CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COHESION ON THE POST WCAR AGENDA

Date: Saturday, 17th May
Time: 10.00 AM – 4.45 PM
Place: Southwark Firebrigade Training Centre, 94 Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 0EG

SHRG and Runnymede are organising a joint event on 17 May on the issue of cultural diversity and community cohesion. This conference will bring together various experts in different fields to discuss how these issues can be better reflected in national and local policy and practice, considering the different needs and identities of the various communities in the UK.

It will also examine these crucial issues in the framework of the follow-up to the WCAR and will feed into the production of the National Action Plan Against Racism.

Speakers include:

Claude Moraes, MEP
Richard Stone, Runnymede Trust & Mac Pherson Enquiry
Zaki Badawi, Sharia Council
Manjit Gill QC, Sikh Human Rights Group
Mohammed Aziz, British Muslim Centre
Ravi Chand, National Black Police Association
Edie Friedman, Jewish Council for Racial Equality
Michelynn Laflèche, Runnymede Trust
Gloria Mills, UNISON (tbc)
Jasdev Rai, Sikh Human Rights Group
Karen Chouhan, 1990 Trust
Professor Gurharpal Singh, Birmingham University
Rev Arlington Trotman, Churches Commission for Racial Justice
Vanillal Vaghera, Brent Hindu Council

Please contact us to reserve your place.
Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

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