Racial Inequality in Times of Crises A week-long conference exploring the impact of present-day crises on ethnic minority people in the UK, in partnership with @codemcr 🗓️ 31st Oct - 3rd Nov, 5pm - 6.30pm each day 🌐 Online 🆓 Free 💻 Sign up now - link in bio! The four panel sessions across the four days are focused on these crucial areas: Day 1 - Education and Policing 🗓️ 31st Oct 🕔 5pm - 6.30pm GMT This panel will think through the connections between education and policing, the expansion of prevent, and ideas around alternative curriculums. Day 2 - Activism 🗓️ 1st Nov 🕔 5pm - 6.30pm GMT This session will focus on the state of queer activism in the UK, coalition building in times of crises, and queer class politics. Day 3 - Housing 🗓️ 2nd Nov 🕔 5pm - 6.30pm GMT The panel will focus on responses to the cost of living crisis and the housing crisis, impact on low-income communities, and resistance to the crisis. Day 4 - Healthcare 🗓️ 3rd Nov 🕔 5pm - 6.30pm GMT The panel will discuss the legacies of covid, draw connections between cost of living crisis and healthcare, and the impacts of privatisation on low-income communities. The confirmed speakers across the conference are: Laia Bécares (Kings College London, CoDE), Zahra Bei (No More Exclusions), Jabeer Butt (Race Equality Foundation), Omie Dale (UK Black Pride), Dawn Edge (University of Manchester), Stuart Hodkinson (University of Leeds), John Holmwood (People's Review of Prevent, University of Nottingham), Samir Jeraj (The New Statesman), Remi Joseph-Salisbury (University of Manchester, CoDE), Dharmi Kapadia (University of Manchester CoDE), Ruby Lott-Lavigna (Open Democracy (Chair), Nigel de Neronha (University of Nottingham), Jason Okundaye (The Guardian), Saskia Papadakis (Lesbian and Gays Support the Migrants), Ruth Ramsden-Karelse (ICI Berlin Institute for Cultural Inquiry).