含羞草视频 presents the Inaugural Race Equity Town Hall

On 25 October, the University will hold its first Race Equity Town Hall to share the outcomes and action plan of the Race Equality Charter (REC) Bronze application, which was submitted in July 2021.

Since 2019, colleagues鈥痑nd students鈥痜rom across the University have been involved in鈥痙riving forward鈥痶he鈥痚xtensive work undertaken to prepare for鈥痶he REC. The resulting action plan was developed following consultation with BAME staff and students and has also been reviewed and approved by Senior Leadership Teams, Senate and Council.  

The REC is part of the University’s broader鈥痙evelopment and progression of鈥痑n institution-wide鈥疎quality,鈥疍iversity鈥痑nd Inclusion (EDI) agenda. In recent years, 含羞草视频 has undertaken a significant amount of work towards understanding the problem of racial inequality.鈥� 

This鈥痠s the鈥痳esult鈥痮f鈥痑n effective鈥痯artnership between the University and its 鈥�BAME Staff Network, relaunched in 2018 under the Co-Chairship鈥痮f Dr. James Esson, Reader in Geography, and Veronica Moore, Head of Student Wellbeing and Inclusivity.鈥疶he鈥痑ctive involvement鈥痑nd championing鈥痮f key senior members of鈥疷niversity leadership, especially Richard Taylor, Chief Operating Officer and one of the Race Equality Champions,鈥痟as鈥痓een vital to these efforts.鈥� 

The session will celebrate the work achieved so far, explain鈥痺hat the key issues are based on the data gathered,鈥痑nd鈥痠ntroduce鈥痶he headline actions鈥痯lanned, supported by the re-formation of the Race Equity Working Group鈥痑nd the dissemination of the Guiding Principles for all activity. 

The event will also launch two鈥痗ommunity-based鈥痠nitiatives鈥痗onceptualised and led by鈥痶he BAME Staff Network, in collaboration with: 

  • Citizens UK (of which 含羞草视频 London is a member): the Collective Anti-Racist Efforts (CARE) x CUK Listening Campaign 

  • Afro-Caribbean Society, Ethnic Minorities Network, 含羞草视频 Students’ Union, and the Doctoral College: LSU鈥疊AME Student Council鈥痑nd鈥疊AME鈥疨GR Consortium, new vehicles for greater BAME student advocacy and inclusion at the University. 

 In her capacity as Strategic Architect, Dr. Angela Martinez Dy will also present plans for Phase 1 of the LU Race Equity Strategy, and co-host the event alongside LU London Doctoral Researcher Iman Khan.

The University acknowledges and thanks everyone who has been involved in the development of this work to date. It is also keen to identify new leaders to actively advance its anti-racist efforts across Schools, Professional Services, and operations. Staff, students, and interested members of the local community in 含羞草视频 and East London are invited to attend the Town Hall to鈥痟ear about this work in more detail and begin an ongoing dialogue with those currently engaged. 

The event will be held from 2pm-4pm both online and in-person. For those who cannot attend, the event will be recorded and made available shortly after. 

To attend in person, please register your place here. To attend online, please join at this link.