For Windrush 75, Jeremy Crook and Dr Liz Mackie, ARE Associate for our Moving on Up programme, reflects on what the anniversary means, and the ongoing fight for racial justice. This blog post originally appeared on Trust for London's page, who are …
ARE Comment on statement of Institutional Racism from Avon and Somerset police force
Last week, Chief Constable Sarah Crew acknowledged that her own force, Avon and Somerset Police, is institutionally racist. Action for Race Equality welcomes the comment made by the Chief Constable. We would welcome this acknowledgement from …
Missing in the media: the fight to cure Missing White Woman Syndrome
In this ARE guest piece, budding journalist and creative, Hayley Mills-Amissah, examines the disproportionately loud spotlight cast on cases of missing white women by the media. Her article, originally posted for the Green Room, features interviews …
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The need to engage Black parents in education
For decades, research has proven that parental involvement has a direct positive impact on academic achievement in children and young people. With this in mind, ARE’s Routes2Success (R2S) Team held their first parent session at Brentside High …
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ARE comment on Baroness Casey’s Review
Today, on Tuesday 21st March, 2023, also UN anti-racism day, Baroness Dame Louise Casey's year long investigation into the standards of behaviour and internal culture of the Metropolitan Police Service was published as the Casey Review. ARE attended …
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Black Women celebrating and passing on the Baton
The success of every woman should be the inspiration to another. We should raise each other up. Make sure you’re very courageous: be strong, be extremely kind, and above all be humble.” Serena Williams I want you to close your …
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A close look at Ethnic Inequalities in the Criminal Justice System: new research shows significant disparities
Six years on from the landmark Lammy Review (2017) into the treatment of, and outcomes for, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) individuals in the Criminal Justice System (CJS) [1], new research reveals compelling evidence that race and ethnicity …
The Windrush Scandal is far from over
The Windrush Scandal may be making fewer headlines, but its lasting impact is far from over. This was the message we heard loud and clear at the first Windrush National Organisation (WNO) International Conference held in Birmingham in October 2022. …
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ARE’s response to the Inclusive Britain Report
EQUAL, Action for Race Equality's criminal justice arm, has responded to the government's Inclusive Britain report and called for further action to be taken to address racial disparity across the UK, particularly in the criminal justice system where …
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Being a Black graduate and job-seeker: an intern’s perspective
Over the summer, recent Philosophy and Politics graduate Kamarl Wilson, joined us as an ARE Intern. Whilst with us, Kamarl was able to reflect back to his time as an undergraduate, and some of the parallels he noticed as a young Black job-seeker …
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ARE and EQUAL call for an urgent review into Met Police strip searching children
Responding to the Children’s Commissioner’s findings on the strip-search of children by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), Action for Race Equality (ARE) CEO and Vice-Chair of EQUAL, Jeremy Crook OBE, has called for an urgent review of …
Police Chiefs Must Listen To Black Communities And Organisations
The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and College of Policing have released their draft Race Action Plan: Improving policing for Black people, sharing their vision in making policing anti-racist. The draft plan, published on Tuesday 24th …
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Where do we stand with Inclusive Britain?
On Wednesday 17th March, the government released its Inclusive Britain vision as its response to the controversial Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities (CRED) report of March 2021. The Report, popularly known as the 'Sewell Report', was …
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Institutional racism, a leadership challenge
ARE's CEO, Jeremy Crook reflects on the UK’s history of institutional racism and the legacy of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry report, following Sir William Macpherson's death last year. The collective failure of an organisation to provide an …
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