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Wed 9th 

April 2025

9/10 am to 

4:30 pm

University of Bradford

The Bradford 12 celebrate with their supporters after winning a legal battle on their right to self-defence. (Tandana Archive)

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The Conference 

brought together activists, advocates, organisations, lawyers, researchers, and academics committed to building a better society, one where racial justice is the norm.

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Coordinated by the Race Equality Networkthe Ella Baker School of Organising and Inclusive North, the conference set out to be interactive, educational, and welcoming - creating a collective opportunity for everyone to learn and become more effective champions of equal rights and justice.​​​​

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Programme

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To see the final programme click here. Below gives a flavour of the kind of workshops that were included:

  • Policing and Criminal justice - what can we do to challenge racism in the system?

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  • Examples from our leaders: breaking through the concrete ceiling - looking at personal and career journeys.

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  • Professional development for race organisations - looking at capacity building, funding and recruiting board members.

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  • Building solidarity through grassroots community organisations - how do we breathe life into the saying ‘an injury to one is an injury to all’?

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  • Progress in the north? focusing on developments in the North and what needs to happen to effect change

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  • All Black Lives Matter - exploring intersectionality, and healing divisions within our communities.

  • Role of advocacy and campaigning - what works, and what doesn’t?

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  • Influencing policy - how do we develop and advance policies that work for our communities?

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  • From the local to the international - how do international events, from BLM to Palestine, impact our communities

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  • Asylum seekers, refugees and migrants - the racism and injustices in the immigration systems and how they fuel racism

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  • Defeating narratives of divisions - how do we inoculate our communities from a blame game that sees us all lose?

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  • Trade Unions and workplace justice - what are trade unions doing (and what more could they do) to advance race equality in the workplace.

Contributions

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If you're interested in contributing content to future Race Equality Conferences please fill in our content form.

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If you want to know more contact us on info@raceequalitynetwork.org.uk.

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