Decolonising Education: Confronting racism on campus conference
Saturday 16 February, 12-4.30pm @ Hamilton House, WC1H 9BD
Speakers include:
Kate Osamor MP • Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan, poet and activist • Priya Gopal, Academic at University of Cambridge • Colette Levy, hidden child from Vichy France • Nita Sanghera, UCU Vice-President • Myriam Kane, NUS NEC • Naima Omar, Student Stand Up to Racism • more tbc
Sessions include:
Decolonising education • Challenging Islamophobia and Prevent • Kicking fascists off campus • Defending migrant students & workers • Confronting institutional racism • Confronting antisemitism and hate crimes
We have seen a massive rise in racism across society, from Tommy Robinson here to Trump in the US.
Students are often on the sharp end of this. Muslim students are treated as suspects from the Prevent agenda, EU nationals have their rights threatened by Brexit, and BAME students face institutional racism.
We have also recently seen attempts by the far right to gain a foothold on campus with groups like Generation Identity appearing at universities including Manchester, Bristol, Wolverhampton and Birkbeck.
This conference will bring together students, staff and education workers to discuss how we can decolonise our campuses and make them free from racism.