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
Theme: Health
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
Handing in the JENGbA petition
Join JENGbA on a march to Downing Street to hand in its petition. Tuesday 17 March 2015, 2pm Assemble at Victoria Coach Station, 164 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 9TP to march to Downing Street Related links JENGbA Facebook event page Change.org petition Download a flyer
National demonstrations against racism and fascism
National demonstrations across the UK on UN Anti-Racism Day. Saturday 21 March 2015, 12pm Assemble at 12pm at BBC Portland Place, London W1A 1AA Assemble at 11am at George Square, Glasgow Assemble 11.30am at Clare Gardens, Clare Street, Riverside, Cardiff Related links Download a flyer (PDF file, 845 kb) Facebook event page Stand Up To Racism
JRCT: promoting peace, justice and equality
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Below we reproduce a letter to the editor published in The Times, on 11 March 2015, in support of the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust. Dear Sir, Charities like the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) frequently work in complex and difficult environments to promote peace, justice and equality. They succeed because of their expertise and integrity in navigating these
Europe Roma Network annual meeting
The Europe Roma Network’s AGM, in association with the Gypsy Council 8 April Initiative and the Traveller Movement, will also celebrate ‘8 April’ Roma Nation Day. Friday 10 April 2015, 1pm St John’s Church, 73 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8TY Related links Europe Roma Network Gypsy Council Traveller Movement
Calendar of racism and resistance (13 February – 26 February 2015)
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A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Policing and criminal justice 11 February: The family of a man whose neck was found to be broken after he was arrested by police call for the officers involved to be suspended. Julian Cole, 21, was left in a
Catching history on the wing
A celebration of the work of A. Sivanandan and the Institute of Race Relations. Saturday 18 April 2015, 1-6pm Room 421, Malet Street main building, Birkbeck College, (entrance on Torrington Square), London WC1 Including the premiere of the film Catching History on the Wing: a conversation with A. Sivanandan, the launch of IRR reports Dying for Justice
The price of PR?
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Recent Freedom of Information requests have revealed that the Home Office has paid over quarter of a million pounds to the Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph in 2014, for sponsored articles, advertorials and digital advertising. Last year, a number of advertorials were published in the Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph which were sponsored by