The Islington Race Equality Forum is a network, bringing together Black and Minority Ethnic voluntary and community organisations and residents to address social inequalities affecting the community.
The Forum influences change through:
The Forum encourages groups to join, to keep abreast of support and opportunities, contribute to the network and work together for positive change. For more information please email Despina at despina@everyvoice.org.uk
The Forum influences change through:
- Community engagement
- Community research
- Facilitating partnerships
- Disseminating information
The Forum encourages groups to join, to keep abreast of support and opportunities, contribute to the network and work together for positive change. For more information please email Despina at despina@everyvoice.org.uk
What we do
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Speak Out Event, December 2017 |
Upcoming Islington Race Equality Forum Events
Watch this space for next Speak Out Event of 2018!
Recent events
Speak Out Event, December 2017
Aiming to bring together speakers, performers and the community to apply radical thinking on systemic racial injustices, our #SpeakOut was a success!
Our exciting panellists, Sita Balani, Rashid Nix and Stephanie Philips and attendees collaborated on addressing the Race Disparity Audit and finding ways of holding the government to account. Plus, a moving performance by poet and Every Voice friend Anthony Anaxagorou.
Thank you to the Peel Centre for hosting us!
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Screening of the award winning documentary Generation Revolution
Aimed at young people in Islington and followed by discussions of their experiences of race inequality; Stop and Search and what activism looks like for this generation. Thank you to Platform Youth Hub for hosting; to the directors of Generation Revolution for attending and for Y-Stop and Islington Stop and Search Monitoring Group for presenting. |
February 2017
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Publications |
Fair Futures: How Fair (2017)
The Fair Futures Commission was launched in February 2017 by Islington Council to explore what is needed to improve the futures of children, young people and their families. The Commission invited contributions from the community to gather insight and recommendations on how to close inequality gaps and make Islington a great place to grow up.
We wanted to ensure that the voices of all young people were heard in this exercise and consulted with 20 young people from across the borough from Black and Ethnic Minority backgrounds to understand how living in Islington impacts on their wellbeing and what their visions are for a fairer future.
The young people shared their daily realties and concerns for their future; they highlighted how gang related violence, poverty, poor schooling, poor engagement from public services and the rich-poor divide in Islington impacted their lives and their life opportunities.
Their experiences and visions for the future are shared in this report.
Thank you to the young people and the youth organisations Eritrean Youth Project, Company Three and Copenhagen Youth Project for collaborating in the project.
Read the full version of the report here
It's no fun being on benefits (2015)
Contrary to what we hear in mainstream media and political debate, being on benefits is not a ‘soft option’ Our 2015 report shows that unemployment and poverty are rarely the result of people not wanting to work. We capture real experiences, exposing the misery endured by residents on benefits and the human impact of the Tories’ cuts to the benefits system. |
BME and Refugee Partners against poverty and unemployment (2014)
Evidence collected by BME organisations and Islington residents for the Employment Commission, showing the barriers to employment faced by disadvantaged communities, the failure of mainstream employability support and recommendations for helping people into meaningful and sustainable employment. |