Resisting Hate Crime, Racism and Intolerance

Join us for this community-focused evening reception, which follows on from the daytime ‘Race’ and Socially Engaged Research: Open and Inclusive Conference.

The University of York’s Anti-Racism Working Group has partnered with York’s Refugee Week activities to host this 2-hour event at York St John University’s Holgate Dining Room. It is co-sponsored by our five different Conference funders and the Peace Lab at the University of York, and is open to all conference delegates, local community groups and members, and anybody interested in anti-racist work and activism.

The reception is an opportunity to meet with a broad range of people who are passionate about anti-racist work, and builds upon the daytime conference aims and themes of putting praxis into practice.

We will be joined by an incredible keynote speaker, Sarli Nana from Migrants Organise, who will discuss his experiences of the UK asylum system and his decades spent fighting for migrants’ rights, followed by suggestions of what institutions, academics and community members can do to resist hate crime, racism and intolerance.

Following Sarli’s contribution, we will have a short roundtable of four local community members who will respond and reflect on the keynote. Poster and visual or art displays will be presented relating to the 2024 conference theme of Resistance, Joy and Community in Hostile Environments and will be open for any attendees to visit throughout the event.

The reception will offer non-alcoholic drinks alongside alcohol, with canapés. There will be seating available.

Schedule (subject to change):

• 6.30pm to 7pm: Event opening, poster and art browsing
• 7pm to 7.30pm: Keynote by Sarli Nana
• 7.30pm to 7.50pm: Roundtable responses
• 7.50pm to 8.30pm: Community discussions and networking

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