Read our guest blog by David Hencke UPDATE: At a Press Gallery lunch in Parliament last week I raised the issue of the Supreme Court ruling and the potential case to be brought by three judges with David Lidington, the current Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary. He did not want to comment about the Supreme…
On 17th January 2018, Race on the Agenda and London Metropolitan University presented the launch of Dr Suman Fernando's recent book – Institutional Racism in Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology: Race Matters in Mental Health. Dr Fernando is an Honorary Professor at London Metropolitan University and formerly consultant psychiatrist in the NHS. The event was chaired…
Year 2017 was ROTA’s 20th anniversary year. Over 100 people attended our special Anniversary event held a special Anniversary event at the House of Lords on 30th November 2017. Read more.
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…
The devastating fire at Grenfell Tower has cost at least 80 lives, destroyed livelihoods and traumatised survivors. It has exposed the stark inequality in housing provision in Britain, with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups and migrants bearing the brunt of this injustice. Holding those responsible to account is vital. The ROTA Group and Bramley…
Working Across the Lines is an initiative from Voice4Change and Migrants’ Rights Network. It is a response to an increasingly powerful ‘politics of prejudice’ combining racism, anti-Muslim sentiment, anti-Semitism and xenophobia. The project aims to better understand ‘what works’ in collaborative efforts across faith, racial justice and migrants’ and/or refugee rights and to better support…
The devastating fire at Grenfell Tower has cost at least 80 lives, destroyed livelihoods and traumatised survivors. It has exposed the stark inequality in housing provision in Britain, with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups and migrants bearing the brunt of this injustice. Holding those responsible to account is vital. ROTA has convened an informal…
Over the last year ROTA has been working as part of the Way Ahead partnership to design a new vision and system for civil society in London and how it can be better supported in future. This process is designed to empower individuals and communities and ensure that groups of all sizes get the support…
New Race Equality 2017 manifesto now launched. ROTA is one of 40 organisations involved. Britain is at a crossroads on race equality, Brexit, immigration and identity. A coalition of race equality organisations has drawn up a plan to put fairness and equal life chances for Britain’s Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. So that we…
We are pleased to re-launch our Policy E-Newsletters. Read our latest edition HERE. This will be a quarterly newsletter full of information about our work and what is happening around the sector in relation to race equality. If you would like to include or publicise something in our next issue, please contact the Office Manager,…
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