Birmingham Race Impact Group
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Birmingham Race Impact Group (BRIG) is a consortium of people, activists, academics & animateurs that promote racial justice and equality in Birmingham.
Birmingham
Joined January 2022
Our latest newsletter has just landed! ▪️Seeking the Pioneers: Honouring the Past, Shaping a Just Future ▪️Islamophobia Awareness Month ▪️Birmingham Isn’t Broken — Hard-Right Britain Is And much more! 👉 Click here to read and subscribe: https://t.co/U0fLqYmtfn
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📣 Birmingham Unity Rally 🗓 Sun 23 Nov • 5PM 📍 St Martin’s Square Join us for a Procession of Light, performances, and messages of solidarity as we stand against hate and for unity, justice, and peace. Everyone is welcome. Our voices are many — our fight is one.
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Seeking the Pioneers: Routes of Resistance exhibition is still on display at Birmingham Library until the end of this month! If you are someone with an inspiring story in anti-racism activism, we would love to hear from you! Email us at info@wearebrig.co.uk.
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🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨 Help shape the future of policing and community trust in Birmingham. If you have experience in community engagement, race equality, or policing accountability, we want to hear from you. 👉 Email lorna@wearebrig.co.uk for an informal chat or more info.
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We recently shared the inspiring launch of Women Against the Far Right, celebrating women’s activism and solidarity. Now, WAFR Birmingham & Black Country are hosting a Unity Rally in Birmingham City Centre on Sun 23 Nov, 5pm. 🔗 Read more: https://t.co/U0fLqYmtfn
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As part of Seeking the Pioneers: Routes of Resistance, we spoke with Bob Moloney, lifelong socialist, trade unionist & anti-racist campaigner. For 50+ years, he’s fought racism & fascism—from Lewisham to Birmingham. On at the Library of Birmingham until the end of November.
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As part of *Seeking the Pioneers: Routes of Resistance*, we spoke with Lorna Shaw, Interim CEO of BRIG, about what sparked her activism. A lifelong anti-racism advocate, she’s driven by truth, justice, and equality. On at the Library of Birmingham until the end of November.
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As featured in our November newsletter, we included a book review by Ado Muronzi on Islamophobia: What It Is and Why It Should Matter to Christians by Dr Karamat Iqbal. 👉 Click here to read and subscribe: https://t.co/uXKCq89ehr
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As part of Seeking the Pioneers: Routes of Resistance, we spoke with award-winning author & True North Leadership™ founder Sal Naseem about what sparked his activism. The exhibition is on at the Library of Birmingham until the end of November.
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Women of Colour in the West Midlands — your voice matters 💛 Kaur Lab UK CIC is collecting anonymous experiences of racism & hate to share with the police, councils & Mayor’s office. ⚠️ TW: racism & abuse. 👉 Take the survey:
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Thank you for taking the time to participate in this important survey. This survey is being run by Kaur Lab UK CIC (company number 16750690) which is a not-for‐profit Community Interest Company based...
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Hurricane Melissa has devastated families in Jamaica. LegacyCOE’s calling on the community to unite in support. 🗓 Sat 1 Nov | 🕓 4–6PM 📍Legacy Centre of Excellence, Birmingham 🔗 https://t.co/OvbMhHjlli
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Join us in Walsall to stand against racist & gender-based violence. 🕯️✊🏽 Peaceful march & vigil to support survivors and call for change. 📅 Thurs 30 Oct | ⏰ 5pm | 📍 Sister Dora, The Bridge, WS1 1LG Bring candles & hope.
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Standing united against racism and gender-based violence ✊🏽🖤
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This week we remember Bunny Bread — his art still speaks across our communities, from Handsworth to Smethwick. Rest in power.
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Birmingham stands strong — against hate and division. Check out the link below to read the newest piece by David Oakley — a powerful call to protect Birmingham’s spirit of solidarity and the values that hold our community together. 💙 https://t.co/giHm1eOHrJ
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Stirchley stands united against hate — join your neighbours this Saturday to celebrate community and reject the far right.
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8 days to go! 💜 Women Against the Far Right Midlands – Together We Rise 📅 Saturday 18th October, 7pm 📍 Nexus Café, Birmingham City Centre Join us for an evening of solidarity, samosas & speakers. Please book your FREE tickets 👇 https://t.co/xm1E3cmBXQ Please share!
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"Handsworth represents the true face of Britain: proud, resilient, and beautifully diverse."
Handsworth is not divided — it’s Birmingham. Our diversity isn’t a weakness, it’s our greatest strength. From Caribbean cafés to South Asian grocers and Eastern European shops, Handsworth represents the true face of Britain: proud, resilient, and beautifully diverse.
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