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 // 2019 CONFERENCE TO   //  GOVERNMENT URGED TO   //RAHEEM STERLING AMONG   \\ FASHION FOR RELIEF HELPS   \\  DIANE IS THE FIRST BLACK   \\  THE APPRENTICE ACCUSED
 EXPLORE ISSUES AFFECTING   BACK HYDE PARK MEMORIAL  FOOTBALLERS TO FRONT NEW   LONDON’S DISADVANTAGED   WOMAN TO REPRESENT AT   OF RACISM ...AGAIN!
 BLACK YOUTH IN THE UK  TO SLAVE TRADE  ANTI-RACISM CAMPAIGN  COMMUNITIES  THE PMQ BENCH
























 The Black Child Agenda Conference in   A Petition on Change.org called for   England players who stood up to rac-  Naomi Campbell brought her charity   made  when Diane  Abbott  became  –   tice viewers accused the show of being
 Manchester was sadly postponed until   urgent funding for a national memori-  ists in Bulgaria  were  the  faces  of  a   runway show to her hometown to raise   not only the first Black woman, but   racist after black and minority ethnic
 further notice, according to their web-  al in England that commemorates the   Premier League campaign asking   money towards disadvantaged com-  the first parliamentarian ‘of colour’ to   (BAME) candidates were consecutively
 site. The Conference was due to take   victims of the trade in Africans.  fans to help combat the crisis at home   munities in London. The supermodel   represent the Labour party at prime   fired from the show every week. In the
 place October and was set to continue   and abroad. Raheem Sterling, Tammy   was joined by friends and family to   minister’s questions, when the shad-  show’s first three weeks, all of the can-
 the agenda of tackling The School’s to   The organisation Memorial 2007  -   Abraham, Trent Alexander-Arnold and   showcase her Spring Summer collec-  ow home secretary stood in for leader,   didates to have been fired were Black
 Prison Pipeline.  led by Oku Ekpenyon  has been cam-  Jordan Pickford were among the play-  tion at the star-studded runway show   Jeremy Corbyn.  or Asian, with Shahin Hassan leaving
 The event was billed as an opportuni-  paigning for 20 years for a  memorial   ers fronting the league’s “No Room   which took place at the British   Boris Johnson was in Manchester de-  in week one, Kenna Ngoma leaving in
 ty for parent or community member to   to Remember Enslaved Africans and   For Racism” campaign, which had the   Museum during London Fashion Week.  livering his  speech  at  the  Conserva-  week two and Souleyman Bah leaving
 find out the raw facts regarding: Exclu-  their Descendants. The group secured   backing of the Football Association,   The Channel 4 presenter and comedi-  tive party conference when the PMQ’s   in week three.
 sions, Tackling the School’s to Prison   planning permission for a space in the   Kick It Out and the police.  an, Mo Milligan was one of the guests   clash between the foreign secretary   It is not the first series to fire ethnic mi-
 Pipeline, Home Education, Educational   Rose Gardens, in London’s Hyde Park.  The launch of the two week campaign   at the Fashion For Relief event in   and Dominic Raab. Diane Abbott, asked   nority candidates quicker than others.
 Health care Plans (EHCP), Social Ser-  But in early November 2019 the plan-  had  been  planned  before  the  racist   London. He praised the event, saying:   Dominic Raab, to apologise on behalf of   Viewers have spoken out and accused
 vices, Safeguarding & Care proceed-  ning permission was due to expire, if   scenes in Sofia, when England twice   “Naomi Campbell’s charity drive helps   the prime minister for being dismiss-  the show of being racist, but the BBC
 ings, Bullying, County Lines & Sexual   the group could not raise £4million,   stopped the Euro 2020 qualifier follow-  those who thought they were forgot-  ive of complaints about his recent   denied the allegations, saying that it’s
 Exploitation, Natural Hair & Locs, Com-  they risked losing the site altogether.   ing monkey chants from a section of   ten”.  aggressive language.  the candidates’ performance that puts
 plaints, Hearings & Court Proceedings.  Read the full story on our website.  the Bulgarian fans.  them at risk of being fired.
 See more on our website  On 1st of October 2019, history was   The BBC responded after The Appren-




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