BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.6//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:894@thcvs.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230321T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230321T123000 DTSTAMP:20230315T180239Z URL:https://thcvs.org.uk/events/international-day-for-the-elimination-of-r acial-discrimination/ SUMMARY:International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination DESCRIPTION:Tuesday 21 March 9.30am to 12.30pm / Idea Store\, 321 Whitechap el Rd\, E1 1BU\n\nThe International Day for the Elimination of Racial Disc rimination is observed annually on 21st March\,  the day the police in Sharpeville\, South Africa\, opened fire and killed 69 people at a peacef ul demonstration against apartheid "pass laws" in 1960.\n\nThe General Ass embly decided that a week of solidarity with the peoples struggling agains t racism and racial discrimination\, beginning on 21 March\, would be orga nized annually in all States.\n\nSince then\, the apartheid system in Sout h Africa has been dismantled\, racist laws and practices have been abolish ed in many countries\, however still today\, too many individuals\, commu nities and societies continue to suffer from the injustice and stigma that racism brings. \n\nWe do not need to go far back to see that racism cont inues to make headlines globally and nationally.\n\nThe recent brutal atta ck on a 15 year black school girl by a group of white teenage girls (two a s young as 11 years) egged on by their parents and watched by adult bystan ders\, who chose to remain silent. And worse still\, the reaction or shoul d I say inaction of a ‘Teacher’ who casually strolled in to ‘interve ne’.  The young girl sustained brutal injuries (GBH) including nine of her braids pulled off from her scalp.  From whichever lens you choose to look at this tragic incident both the victim and the young people involved are victims. All adults involved in this incident \, ‘parents’\,’te achers’ and spectators have failed our young people miserably. Thankfull y the police are investigating the case as a racially aggravated hate crim e and we hope that that all those involved directly and or indirectly will be held accountable.\n\nTherefore as International Day for the Eliminatio n of Racial Discrimination approaches it reminds us that we still have a l ot of work to do and that there should be no room for complacency. I/we ar e therefore inviting our partners\, No Place for Hate Champions and each o ne of us to strengthen and consolidate our voices against racism\, to mob ilise against all forms and manifestations of racial discrimination and in justice\, and to ensure safe places and environment for those who speak up . The day also provides an opportunity to reflect on our actions and treat ment of people who are different from us on racial\, ethnic and or other p ersonal characteristics.\n\nTo mark this day we are therefore asking our P artners &\; Hate Crime Champions to:\n\nObserve and mark the significan ce of the day.\n\n Question our own prejudices .Do we allow it to impact on our interaction with people and more importantly the services we delive r.\n Review our/your policies\, procedures and practices to ensure they a re inclusive of people including those from a different racial background. \n Raise awareness of racial discrimination\, injustice and hate crime am ong staff in our/your organisations and local communities. (Race Hate Crim es continue to be the highest reported strand of hate crimes in England &a mp\; Wales accounting for a third of the reported hate crimes in 2021/22  124\,091.\n Become a No Place for Hate Champion\n Reaffirm your commitme nts to our No Place for Hate Campaign by encouraging staffs\, service user s\, family members and peers to make a united stand against all forms of h ate crime by signing the attached Personal Pledge and return to hatecrime @towerhamlets.gov.uk Alternatively pledges can be completed online at:   www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/hatecrime\n Sign the Organisational Pledge if y our organisation has not done\, available also on the above link\n\nA furt her reminder of services provided by Tower Hamlets Hate Crime Team:\n\n H ate Crime advice to individuals &\; professional\, signposting to speci alist support services\n Coordinate Tower Hamlets No Place for Hate Forum &\; Hate Incident Panel\n Annual Hate Crime Delivery Plan\n No Place for Hate Campaign/Pledge &\; Champions Project\n Free training\, awar eness and outreach including Champions Training\n Hate Crime Manual with a directory of support services\n Marking notable hate crime events such as National Hate Crime Awareness Week\, Discrimination Days\,etc.\n www.t owerhamlets.gov.uk/hatecrime\n\nThe Hate Crime Team will be in action at t he Idea Store Whitechapel (321 Whitechapel Rd\, London E1 1BU) on Tuesd ay 21st March 9.30am – 12.30pm promoting hate crime partnership suppor t services and our No Place for Hate campaign.\n\nTo report a Hate Crime e mergency call the Police on 999\, non-emergency 101.  Victim Support Nati onal Helpline 0808 168 9293.\n\nFor more information on information on sup port organisations contact:\n\n The Monitoring Group  https://tmg-uk.or g/\n Tell Mama Islamophobic hate crime  https://tellmamauk.org/\n Comm unity Safety Trust (CST)  Anti semitic hate crimes   https://cst.org.u k/\n Kick It Out (Tackling Racism &\; Discrimination)  https://www.k ickitout.org/\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thcvs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ AA-RACISM-A.jpeg CATEGORIES:Equalities Networks,Health and Wellbeing Events in Tower Hamlets END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221030T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR