A seminar on Africans in Britain’s resistance to slavery and inequality. Wednesday 26 September 2012, 5.30pm Senate House, room S265, 2nd floor, University of London, Russell Square, London WC1E 7HU Speaker: Onyeka RELATED LINKS Institute of Commonwealth Studies
Theme: Managed migration
Remembering Josephine
The life and work of a dynamic anti racism campaigner was recently celebrated in Dublin. Anti racism and refugee rights campaigners, past and present, gathered on 6 September in Dublin to celebrate the life and work of Josephine Olusola Olapeju Olajumoke Amuwo, whose untimely death occurred in London this August. Although she had been based
An oasis space at the Robinson Institute
I found myself in a tearful state on my first visit to ‘The Robinson Institute’ exhibition, curated by artist Patrick Keiller in the main hall at Tate Britain – moved to tears, but wearing a big grinning smile on my face. I’ve been back several times now and I’ve had that ‘tears of joy’ moment
Facing the abyss
A conference examining the experiences of separated children seeking asylum and the challenges faced by professionals supporting them. Wednesday 19 September 2012, 9.30-4.30 Tavistock Centre, 120 Belsize Square, London NW3 5BA Speakers: Dr Maggie Atkinson – Children’s Commissioner, England Judith Dennis – Refugee Council Gillian Hughes – Tavistock Centre Zubier Yazdani – Deighton Pierce Glynn
10 years of Love Music Hate Racism
A day and evening of political meetings, film, poetry, comedy and music to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Love Music Hate Racism. Saturday 15 September 2012, 1pm-1am Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA Speakers & performers include: Paul Gilroy Salma Yaqoob Ken Livingstone Eddie Freeman Liz Fekete Christine Blower Mark Serwotka Martin
Fair’s Fair: rights for workers and the London 2012 Olympics
Fair’s Fair, a new free educational resource by Playfair 2012, aims to raise awareness of the human rights abuses of workers who make sporting goods for the Olympics and other major sporting events. The Olympics aim to build a better world through sport.[1] However, what is often forgotten is how workers making sportswear and related
A new film is fully focussed on the riots
On 5 July, Fully Focused Productions’ one-hour documentary Riot from Wrong premiered as part of the East End Film Festival at the Rio Cinema, Dalston, just a few miles down the road from Tottenham police station, where the riots began nearly one year ago. At least four hundred, mainly young, people from the Fully Focused
The Multicultural Politic
The Multicultural Politic hosts a debate on the reality of multiculturalism in Britain today. Tuesday 3 July 2012, 6.30-9pm Small Hall cinema, Richard Hoggart building (main building), Goldsmiths College, New Cross, London SE14 6NW Speakers include: Ken Fero – co-founder of Migrant Media and independent film maker (see INJUSTICE) Estelle du Boulay – Newham Monitoring
Reclaiming the riots
A seminar to discuss the legacy, representation and strategies of resistance following the riots a year ago. Thursday 28 June 2012, 7-9pm. Caxton House Community Centre, 129 St. John’s Way Islington, London N19 3RQ Related links George Padmore Institute So We Stand
Black ephemera study day
Examining the ways in which black people from the African and Caribbean diaspora have been represented in ephemera over the last two hundred years. Wednesday 4 July 2012, 10.30-7.30pm Nike Theatre, Agriculture Building, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AU Related links Download a booking form Download the programme