by Bell Ribeiro-Addy | Nov 1, 2021 | Members Report
October was Black History Month and I was proud to secure a debate on the topic in Parliament, where I called on the government to follow Welsh Labour’s excellent example of teaching a properly integrated curriculum that sees students studying Black history year...
by Bell Ribeiro-Addy | Oct 18, 2021 | Campaigns, News
March 21st marked one year since the spitting incident which may have led to the death of transport worker Belly Mujinga. I reiterated the family’s call for an inquest into her death and a full public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding her death. We need to...
by Bell Ribeiro-Addy | Sep 1, 2021 | Members Report
In all the years I knew her, Maxine made it her life’s work to challenge racial inequality Born in Kingston, Jamaica, she joined her family in England at the age of 12, living in Birmingham and attending school there before moving to work in London. In 1983, she...
by Bell Ribeiro-Addy | Mar 8, 2021 | News, Parliamentary Work
This year’s International Women’s Day debate was overshadowed by the sad circumstances surrounding it. In a week that is supposed to be all about elevating women, we had to spend most of our energy confronting the realities of harassment, abuse and violence, calling...
by Bell Ribeiro-Addy | Jan 22, 2021 | Articles
The employment and housing circumstances of many people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities place them in contact with more people and heighten their risk of getting Covid-19. The Government needs to start treating race as a Covid risk factor. In the UK,...
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