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Joined September 2014
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We promised you action... Sign our joint letter to the Prime Minister to #RejectTheReport and implement the recommendations of the long-standing Macpherson, Lammy, Marmot and Williams reviews. Deadline 23:59 this Thursday, please share widely: ow.ly/O7Bu50EhMEt
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.@StephenCurry30’s shoes tonight are a statement of solidarity with the Asian community. The game-worn sneakers will be auctioned off, with all proceeds going to the families of the victims of last month's tragic Atlanta-area shootings. #StopAsianHate (via @warriors)
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Response to the Call for Evidence on Ethnic Disparities and Inequality in the UK. PDF document created January 2021. bit.ly/3sB3fj2
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How do #roadworks & #flooding affect #wellbeing? Researchers from @_Simetrica used #AdministrativeData via the @ONS #SecureResearchService to find the impact of flooding on wellbeing is much higher than for roadworks. Find out more bit.ly/3a0tJmG #DataDrivenChange
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New programme of world leading research will demonstrate the wide-ranging benefit of culture & heritage to society, from improving our wellbeing to education and local identity, and the value this has to the public #HereForCulture gov.uk/government/news/new-r…
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“This is an exciting and important step for @DCMS and the cultural sector and will have a real impact on the way our local and national institutions work.” - @Neilfmendoza #HereForCulture | dcmsblog.uk/2021/01/the-valu…
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Can we please get this two week circuit breaker thing off the table . The players would have to carry on mixing and training to be ready in 2 weeks for a match. They may get 4-5 days off. What is that going to do . Would have to be a long break to do anything meaningful!
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How can social value and localism support the climate emergency? A group of industry experts made up of @morgansindall @_Simetrica and @landg_uk have had their say with five key takeaways from their discussion: built-environment-networking…
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In May, @profpauldolan and @_Simetrica reported that #Wellbeing levels in the UK were at their lowest since records began, estimating that the total wellbeing costs to adults in the UK at around £2.25 billion/£43 per adult per day. independent.co.uk/life-style…
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Anton Ferdinand was "let down by the game of football", says Kick it Out chairman Sanjay Bhandari bbc.in/37mtZel
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Yesterday was a good day. @EndRacismVirus put out our 1st JD. We also joint-submitted to the Call for Evidence on Ethnic Disparities & Inequality in UK. So proud we wove this together! Reading full thing's quite raw & overwhelming.. must say I cried a bit gov.uk/government/consultati…
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Latest evidence of @AmazonUK race-blindness. Casting white ppl in homogenised, exaggeratedly fantastical 'Asian' roles, oft in heinous garb—slanted eyes, painted skin, Orientalised costume—is called #yellowface. Hello!, it goes back centuries #antiAsian #Oriental #BoycottAmazon
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White workers were paid bonuses for coming in during covid but the non white staff were not. I am glad he spoke out now what will the university do about that? An action plan? A review? Publish a report? Or recognize institutional racism, confront it and pay staff properly
“A lot of the foreign workers haven’t been paid for the privilege of coming in, like a lot of white workers were paid to come in during the pandemic. I just don’t think it’s fair.” Clive, a porter at @UniofGreenwich who was paid a £300 Covid bonus, speaks up for security staff.
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So immigrants are gonna save the world. Who’d have thought? – at Kensington, London
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Translation: Attention please. Tweets calling for "Chinese people" (meaning all East & Southeast Asians because people can't see the difference) to be physically attacked are circulating widely. We must act! A young man has already been attacked. @ResonateVoices @TellMamaUK
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Decathlon event 6... Tig (tag in the 🇺🇸) @TheMiamiSun10s @WorldTens
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.@Lem_Exeter talks on @BBCPanorama about the Covid generation: 'I do wonder whether the younger generation will start demanding generational justice about all this. I do think we need a fundamental reset of thinking on these issues.' Read more here: cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/publicati…
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My friend @FlowHubDebs shared this tonight... Sometimes flowcharts can be quite simple, can’t they?
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