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"Anti-racism is integral to our very being...it's part of who we all are. We can never be complacent about the scourge of racism...blaming minorities for the failure of a broken economic system... Hostile environment policies are...a nasty politics that demeans our whole country" (Jeremy Corbyn Labour Conference 2018)
APPEALS AND EVENTS
Separating children from their parents puts this government to shame:
The Observer view on our shameful immigration detention policyObserver Editorial: 5/8/18
**'APPEAL LAUNCHED TO HELP FORMER MAIDENHEAD PUPIL FACING DEPORTATION'**
Appeal for Elmslie School pupils from the late 60s to make contact to help verify identify of Eleanor Rogers, now homeless in London and facing deportation having lost all her papers. See article for picture and contact information:
www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/gallery/maidenhead/124026/appeal-launched-to-help-former-maidenhead-pupil-facing-deportation.html
The Guardian support Eleanor Rogers as they uncover more incidents of people who have lived in the Uk for over 50 years being caught up in the “hostile environment” Theresa May said she wanted to create for illegal immigrants in 2012
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/nov/28/i-cant-eat-or-sleep-the-grandmother-threatened-with-deportation-after-50-years-in-britain
Guardian report on EU migrants detained in UK
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/03/marcin-gwozdzinski-immigration-centre-detention-death
BAIL FOR IMMIGRATION DETAINEES
Bail for Immigration Detainees is an independent charity that exists to challenge immigration detention in the UK.
They provide legal advice and representation to migrants detained in removal centres and prisons to secure their release alongside research and policy advocacy to effect change
www.biduk.org
Separating children from their parents puts this government to shame:
The Observer view on our shameful immigration detention policyObserver Editorial: 5/8/18
**'APPEAL LAUNCHED TO HELP FORMER MAIDENHEAD PUPIL FACING DEPORTATION'**
Appeal for Elmslie School pupils from the late 60s to make contact to help verify identify of Eleanor Rogers, now homeless in London and facing deportation having lost all her papers. See article for picture and contact information:
www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/gallery/maidenhead/124026/appeal-launched-to-help-former-maidenhead-pupil-facing-deportation.html
The Guardian support Eleanor Rogers as they uncover more incidents of people who have lived in the Uk for over 50 years being caught up in the “hostile environment” Theresa May said she wanted to create for illegal immigrants in 2012
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/nov/28/i-cant-eat-or-sleep-the-grandmother-threatened-with-deportation-after-50-years-in-britain
Guardian report on EU migrants detained in UK
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/03/marcin-gwozdzinski-immigration-centre-detention-death
BAIL FOR IMMIGRATION DETAINEES
Bail for Immigration Detainees is an independent charity that exists to challenge immigration detention in the UK.
They provide legal advice and representation to migrants detained in removal centres and prisons to secure their release alongside research and policy advocacy to effect change
www.biduk.org
INFORMATION:
NEWS: £3.2bn UK pay gap for black, Asian and ethnic minority workersThinktank urges ministers to repeat gender pay-gap legislation for BAME workers GwynTopham Thu 27 Dec 2018 _____________________________________________________ Poll commissioned to launch series on unconscious bias shows gulf in negative experiences by ethnicity Robert Booth and Aamna Mohdin Sun 2 Dec 2018 18.00 GMT _____________________________________________________
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/12/how-did-i-handle-casual-racism-in-los-angeles-awkwardly _____________________________________________________
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/10/roma-again-scapegoats-for-ills-of-society _______________________________________________
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/dec/03/muslim-foster-parents-it-has-been-such-a-blessing |
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“A constant need to comment on a couple’s racial difference does nothing but flag up an inherent unease. In some cases, it can feel like a conscious attempt to reinforce the sense of otherness” www.gal-dem.com/harry-meghan-not-great-news-interracial-couples/ ___________________________________________________
www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/gallery/maidenhead/124056/theresa-may-speaks-at-windsor-and-maidenhead-community-forum-diversity-dinner.html _____________________________________________________
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www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/sep/24/who-are-36-bame-people-uk-1000-most-powerful |
CULTURE:
FILM:
Bollywood sexual harrassment:
Women tell the Guardian that unmasking of abusive men is overdue in industry that shames and undermines victims
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/dec/13/bollywood-sexual-harassment-actors-speak-out-indian-cinema-open-secret
BLOODLIGHT AND BAMI
The Guardian review the documentary film of Grace Jone's life and career -
"sharp portrait of an iconic extraterrestrial"
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/oct/25/grace-jones-bloodlight-and-bami-review-sophie-fiennes-documentary
MUDBOUND
'...modern period drama looks at the overlapping lives of two families – one black and one white'
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/nov/19/mudbound-review-complex-modern-period-drama
TALKS AND DISCUSSIONS:
Windsor and Maidenhead Community Forum (WAMCF)
2018 WAMCF DIALOGUE: PROGRAMME
'Efforts to reach out and engage others in dialogue with the aim of fostering mutual understanding and bringing people closer together may seem ordinary and unexciting, but they in fact constitute a bold and daring challenge to create a new era of human civilisation.' Daisaku Ikeda
All dialogues are FREE and start at 7pm and end at 8.30pm with refreshments.
WHAT DO YOU WANT MOST IN LIFE? Tuesday 16th January SGI-UK Taplow Court,Berry Hill, Taplow, Maidenhead SL6 0ER
WHAT IS TRUE STRENGTH? Tuesday 13th February 2018 Dedworth Green Baptist Church, Smiths Ln, Windsor SL4 5PE
WHAT MAKES A GOOD FRIEND? Tuesday 30th January Maidenhead Gurdwara 31 Rutland Road, SL6 4HZ
WHAT ARE YOU MOST GRATEFUL FOR? Tuesday 27th February Maidenhead Synagogue, Grenfell Lodge, Ray Park Road, Maidenhead SL6 8QX
IF YOU COULD CHOOSE ONE THING TO CHANGE ABOUT THE WORLD, WHAT WOULD IT BE? Tuesday 13th MARCH Maidenhead Mosque, Holmanleaze, SL6 8AW www.wamcf.org
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE HUMAN? Tuesday 27th March Windsor Humanists, Austen-Leigh & Baldwin Institute, Eton Court, Eton, Windsor SL4 6BY
TV:
TV comedy like Chinese Burn doesn’t smash stereotypes. It reinforces them:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/12/tv-comedy-chinese-burn-stereotypes-bbc
The Boy with the Topknot - a story of mental illness in a Sikh family - BBCi player
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09g0hvs
Prof Dinesh Bhugra, emeritus professor of mental health and cultural diversity at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London talked about mental health in Asian communities on the Today programme 14/11/17 at 7.40am
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09drjf2#play
APPEAL FOR BAME-RELEVANT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/mental-health-bame-communities-stigma-nhs-culture-crisis-misunderstood-a7973666.html
TRAVEL:
The Civil Rights trail in Washington DC:
www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/nov/12/eyes-on-the-prize-the-civil-rights-trail-in-washington-dc
DOCUMENTARY:
American stand-up Hari Kondabolu's documentary The Problem with Apu challenges racist stereotyping:
is Ian Jack right to say that the harmfulness or otherwise of stereotypes is usually best judged by the people they attempt to describe?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/18/apu-stereotypes-documentary-the-simpsons-character-racist?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H+categories&utm_term=252899&subid=19595798&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2
RADIO:
Asian Network
BBC radio station, targetting age group 15-35 of South Asian descent broadcasting music, arts and current affairs
www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork
FILM:
Bollywood sexual harrassment:
Women tell the Guardian that unmasking of abusive men is overdue in industry that shames and undermines victims
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/dec/13/bollywood-sexual-harassment-actors-speak-out-indian-cinema-open-secret
BLOODLIGHT AND BAMI
The Guardian review the documentary film of Grace Jone's life and career -
"sharp portrait of an iconic extraterrestrial"
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/oct/25/grace-jones-bloodlight-and-bami-review-sophie-fiennes-documentary
MUDBOUND
'...modern period drama looks at the overlapping lives of two families – one black and one white'
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/nov/19/mudbound-review-complex-modern-period-drama
TALKS AND DISCUSSIONS:
Windsor and Maidenhead Community Forum (WAMCF)
2018 WAMCF DIALOGUE: PROGRAMME
'Efforts to reach out and engage others in dialogue with the aim of fostering mutual understanding and bringing people closer together may seem ordinary and unexciting, but they in fact constitute a bold and daring challenge to create a new era of human civilisation.' Daisaku Ikeda
All dialogues are FREE and start at 7pm and end at 8.30pm with refreshments.
WHAT DO YOU WANT MOST IN LIFE? Tuesday 16th January SGI-UK Taplow Court,Berry Hill, Taplow, Maidenhead SL6 0ER
WHAT IS TRUE STRENGTH? Tuesday 13th February 2018 Dedworth Green Baptist Church, Smiths Ln, Windsor SL4 5PE
WHAT MAKES A GOOD FRIEND? Tuesday 30th January Maidenhead Gurdwara 31 Rutland Road, SL6 4HZ
WHAT ARE YOU MOST GRATEFUL FOR? Tuesday 27th February Maidenhead Synagogue, Grenfell Lodge, Ray Park Road, Maidenhead SL6 8QX
IF YOU COULD CHOOSE ONE THING TO CHANGE ABOUT THE WORLD, WHAT WOULD IT BE? Tuesday 13th MARCH Maidenhead Mosque, Holmanleaze, SL6 8AW www.wamcf.org
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE HUMAN? Tuesday 27th March Windsor Humanists, Austen-Leigh & Baldwin Institute, Eton Court, Eton, Windsor SL4 6BY
TV:
TV comedy like Chinese Burn doesn’t smash stereotypes. It reinforces them:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/12/tv-comedy-chinese-burn-stereotypes-bbc
The Boy with the Topknot - a story of mental illness in a Sikh family - BBCi player
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09g0hvs
Prof Dinesh Bhugra, emeritus professor of mental health and cultural diversity at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London talked about mental health in Asian communities on the Today programme 14/11/17 at 7.40am
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09drjf2#play
APPEAL FOR BAME-RELEVANT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/mental-health-bame-communities-stigma-nhs-culture-crisis-misunderstood-a7973666.html
TRAVEL:
The Civil Rights trail in Washington DC:
www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/nov/12/eyes-on-the-prize-the-civil-rights-trail-in-washington-dc
DOCUMENTARY:
American stand-up Hari Kondabolu's documentary The Problem with Apu challenges racist stereotyping:
is Ian Jack right to say that the harmfulness or otherwise of stereotypes is usually best judged by the people they attempt to describe?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/18/apu-stereotypes-documentary-the-simpsons-character-racist?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H+categories&utm_term=252899&subid=19595798&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2
RADIO:
Asian Network
BBC radio station, targetting age group 15-35 of South Asian descent broadcasting music, arts and current affairs
www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork
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