Speak out against racism and Islamophobia conference tomorrow

Speak out against racism and Islamophobia

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Saturday 11 December

10am–6pm
Mary Ward House
5/7 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9SN

• Ken Livingstone
• Doreen Lawrence OBE
• Shabana Mahmood MP, Shadow Home Office Minister
• Jack Dromey MP, Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government
• Anas Altikriti British Muslim Initiative
• Sir Geoffrey Bindman
• Christine Blower General Secretary, National Union of Teachers
• David Smith London Citizens
• Kay Carberry Assistant General Secretary, TUC
• Rt.Rev Stephen Cottrell The Bishop of Chelmsford
• Dr. Edie Friedman Executive Director, Jewish Council for Racial Equality
• Dr. Jonathan Githens-Mazer Co-Director, European Muslim Research Centre (EMRC)
• Billy Hayes General Secretary, Communication Workers Union
• Diana Holland Assistant General Secretary (Equalities), Unite the Union
• Talha Jamil Ahmad Muslim Council of Britain
• Bruce Kent Vice President, Pax Christi
• Jean Lambert MEP Green Party
• Claude Moraes MEP Labour Party
• Lisa Nandy MP Labour Party
• Peter Oborne Daily Telegraph‘s chief political commentator
• Ismail Patel You Elect
• Kanja Sesay NUS Black Students’ Officer
• Martin Smith Love Music Hate Racism
• Hywel Williams MP Plaid Cymru
• Salma Yaqoob Leader, Respect Party

Conference themes include:
• Reversing the tide of reaction – racism and Islamophobia today
• Muslims under siege
• No racist concessions to the BNP and EDL
• Defending our freedoms – no to religious bans
• One Society Many Cultures

Media partner: New Statesman

Supported by:
• TUC
• Unite the Union
• CWU
• POA
• BECTU
• Unite Against Fascism
• British Muslim Initiative
• NUS Black Students Campaign
• Left Foot Forward
• Liberal Conspiracy

Registration fees:
Organisation delegates £20
Individuals £10 (waged) £5 (unwaged)

To register online please visit http://www.onesocietymanycultures.org/2010/11/conference-register/