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Sir Patrick Vernon demands Cambridge culture review after Arday vigil

Sir Patrick Vernon, a former Hackney councillor, says equality law failed the professor and press regulation must follow

Author: Hackney Citizen

Sir Patrick Vernon demands Cambridge culture review after Arday vigil

Sir Patrick Vernon to lead Rio talk as film spotlights black and working-class health researchers

A new documentary charting the journeys of three professors and a PhD student into health research opens with a free screening at Dalston’s Rio Cinema

Author: Elspeth Rees

‘Let us help you’: Windrush campaigners urge people to come forward for free support – even if they don’t want to claim compensation

A group of organisations are offering mental health support as well as free legal advice if needed

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

‘Let us help you’: Windrush campaigners urge people to come forward for free support – even if they don’t want to claim compensation

VIDEO: Campaigner and former Hackney councillor urges people to get the Covid vaccine

Read on for details of an online event giving local Black communities a chance to ask health and community leaders about the vaccine

Author: Hackney Citizen

VIDEO: Campaigner and former Hackney councillor urges people to get the Covid vaccine

Black History – The Past and The Present: Prominent local figures take part in ‘illuminating’ panel

Hundreds listen as Diane Abbott MP, Patrick Vernon OBE and others cover ‘vast terrain’ in celebration of Black History Month

Author: Tamsin Ssembajjo Quigley

Black History – The Past and The Present: Prominent local figures take part in ‘illuminating’ panel

Public Windrush artwork set to be revealed as Town Hall’s annual festival gets underway online

Winning sculpture, which will be the first permanent monument to the Windrush Generation in the UK, to be announced on Windrush Day on Monday

Author: Hackney Citizen

Public Windrush artwork set to be revealed as Town Hall’s annual festival gets underway online

‘It’s time for a change’: Hundreds attend online vigil for George Floyd

Over 400 listen to local politicians and community leaders demanding global change

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

‘It’s time for a change’: Hundreds attend online vigil for George Floyd

Black Lives Matter: What can you do?

Alice Jones provides a useful list of resources, from what to read and watch to educate yourself and your children, to which petitions to sign and where to donate

Author: Alice Jones

Jennette Arnold to bow out of London Assembly after nearly 20 years

The Labour member for Hackney, Islington and Waltham Forest says the ‘time is right’ for new challenges

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney children ‘going hungry at lunchtime’ due to parents’ immigration status

Diane Abbott & Mayor of Hackney pledge support for campaign to secure free school meals for undocumented children

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Hackney children ‘going hungry at lunchtime’ due to parents’ immigration status

Hackney becomes first council to pass Windrush motion as leading activist urges others to follow suit

Town Hall officially agrees to push the government for a public inquiry into the scandal and oppose criminalisation of the Windrush generation

Author: Max Eckersley

Hackney becomes first council to pass Windrush motion as leading activist urges others to follow suit

Hackney’s Caribbean elders join councillors to mark Windrush Day

Deputy Mayor Anntoinette Bramble hosted a Town Hall ceremony on 22 June for the 70th anniversary of the ship’s arrival in Britain

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney’s Caribbean elders join councillors to mark Windrush Day