This May, following the dual observance of Mental Health Awareness Week and Black Inclusion Week, ARE is thrilled to launch our podcasting journey, with our first-ever charity-wide series, called ARE Voices.
Taking inspiration from stories and insights shared by community leaders, young people, employers and Black, Asian, Mixed-heritage and minority ethnic led organisations we work with, ARE Voices will cast a light on the unique experience and expertise of those passionate about our work, and anti-racism more generally. These are conversations to empower, educate and work towards a solutions to inequality in the UK.
Our first two episodes feature candid discussions with young people 16 – 24 on our Moving On Up Programme (our Ambassadors Richard Turay and Guern Nimi) and with ARE Youth Action Network’s Axce Sellathurai & Youth Panel Lead, Victoria Atanda.
Our first two episodes feature candid conversations with young people on the #MovingOnUp Programme (our Ambassadors); and between Youth Action Network’s Axce Sellathurai & Victoria Pelumi Atanda.
Tune in to hear more on mental health, economic and employment pressures, masculinity, race and finding a balance between studies, work and life.
Each new ARE Voices episode hopes to cast a light on the unique experience and expertise of those passionate about our work, and anti-racism more generally. If you have an idea, or would like to get featured in the future, please email Hello@Actionforraceequality.org.uk
Our work with young people
For months, ARE has been listening intently to the voices of young Black, Asian, Mixed heritage, and ethnic minority individuals from across our programme areas.
Their insights have re-fuelled our passion for change in an important election year.
Liam Campbell-Griffiths , our Local Project Development Officer, with the guidance of Routes2Success role models DD Armstrong and Hepburn Harrison Graham, has been working worked closely with secondary school pupils to explore issues impacting them through their own race equality podcasts.
These students have not only learned to plan, structure, and host their shows but also to listen—to each other and to the issues that resonate with them.
The fruits of this labour are the #Speakeasy Podcasts.