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Race
Equality in Local Communities - Manifesto by Frank Reeves |
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This
Manifesto explains the vital role that the local voluntary
sector race equality movement plays in working to rid local
neighbourhoods of racial discrimination, harassment and
violence and in providing support for complainants and
victims. Local race equality organisations are active in
promoting equality of opportunity, encouraging integration,
and improving relations between ethnic communities. They
have developed skills in monitoring racial tension,
mediating in disputes, and analysing and resolving ethnic
conflict.
Now, after
forty years of contributing to the pace and prosperity of
local communities, their existence is threatened by the
failure to recognise the strategic importance of their
grassroots community role, the application of a competitive,
destabilising and destructive funding regime, a puzzling
myopia in regard to their potential for contributing to
community cohesion, and a lack of clarity about their future
in the new era of multi-strand equality and the Commission
for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR). The Manifesto
explains why more than ever we need race equality
organisations and what government and the CEHR must to
preserve and revitalise these invaluable local charities.
Please lend your support to the campaign to ensure the
survival of the local race equality movement and its
services.
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