the Community
A StopWatch panel and audience discussion on stop and search. Tuesday 17 March 2015, 5.30-8pm Committee Room 10, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA Speakers include: Diane Abbott MP Professor Ben Bowling Related links Register here via Eventbrite StopWatch
In The City: Mod & Ska Night
A benefit night for the Prisoners’ Advice Service, featuring Motown, Northern Soul, Rock-Steady, Ska & Two Tone. Saturday 21 March 2015, 8-9pm T.Chances, 399 High Road, London N17 6QN Related links Facebook event page Prisoners’ Advice Service
Black Book Swap
An opportunity to network, swap and purchase books at the 7th Black Book Swap. Saturday 14 March 2015, 11.30-4.30pm Omnibus, 1 Clapham Common North Side, London SW4 0QW Speakers include: Chimaechi Allan – educator Amanda Epe – writer Frances Mensah Williams – businesswoman Alex Wheatle – novelist Michelle Yaa Asantewa – novelist and poet Related links Register here via Eventbrite Facebook event Black Book Swap on Facebook