Wed 9th
April 2025
9/10 am to
4:30 pm
University of Bradford
The Bradford 12 celebrate with their supporters after winning a legal battle on their right to self-defence. (Tandana Archive)
The Conference
brought together activists, advocates, organisations, lawyers, researchers, and academics committed to building a better society, one where racial justice is the norm.
Coordinated by the Race Equality Network, the Ella Baker School of Organising and Inclusive North, the conference set out to be interactive, educational, and welcoming - creating a collective opportunity for everyone to learn and become more effective champions of equal rights and justice.
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Programme
To see the final programme click here. Below gives a flavour of the kind of workshops that were included:
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Policing and Criminal justice - what can we do to challenge racism in the system?
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Examples from our leaders: breaking through the concrete ceiling - looking at personal and career journeys.
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Professional development for race organisations - looking at capacity building, funding and recruiting board members.
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Building solidarity through grassroots community organisations - how do we breathe life into the saying ‘an injury to one is an injury to all’?
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Progress in the north? focusing on developments in the North and what needs to happen to effect change
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All Black Lives Matter - exploring intersectionality, and healing divisions within our communities.
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Role of advocacy and campaigning - what works, and what doesn’t?
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Influencing policy - how do we develop and advance policies that work for our communities?
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From the local to the international - how do international events, from BLM to Palestine, impact our communities
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Asylum seekers, refugees and migrants - the racism and injustices in the immigration systems and how they fuel racism
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Defeating narratives of divisions - how do we inoculate our communities from a blame game that sees us all lose?
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Trade Unions and workplace justice - what are trade unions doing (and what more could they do) to advance race equality in the workplace.
Contributions
If you're interested in contributing content to future Race Equality Conferences please fill in our content form.
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If you want to know more contact us on info@raceequalitynetwork.org.uk.
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