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Hackney Council rubber-stamps ‘anti-racism’ strategy for schools amid concerns over risk of harm to vulnerable pupils

Earlier this week the council rubber-stamped its education strategy which pledges to further inclusion and build a 'child-centred and anti-racist' model for schools

Author: Hackney Citizen

‘Source of inspiration’: Civil rights icon James Baldwin to get blue plaque in Dalston

The author and activist will be commemorated at the Hackney CVS building on Dalston Lane, which he visited two years before his death in 1987

Author: Hackney Citizen

‘Source of inspiration’: Civil rights icon James Baldwin to get blue plaque in Dalston

Community stalwart to replace slave trader’s name at public garden in Homerton

Kit Crowley replaces Sir John Cass in first success for council’s renaming project

Author: Hackney Citizen

Community stalwart to replace slave trader’s name at public garden in Homerton

Hackney protesters take the knee in solidarity with England footballers

Anti-racism vigil follows racist abuse suffered by a number of players in the wake of the team’s loss in the Euro 2020 final

Author: Lizzie McAllister

Hackney protesters take the knee in solidarity with England footballers

Help choose a new name for Cassland Road Gardens as four options revealed

Residents invited to vote on replacement for name inspired by slave trader John Cass

Author: Hackney Citizen

Help choose a new name for Cassland Road Gardens as four options revealed

‘Historic moment’ as name of slave trader John Cass removed from Hackney park

Sign for Cassland Road Gardens taken down, with consultation over a new name set to begin next month

Author: Hackney Citizen

‘Historic moment’ as name of slave trader John Cass removed from Hackney park

Cassland Road Gardens to be renamed as part of borough-wide review

The decision over the gardens, named after slave trader John Cass, is just the first in a sweeping rethink of place names across the borough, announced by the council in the wake of global anti-racism protests

Author: Aisha Payne

Cassland Road Gardens to be renamed as part of borough-wide review