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I Have a Dream
For years people like Rosa Parks and Malcom X have fought for change, to end racial segregation and, for the rights of black people. But today I am going to talk about Dr. Martin Luther King, arguably known as one of the most influential civil...
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Unity in Diversity
You may be wondering what is unity in diversity? Unity in diversity means forgetting that we are different and uniting as one! Examples If you are being nice to someone despite that they are different then you are displaying unity in...
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ACEN: A solution to the UK’s decision-making deficit in the Black community
Driven by experiences and data reinforcing the belief that for Black children to have the same opportunities they must be ‘twice as good’ as their counterparts, the African Caribbean Education Network (ACEN) has been established to address...
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COVID has highlighted a great need for systems change in the Black community.
In March, NHS England called upon health trusts to assess BAME workers who are “at potentially greater risk” from coronavirus. They found that one in five of the 1.3 million NHS staff are from BAME backgrounds. The Guardian then...
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The Domino Effect
My name is Lilly. I am a Domestic Abuse and Prison Reform Campaigner. As I look back over my life, I wonder if my path was almost unavoidable. The first domino - rejection I was abandoned at birth as I was born a black child to white...
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Why every Black parent should join national networks
Three decades on from my first child (a son) entering the education system, still small progress has been made in the number of African-Caribbean men and women from the BAME communities to take seats at the top table of the UK’s leading...
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What about Black Trans People?
What about Black Trans People? I squint at my phone screen and my friend zooms in on the call, I watch from my bedroom as a disappointing Black Lives Matter demonstration talks about “Black on Black crime”, and does not once mention my...
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“You make your own family” – new report on LGBT experiences of severe and multiple disadvantage
Next week, the LGBT Foundation will launch a new report on LGBT people’s experiences of severe and multiple disadvantage. It’s an important contribution to our collective dialogue about the nature of social harm, how it’s experienced, and...
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Black People are tired of explaining racism – it’s affecting our mental health
When the Office of National Statistic broke the news that Black people are more than four times more likely to die from Covid-19 than white people, it confirmed what Black communities always suspected - that Covid-19 would compound the stresses...
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The Miseducation of a Generation*
The need for separate education of black children Understanding the nature of racism, and minimising its impact, has been my life's work. Possibly this is why I have been less shocked than others about the murder of George Floyd. Having...
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