Working Across the Lines is an initiative from Voice4Change and Migrants’ Rights Network. It is a response to an increasingly powerful ‘politics of prejudice’ combining racism, anti-Muslim sentiment, anti-Semitism and xenophobia. The project aims to better understand ‘what works’ in collaborative efforts across faith, racial justice and migrants’ and/or refugee rights and to better support…
The devastating fire at Grenfell Tower has cost at least 80 lives, destroyed livelihoods and traumatised survivors. It has exposed the stark inequality in housing provision in Britain, with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups and migrants bearing the brunt of this injustice. Holding those responsible to account is vital. ROTA has convened an informal…
Over the last year ROTA has been working as part of the Way Ahead partnership to design a new vision and system for civil society in London and how it can be better supported in future. This process is designed to empower individuals and communities and ensure that groups of all sizes get the support…
New Race Equality 2017 manifesto now launched. ROTA is one of 40 organisations involved. Britain is at a crossroads on race equality, Brexit, immigration and identity. A coalition of race equality organisations has drawn up a plan to put fairness and equal life chances for Britain’s Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. So that we…
We are pleased to re-launch our Policy E-Newsletters. Read our latest edition HERE. This will be a quarterly newsletter full of information about our work and what is happening around the sector in relation to race equality. If you would like to include or publicise something in our next issue, please contact the Office Manager,…
Read our blog by Hanna Stephens: ROTA Interviews Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff, Editor at Galdem.
Watch Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn deliver his race equality and multiculturalism speech. He was speaking on 18th March 2017 in Birmingham Council House, at an event jointly hosted with the Runnymede Trust. Read the full speech HERE. This was the second in a leaders series, following Lib Dem leader Tim Farron. We aim to…
In May 2016, Londoners will elect a new Mayor for their city. The Coalition of Race Equality Organisations (CORE) wants to make sure the views of young people from London’s minority ethnic communities are heard. For that, we have launched a new initiative called All London Voices to involve young Londoners like you in the run up to the…
CORE (Coalition of Race Equality Organisations) brings together many of the UK's leading black and minority ethnic voluntary and community organisations for the promotion of race equality. In October 2010, CORE received a request from the Department for Communities and Local Government to produce a position statement to: inform the Government's development of a race equality strategy…
A coalition of the UK's leading black and minority ethnic voluntary and community organisations have produced a call to action for the promotion of race equality in post-election Britain. Designed to tackle continued discrimination and disadvantage in the UK, the call to action highlights 8 key asks which they hope the incoming Government will implement…
