Action for Race Equality, through our Moving On Up initiative, is thrilled to have joined forces with the Mayor of London to bring together a unique, two-part event this September! (Header photo credits: Luke Agbaimoni) A Journey Towards …
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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Routes2Success Learning Sessions
On Monday 8th August Routes2Success held their first learning session of 2022 in attendance with the R2S Team and ten of their dedicated role models and mentors. The learning session was an opportunity for the team to share best practice and …
EQUAL challenges Greater Manchester Police’s Xcalibre policy
EQUAL has joined forces with 11 voluntary, community and equality organisations in an open letter to Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, and Deputy Mayor Baroness Beverley Hughes who oversees the city's Police, Crime, Criminal Justice and …
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From Slave House to the Nation’s House: an educational visit.
Conversations amongst Black communities and in the media about reparations for slavery are frequent. But the history of Paxton House is one that refreshes common debate. In our latest ARE blog, Routes2Success Programme Manager, Brianna Cyrus, …
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New infrastructure fund awarded by Youth Futures Foundation
Action for Race Equality is delighted to announce that we have been selected as one of seven organisations to benefit from the £1.3 million Infrastructure Fund from Youth Futures Foundation in their latest round of grant funding. The award seeks …
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ARE launches racial terminology project
In honour of the UN's International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which was marked globally on Monday 21st March with the 2022 theme 'Voices for Action against Racism", ARE is delighted to launch our Racial Terminology …
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Youth Voice
ARE is driven by the energy and the experiences of young Black, Asian and minority ethnic young people. We know equality is a major concern for today’s youth. And it must remain so if we are to see a better tomorrow. With this in mind, …
We can’t stop and search our way out of Knife Crime: ARE comments
Fighting Knife Crime London was launched on 1st June 2021 to address the causes and effects of knife crime and all forms of violence in Greater London. Alongside its solutions-focussed network, it curates a quarterly magazine as a …
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‘Who feels it – Knows it’
Bob Marley was the master of lyrics that would stay lodged in the memory for generations. One of his classic lines was “who feels it knows it”. Stop and search, and particularly the dichotomy between the conventional wisdoms that …
Acton High School
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 …
More harm than good: a super-complaint against Section 60
In May 2021, Criminal Justice Alliance brought forwards a super-complaint on the harms caused by s.60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act. The complaint outlines that Section 60 is harmful, ineffective, inadequately scrutinised and …
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