Windrush - Hackney Citizen (Page 2)

Windrush Generation public artworks shortlisted for Turner Prize

Artist Veronica Ryan’s sculptures were inspired by her childhood trips to Ridley Road Market

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Artist Veronica Ryan with her sculptures

‘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

Cllr Sade Etti: ‘We must come together to send the clear message that Hackney is no place for hate’

The borough’s No Place for Hate champion encourages ‘inclusivity and respect’ ahead of National Hate Crime Awareness Week 2021

Author: Hackney Citizen

Cllr Sade Etti: ‘We must come together to send the clear message that Hackney is no place for hate’

UK’s first permanent public artworks celebrating the Windrush Generation unveiled in Hackney

Veronica Ryan’s sculptures of custard apple, breadfruit and soursop can be found on the Narrow Way

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Hackney charity launches free legal service to help Windrush victims win compensation

The Claudia Jones Organisation teams up with universities, lawyers and community groups to set up Windrush Justice Clinic

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney charity launches free legal service to help Windrush victims win compensation

Education boss ‘very proud’ as council unveils Black curriculum

Nine-week lesson plan on Black British history, including Windrush, drawn up with help of local teachers for Early Years through to GCSEs

Author: Hackney Citizen

Education boss ‘very proud’ as council unveils Black curriculum

Small Island, National Theatre Live on YouTube, stage review: ‘This story has never felt more relevant’

Helen Edmundson’s adaptation of Andrea Levy’s novel exposes wounds inflicted by racism in Britain which have been left to fester

Author: Gabriel Wilding

Small Island, National Theatre Live on YouTube, stage review: ‘This story has never felt more relevant’

Hackney Council announces two public artworks to honour the Windrush Generation

Sculptures by Veronica Ryan and Thomas J Price will be the first permanent monuments in the UK to celebrate Windrush when they are unveiled next year

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney Council announces two public artworks to honour the Windrush Generation

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

Tamsin Ssembajjo Quigley: ‘The racist legacies of the past are woven into the fabric of our present’

The local writer on what is needed for meaningful change in Britain – a ‘wholesale shift in an economic system built on the enslavement and sale of human beings’

Author: Tamsin Ssembajjo Quigley

Tamsin Ssembajjo Quigley: ‘The racist legacies of the past are woven into the fabric of our present’

Elli Free: Will we ever learn?

The director of Room to Heal, a local charity supporting refugees and asylum seekers, on Windrush, immigration detention, and opportunities for ‘fundamental change’ post-lockdown

Author: Hackney Citizen

Leader – Clipped wings

The Home Office could learn from Hackney’s handling of Windrush – now, after a very public snub, we’ll see if it really has the willing

Author: Hackney Citizen