Newham Council is proud to announce that it will be marking International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Newham Council marked the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Monday 21 March with an in-person event.
The recording can be viewed below.
This year's UN theme: Voices For Action Against Racism
Host: Zita Holbourne, award winning, trade union, community & human rights campaigner and activist, sell-out author, visual artist, curator, poet, writer and vocalist.
Speakers
Althea Loderick, Chief Executive, Newham Council
Sonita Gale, writer, director and producer. Elevating the stories of migrants and marginalised communities is at the forefront of her work. Sonita’s debut feature documentary as director, HOSTILE is a BAFTA and BIFA-longlisted film exposing the ‘hostile environment’ for migrants living in the UK. It was selected for the Raindance Film Festival, Cambridge Film Festival, London Migration Film Festival, and the South London Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Documentary Feature. Hostile has also been selected for the Manchester Film Festival, where it will play in competition.
Dean Francis BSc, MSc , Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) lead for the Sussex Mindfulness Centre who are part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Panel Discussion
On the discrimination faced by migrants and the human efforts being made to counteract the hostile environment
Performances
E6 Poetry Collective
Newham Music’s Repz Choir who have been working with London African Gospel Choir to produce a specially commissioned piece for the event.
More information on International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination can be found on the United Nations website.
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