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What we do
Every Voice works to achieve a world where every voice is fairly represented, heard and understood.
We champion underrepresented groups, to share vital and diverse perspectives, challenge discrimination and stereotyping, eliminate systemic race inequalities and influence social change. How we do itWe bring people together to strengthen and unite the community voice through
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Our History
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Every Voice was founded in 2009 in the borough of Islington, engaging thousands of residents and community organisations to influence race equality.
We started as a forum of representatives from BME community organisations and leading community activists with a vision to come together to address systemic race inequalities affecting Black and Ethnic Minority communities in Islington. Since then, through collaborative networks, conferences and community research, we have raised the BME voice to shape more inclusive, local, social policy, that considers the needs and realities faced by all communities. We've evolved into a social enterprise, and broadened our work to include education, employment, arts, heritage and culture. For five years we delivered Islington Black History Month Festival – an annual lively festival of films, arts and cultural events, conferences and work with schools, community groups and libraries, which quickly became renowned for being London’s leading programme for Black History Month. In 2015, after much research and campaign work, looking at how to strengthen the impact of Black History Month, we have moved towards our All World History All Year Round campaign, looking to embed diverse voices into the official history curriculum, all year round. Islington Council have led the way becoming the first borough to commit to it in a motion passed in 2015. Our logo means unity in diversity and is from the Adinkra, an ancient system of visual symbols from the Ashanti region in Ghana. We are a young but growing organisation, and will be soon expanding some of its work, so watch this space. |
Our Team
Despina TsiakalouIslington Race Equality Forum Officer
despina@everyvoice.org.uk Despina's background is in ethnography, youth work and sociology of education with a focus on cultural capital theories and migration. Despina has conducted research with migrant domestic workers funded by the European Social Fund and has worked with people from marginalised communities in Greece, the Netherlands and in the UK. In addition to Every Voice she is the Project Coordinator of Young Roots. |
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