A celebration of young people’s stories in words and images. Tuesday 21 March 2017, 5pm Mezzanine Gallery, Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA Line-up Shahidul Alam Chris Searle Alan Gilbey (local historian) Students will read poems from Stepney Words III, alongside the poets Caleb Femi, Maria Ferguson, Cecilia Knapp and Talia Randall
Theme: Housing
Refugee refuseniks ‘welcome bus’ tour of east london
A ‘Welcome Bus’ tour of East London to celebrate 25 years of RAMFEL. Friday 24 March 2017, 1.30pm-5pm Pick up locations en-route The ‘Welcome Bus’ will be touring East London between 1.30-5pm, depending on traffic, and will be visiting the following locations: Barking and Dagenham Town Hall Havering Town Hall RedbridgeTown Hall Newham Town Hall Waltham
Exhibition of asian and black women workers’ struggles
An exhibition showing paintings of Asian and black women workers’ struggles for justice in Britain. 8 March – 21 March 2017 West London Trade Union Centre, 33-35 High Street, London W3 6ND Women Arts Talks present an exhibition of portraits from Asian and Black women showing their struggle, both individual and collective, against racism, sexism
The Art of Protest
A free one-day symposium to explore how art and music has supported and been inspired by struggles for equality – particularly around race – over the past 40 years. Saturday 25 March 2017, 9.30–5.30pm Goldsmiths, University of London, 8 Lewisham Way, London SE14 6NW We will focus specifically on two significant events – the battle
Deport, Deprive, Extradite: state extremism and expulsion
A workshop aiming to explore the stories of those who are criminalised and dehumanised through the War on Terror. Friday 24 March 2017, 9.30-5pm Friend’s House, 173-177 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ Speakers include: Arun Kundnani Rafia Zakaria Gargi Bhattacharyya Luke De Noronha Arzu Merali Nisha Kapoor The workshop will also be reflecting on the implications of this
Brave and inspirational: the story of Grunwick
With only a few weeks left to view the exhibition on the ‘70s Grunwick strike, ‘We are the lions’ you are advised to hightail it down to the Library at Willesden Green and see it while you still can. (It closes on 26 March) I visited the exhibition one Saturday afternoon (my second visit after
Calendar of racism and resistance (10-23 February 2017)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 8 February: New research by Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID) finds that hundreds of foreign nationals being held in prison are being denied access to immigration advice. Download the report: Mind the Gap: Immigration Advice
The shame of asylum housing of child refugees in the UK
John Grayson, a campaigner from South Yorkshire, examines the market in asylum housing in the UK. The early months of the lives of hundreds of babies, toddlers and young child refugees have been blighted by life in privatised accommodation provided by G4S, Serco and Clearsprings[1] and funded by taxpayers, since 2012. Now the government has
Migrant deaths at European borders
A panel presenting the results of ESRC funded research into the treatment of the dead in Italy and Greece, and the position of relatives in Tunisia and Turkey. Wednesday 22 March 2017, 6-7.30pm 32L.G.03, 32 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London WC2A 2AE Speakers include: Dr Claire Moon – Associate Professor
Calendar of racism and resistance (26 January – 9 February 2017)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and immigration January 2016: The Migration Observatory publishes a report: Young People and Migration in the UK: An Overview. View and download it here. 27 January: The Belgian interior minister announces that Belgium, France and the Netherlands