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Ask your Parliamentary Candidates “What’s Happening About Windrush?”
As the 75th anniversary of the Empire Windrush approaches, it is only right and fitting that migrant communities and the diaspora celebrate the contribution that black communities have made to our country and our local towns. However, this event is … Continue reading
National Hate Crime Awareness Week- 14th to 21st October 2023
PRESS RELEASE Local group issues call to scrap the word “victim” to commemorate hate crime awareness week Northamptonshire Rights and Equality Council (NREC), a specialist support agency supporting local people targeted by hate crime has called for agencies dealing with … Continue reading
Windrush Day and the Windrush Scandal – Adversity and the fight for Justice
2023 sees the 75th anniversary of the HMT Empire Windrush arriving in Britain on 22 June 1948. The arrival of the ship Empire Windrush at Tilbury docks in 1948, brought hundreds of passengers from the Caribbean, in a moment that … Continue reading
Commemorating #StephenLawrenceDay22
“Stephen: The murder that changed a nation” Special NREC commissioned video below https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ3axgptd_Y
Are reparations for Trans-Atlantic enslavement a realistic goal?
NREC special event Tuesday, 23 August 2022 at 19:00 Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/are-reparations-for-trans-atlantic-enslavement-a-realistic-goal-tickets-338116283907 This event has contributions from black history campaigner Donna Parmer-Smith and the renowned journalist and trade unionist Roger McKenzie The nights of 22 to 23 August 1791, in … Continue reading
Messages of Hope Workshops in April – tackling anti-trans hate
Monday 11 & Wednesday 13 April, 6.30pm – 8.30pm Want to be part of an outstanding opportunity to join a course on strategic messaging to tackle anti-trans hate? This FREE event covers what it is and developing a positive vision … Continue reading
Harish Thakrar
It is with deep regret that we announce the death today of Harishbhai Thakrar who was a long standing supporter of the REC and our accountant. He was also a dedicated supporter of the Hindu community in Northamptonshire. He will … Continue reading
‘I will not be the woman who stays silent’
NREC Chief Executive, Anjona Roy, features alongside other women in this article in NN Journal ‘I will not be the woman who stays silent’ https://www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/i-will-not-be-the-woman-who-stays
Northamptonshire Rights and Equality Council 