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NEWMAN STUDENTS' UNION

GENNERS LANE
BARTLEY GREEN
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​0121 483 2225

#BlackLivesMatter

2/6/2020

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Liam Rogers
Vice-President 2019-2021
Newman Students' Union

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Newman students’ Union stands with black lives matter.
Following the murder of George Floyd by Police officers in Minneapolis, America has said enough is enough and wants to take action against the racist systems which have allowed this to happen. People across the world have all come together in the fight to stand up and say black lives matter and stand up against racism and injustices. You should not have to live in fear because of the colour of your skin...
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WE REFUSE TO BE SILENT ON THIS ISSUE!
Black Lives Matter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. Black Lives Matter Foundation, is a global organisation in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes.  
We need to listen, we need to learn, we need to act.
 
In the UK, black people are 40x more likely to be stopped by the police (The Guardian, 2019). In 2018/19, 76% of hate crimes in England & Wales were racially motivated hate crimes (Home Office, 2019). This country and its higher education system are built on white privilege. If you can’t see this, it’s likely because you have never had to consider that the colour of your skin puts you before others. Not through a fault of your own, but through a society built on racism and injustice. 
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Our Pledges...

To do our part, as Vice-President I am bringing forward seven pledges that the Students' Union will commit to. We believe in action, not words, and I will strive to ensure that we continue to work with our students to ensure that we are striving for Equality and Diversity.

Our pledges are:
  1. We pledge to educate ourselves, as well as our members, to the injustices black people face and call out what is wrong.
  2. We pledge to call out racism when we see it.
  3. We pledge to always ensure that underrepresented student groups have their voices heard; through our representational networks and democratic processes.
  4. We pledge to work with the University on decolonising the curriculum.
  5. We pledge to make you feel safe and accepted.
  6. We pledge to make you feel welcomed by all.
  7. WE PLEDGE TO BE AN ALLY OF YOU ALL NOW AND ALWAYS!
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Click the image to read "The Boar" Student Activist Article

What Can I do to Support the Movment?

You can educate yourself. It isn’t the responsibility of Black people to have to endlessly explain the racism they experience and what you can do to help. There are plenty of resources, books and articles you can read. Ideas of where to start can be found here:
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https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/black-lives-matter-reading-list)

​Below I have listed many resources for you to read and educate yourselves from.

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The New Jim Crow: mass  incarceration in the age of colour blindness
Michelle Alexander


So you want to talk about race
Ijeoma Olou


The Next American Revolution: sustainable activism for the twenty first century
Grace Lee Boggs


Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race
Reni Eddo-Lodge

Other Useful Resources

A guide to understanding white privilege https://www.instagram.com/p/B9DfahhBChU/

Charities and funds
Black Lives Matter
The Bail Project
The Liberty Fund
Reclaim the Block
I Run With Maud
Campaign Zero
Unicorn Riot
American Civil Liberties Union
Stand Up To Racism UK
Petitions to sign
Justice for George Floyd
Justice for Ahmaud Arbery
Justice for Belly Mujinga

Books, Articles and Resources to Read
  • Anti-racism resources for white people (via Sarah Sophie Flicker and Alyssa Klein)
  • 75 things white people can do for racial injustice (via Medium)
  • Ways to help (via Black Lives Matter)
  • IG: George Floyd: How can I help from the UK? (via Das Penman)
  • IG: 10 steps to non-optical allyship (via Mireille Harper)
  • IG: Transform Allyship into Action: A Toolkit for Non-Black People (via Social Justice in Medicine Coalition at USC)
  • Twitter Thread: UK-based charities, organisations and platforms whose work aims to eradicate racial injustice (Via Black Ballad)
  • Twitter Thread: Advice for companies from Sheree Atcheson, Monzo’s Head of Diversity and Inclusion (Via Sheree Atcheson)
  • Why I’m No longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge⁣⁣⁣
  • I’m Still Here by Austin Channing Brown
  • Natives by Akala
  • Dark Days by James Baldwin
  • Diversify by June Sarpong
  • How To Be Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
  • White Supremacy and Me by Layla F. Saad
  • The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
  • Freedom Is A Constant Struggle by Angela Davis
  • They Can’t Kill Us All by Wesley Lowery
  • Your Silence Will Not Protect You by Audre Lorde
  • White Girls by Hilton Als
  • Brit(ish) by Afua Hirsch
  • Black and British: A Forgotten History by David Olusoga
  • The Good Immigrant, edited by Nikesh Shukla

Watch and Listen
  • Angela Davis on intersectional anti-racism (via Roshni Goyate)
  • The Color of Fear, directed by Lee Mun Wah (1994) https://vimeo.com/127289854
  • 1619 by The New York Times
  • Code Switch by NPR

Sources

  1. Home Office (2019) Hate Crime, England & Wales 2018/19. [online] London: Home Office. ​https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/839172/hate-crime-1819-hosb2419.pdf [Accessed 1 June 2020].
  2. The Guardian (2019) Black people ‘40 times more likely’ to be stopped and searched in UK. The Guardian, [online]https://www.theguardian.com/law/2019/may/04/stop-and-search-new-row-racial-bias [Accessed 1 June 2020]
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