Action for Race Equality
Empowering Young People who are Black, Asian and of Mixed Heritage
We are delighted to announce that Maithreyi Rajeshkumar has joined Action for Race Equality as EQUAL's Head of Policy. We extend a warm welcome to Maithreyi, who will now be steering our policy work in criminal justice. Previously at Agenda …
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Today, Action for Race Equality, EQUAL and the Criminal Justice Alliance have written a joint open letter to the Home Secretary, Priti Patel, on the recruitment of the new Metropolitan Police Commissioner. Together, we are urging for a recruitment …
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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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POSITIVE ACTION GUIDE FOR LONDON'S CHIEF EXECUTIVES This ‘Positive Action Guide for London’s Chief Executives’ has been developed by the Moving on Up (MoU) Employer Champions Group, which represent a range of London companies. This Guide focuses on …
In March 2020 the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) published ‘Tackling Racial Disparity in the Criminal Justice System: 2020 Update’. This update sets out the work that has taken place since the Lammy Review recommendations published in …
I'd never given serious thought about what it would be like to be locked up behind bars 24/7. When I was growing up, I heard the stories about ‘Feltham’ being like a holiday camp. To be honest, I thought there was some truth in it. I saw young men …
Across March - July 2021, EQUAL, in partnership with Liberty, hosted five free Legal Action workshops for organisations supporting Black, Asian, and minority ethnic people, and Muslim and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities in the criminal justice …
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Working with a range of students from Acton High School's Black Pupil Achievement Programme (BPAP), ARE's Routes2Success (R2S) role models first engaged the students in a workshop session that explored entrepreneurial skills, looking at inspirational …
