Recent news items at the National Assembly Against Racism website. http://www.naar.org.uk/ The National Assembly Against Racism was established in 1994, at the initiative of black community organisations based in Tower Hamlets, following the community-led campaign against the election of a BNP councillor in a by-election in Millwall. The concern at this apparent electoral progress for an overtly racist party united national black organisations, anti-racists, trade unions, churches and faiths and many other organisations in a campaign to mobilise anti-racist opinion. The wide coalition formed around this issue was established in the National Assembly Against Racism as an umbrella of affiliates and individual members to initiate campaigns, set agendas and raise awareness on the whole range of anti-racist issues affecting British society. en-us NAAR 07/08/2008 20:44:14 5 Sarika Singh ruling a 'blow to discrimination' says Coalition http://www.naar.org.uk/newspages/080729.asp Sarika Singh, who was excluded from the Aberdare Girls School in South Wales for wearing a Kara (Sikh bangle), won her case against discrimination under the Race Relations Act. Over the last 9 months, her case was supported by the Coalition for Freedom of Religious and Cultural Expression. Hate campaign against Muslim students condemned http://www.naar.org.uk/newspages/080728.asp The NUS Black Students Campaign and the National Assembly Against Racism have condemned the Centre for Social Cohesion's 'Islam on Campus' report. NUS critices 'disgusting' report Islam on Campus http://www.naar.org.uk/newspages/080727.asp In response to a report entitled 'Islam on Campus' by the Centre for Social Cohesion, NUS and the Federation of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS) have issued criticism of the report.
You can sign the FOSIS petition here Joseph Rowntree Foundation: no fixed sense of 'Britishness' to achieve community cohesion http://www.naar.org.uk/newspages/080721.asp Addressing deprivation and how people connect is more important for social cohesion than trying to get everyone to adhere to the same fixed notion of "Britishness". This is according to research published today (21 July) by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. One Society Many Cultures campaign at UNISON Conference http://www.naar.org.uk/newspages/080719.asp Bournemouth 17th - 20th June
The National Assembly Against Racism held a stall at the UNISON 2008 National Delegates Conference in Bournemouth.