On 26th February, we held our AGM for the financial year 2016/17 followed by "Race, Identity and Belonging" conference with over 50 people attended, despite the cold weather. We were joined by Afua Hirsch, a writer, broadcaster, barrister and human rights development worker of Ghanaian, English and Jewish heritage. Afua spoke about Race Equality in the 21st century and…
Read our latest edition HERE. This is our quarterly newsletter full of information about our work and what is happening around the sector in relation to race equality. If you have something you would like to include and publicise in our next issue, scheduled for June 2018, please contact the Office Manager, Saifur Valli at saifur@rota.org.uk or…
ROTA has developed a new online employment and anti-discrimination (Equality Law) legal support 'Search Tool' and we invite you to start using it now and to send us your feedback. You can use our searchable database to support your clients to find free legal advice and representation within local communities across the South East. Try…
Read our guest blog by David Hencke UPDATE: At a Press Gallery lunch in Parliament last week I raised the issue of the Supreme Court ruling and the potential case to be brought by three judges with David Lidington, the current Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary. He did not want to comment about the Supreme…
On 17th January 2018, Race on the Agenda and London Metropolitan University presented the launch of Dr Suman Fernando's recent book – Institutional Racism in Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology: Race Matters in Mental Health. Dr Fernando is an Honorary Professor at London Metropolitan University and formerly consultant psychiatrist in the NHS. The event was chaired…
Year 2017 was ROTA’s 20th anniversary year. Over 100 people attended our special Anniversary event held a special Anniversary event at the House of Lords on 30th November 2017. Read more.
Year 2017 was ROTA’s 20th anniversary year and to celebrate we held a special Anniversary event at the House of Lords on 30th November 2017. Race on the Agenda (ROTA) is a social policy think tank set up in 1997, devoted to issues that affect Black and minority ethnic (BME) communities in London. Race on…
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. The ROTA Group and Bramley…
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…
