This year’s ROTA AGM and Conference held on November 28th was a great success with over 80 participating in a number of lively workshops and plenary sessions with great speakers: Suman Fernando, Yvonne Christie and Patrick Vernon. Transcripts and notes from many of the sessions are now here: Event Delegate Pack Presentation Slides: The whiteness…
On 15th November 2016 ROTA held the first of its series of workshops on the role of exploitation and discrimination within the workplace. The event was attended by 22 participants with presentations from Rosa Crawford of the TUC and Michael Reed of Free Representation Unit. Guest Speakers included: Michael Reed – Principal Legal Officer, Employment…
November 2012 Read Professor Gus John’s keynote speech, available here. View Professor Gus John’s power point slides, available here. View Dr Rob Berkeley’s power point slides, available here.
February – March 2012 In partnership with Tower Hamlets CVS, the Osmani Trust, Hackney CVS, the Selby Centre and Islington BAME CVS, this seminar series has now been successfully delivered. Through the series, over 200 representatives from the voluntary, community, statutory and private sectors considered the broad questions: “Is there an elephant in the room?…
July 2011 Over 80 delegates from across the mental health sector and criminal justice system descended on Coin Street Community Centre on 21 July to contribute to a discussion on Exploring the fault line – issues at the intersection of criminal justice and mental health. The event, joint-hosted by ROTA and Action for Advocacy, brought…
March 2009 On March 11th 2009, ROTA launched its Transformative Justice Project with an evening reception at the Equalities and Human Rights Commission. The event had a focus on the 10 year anniversary of the Macpherson Inquiry, with high profile speakers sharing their positions on areas ranging from the value of restorative justice, hate crime…
July 2008 In July 2008 ROTA launched the findings of the Building Bridges Project at a youth-led conference. The event highlighted the findings of a two-year youth led study into gangs and the use of weapons in London. Click HERE to download the full post-conference report
April 2008 In April, the UCU Conference Unit saw the launch of the second phase of ROTA's Restoring Relations: Addressing Hate Crime through Restorative Justice and Cross-Sector Partnerships: a London Study. Over 100 people representing statutory bodies and Third Sector organisations from London and across the UK attended the event. Click HERE to download the…
March 2008 Greater London Action on Race Equality (GLARE) transformed into Race on the Agenda in April 1997, after 11 years of operation, ROTA was officially launched in November that year. In March 2008, ROTA hosted an event to celebrate its 10th year in operation.
December 2007 In December, ROTA hosted the 'BAME Hidden Dimensions of Homelessness' conference. The event presented evidence-based policy recommendations from ROTA's Equal funded project. The study examined barriers to homeless services and service needs of BAME homeless individuals and links between mainstream homeless and BAME organisations. Click HERE to download the final report Click HERE…
