Ep5 Talking About Race podcast: Migration Narratives – Year in Review

Ep5 Talking About Race podcast: Migration Narratives – Year in Review

Episode 5 of our podcast show ‘Talking About Race’ hosted by Dr Kulvinder Nagre, ROTA’s Research and Policy Coordinator. In this episode, Kulvinder is joined by guests: Lara Parizotto, and Maymuna Osman. Lara is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Migrant Democracy Project, and Maymuna is currently National Organiser with Migrants Organise. The guests…

ROTA’s Response to the Spring Statement
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ROTA’s Response to the Spring Statement

We are deeply concerned about the welfare cuts announced today in the Spring Statement. These cuts will come into place during an already difficult cost-of-living crisis that has a disproportionate impact on Black and Global Majority (BGM) communities. According to recent data from the Runnymede Trust, BGM communities are 2.5 times more likely to be in…

RCRP Class of 2025 recruitment now open
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RCRP Class of 2025 recruitment now open

Applications for the second year of the ROTA Community Research Partnership are now open. We are seeking applications from those who wish to carry out research into the ways in which structural racism affects members of their communities. Our themes for 2025 are housing and  health and wellbeing. Successful applicants will receive research training and…

ROTA Community Research Partnership Report 2024 launched

ROTA Community Research Partnership Report 2024 launched

On the 30th January 2025, ROTA was immensely proud to launch, at a well-attended event, our first report emanating from the work of our Peer Researchers who had been conducting innovative research around the themes of education and employment and how racial inequities affect their communities in these areas. The ROTA Community Research Partnership (RCRP) is the flagship new partnership…

Brick by Brick: Reclaiming housing as a human right, not a commodity

Brick by Brick: Reclaiming housing as a human right, not a commodity

Last Wednesday, over 50 activists, organisers, and community members gathered online for ROTA’s Brick by Brick webinars – a powerful day of truth-telling, strategy-building, and solidarity. Centring our foundational principle – “nothing about us, without us” – these sessions exposed the brutal reality of the racialised housing crisis while charting a path toward liberation by…

Ep4 Talking About Race podcast: Racism in the Rainbow

Ep4 Talking About Race podcast: Racism in the Rainbow

Episode 4 of our Talking About Race podcast, hosted by Dr Kulvinder Nagre, ROTA Research and Policy Coordinator, is now available on Spotify, Apple Podcast and Amazon Music. In this episode, Kulvinder is discussing ‘Racism in the Rainbow’, with guests: Aisha Shaibu-Lenoir, and Sakib Khan. Aisha is an entrepreneur and LGBTQ+ activist, founder of Moonlight…