A ‘master-class’ questioning whether there is a crisis in black mental health in the UK. Wednesday 16 November 2011, 5.30-7pm London Metropolitan University, Graduate Centre GCG08, 166-220 Holloway Road, London N7 8DB Speaker: Patrick Vernon Related links Afiya Trust
Theme: Health
The Black Presence in Renaissance Europe
A seminar by Michael Ohajuru. Tuesday 15 November 2011, 6-7.30pm Senate House, University of London, London WC1E 7HU Speaker: Michael Ohajuru Related links Black & Asian Studies Association
New geographies of racism: Stoke-on-Trent
Research published by the Institute of Race Relations shows that the geography of racial violence is changing rapidly in the UK and yet the authorities show little interest in tackling the problem. Focusing on Stoke-on-Trent, which has been devastated by deindustrialisation, and where the proportion of the city’s Black and Minority Ethnic population has doubled
Woven Gold
A performance by the Woven Gold group – who are all clients of the Helen Bamber Foundation. Saturday 12 November 2011, from 6.45pm St Ethelburga’s, 78 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AG Woven Gold is made up of refugees escaping persecution who have come together in the last four years. With professional UK musicians who donate their
‘Enough is enough’ march
A march for black justice, black unity and against deaths in custody and state brutality. Saturday 12 November 2011, 1pm Windrush Square, Brixton, London SW2 1JG Related links Uhuru News
Taking Facebook at face value?
There are troubling aspects in Demos’ recent report on English Defence League (EDL) members’ attitudes. According to the press release for the report Inside the EDL by Jamie Bartlett and Mark Littler: ‘Supporters are characterised by intense pessimism about the UK’s future, worries about immigration and joblessness. This is often mixed with a proactive pride
Collective punishment of families
Local authority and police decisions to seize the homes of family members of those charged in connection with the riots or convicted of terrorist offences punish whole families for one member’s wrongdoing. Evicting rioters’ families In the aftermath of the August riots, Wandsworth Council served an eviction notice on the mother and 8-year-old sister of
Defend education, fight privatisation
A demonstration against the scrapping of EMA, the raising of tuition fees and the privatisation of education. Wednesday 9 November 2011, 12pm University of London Union, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HY Related links National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts
Mangrove Nine film
A screening of ‘Mangrove Nine’, directed by Franco Rosso. Tuesday 8 November 2011, 7pm Karibu Education Centre, 7 Gresham Road, Brixton, London SW9 7PH The film will be accompanied by discussion from: Linton Kwesi Johnson – George Padmore Institute Paul Reid – Black Cultural Archives Ian MacDonald, QC – immigration lawyer and barrister at the
The London Retired Teachers’ meeting
A discussion on the riots. Tuesday 8 November 2011, 11am-1pm The Cartwright Room in Canterbury Hall, near Hamilton House, in Mabledon Place, London WC1H 9BD Speakers include: Liz Fekete – Institute of Race Relations Celia Stubbs – on the report into the death of Blair Peach Joanne Sanderson – on becoming politically involved