Year 2017 was ROTA’s 20th anniversary year and to celebrate we held a special Anniversary event at the House of Lords on 30th November 2017. Race on the Agenda (ROTA) is a social policy think tank set up in 1997, devoted to issues that affect Black and minority ethnic (BME) communities in London. Race on…
On 20th November 2017, ROTA held a one day conference to explore multi-disciplinary approaches to tackling inequality at the intersections of race and class. At the conference we heard from legal experts on the domestic and international legislative framework protecting socio-economic rights. In addition to this, speakers also included those who have successfully used collective action…
On 21st April 2017 ROTA was back in Birmingham for a seminar on BAME employment in the West Midlands. With Black people three times more likely to be unemployed in Birmingham than White British people, the seminar focused on the barriers and solutions to unequal employment outcomes. Co-hosted with local equality think tank BRAP, the…
On 28th March 2017 ROTA held its second seminar on employment rights. This was particularly poignant as Article 50 to exit the EU was triggered the next day. This government has done little, if anything at all to instil confidence that it will protect the rights of workers i.e. labour as opposed to protecting the…
Watch Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn deliver his race equality and multiculturalism speech. He was speaking on 18th March 2017 in Birmingham Council House, at an event jointly hosted with the Runnymede Trust. Read the full speech HERE. This was the second in a leaders series, following Lib Dem leader Tim Farron. We aim to…
This year’s ROTA AGM and Conference held on November 28th was a great success with over 80 participating in a number of lively workshops and plenary sessions with great speakers: Suman Fernando, Yvonne Christie and Patrick Vernon. Transcripts and notes from many of the sessions are now here: Event Delegate Pack Presentation Slides: The whiteness…
On 15th November 2016 ROTA held the first of its series of workshops on the role of exploitation and discrimination within the workplace. The event was attended by 22 participants with presentations from Rosa Crawford of the TUC and Michael Reed of Free Representation Unit. Guest Speakers included: Michael Reed – Principal Legal Officer, Employment…
November 2012 Read Professor Gus John’s keynote speech, available here. View Professor Gus John’s power point slides, available here. View Dr Rob Berkeley’s power point slides, available here.
February – March 2012 In partnership with Tower Hamlets CVS, the Osmani Trust, Hackney CVS, the Selby Centre and Islington BAME CVS, this seminar series has now been successfully delivered. Through the series, over 200 representatives from the voluntary, community, statutory and private sectors considered the broad questions: “Is there an elephant in the room?…
July 2011 Over 80 delegates from across the mental health sector and criminal justice system descended on Coin Street Community Centre on 21 July to contribute to a discussion on Exploring the fault line – issues at the intersection of criminal justice and mental health. The event, joint-hosted by ROTA and Action for Advocacy, brought…
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