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Curry: The Story of the Nation’s Favourite Dish

Date
7 October 2021 6:30pm–7:30pm
Location
Online - Via Teams

Shrabani Basu will be talking about her book and telling the story of Curry

Event on the UNISON West Midlands site.

How to Eliminate Racism in the UK

Date
5 October 2021 6:00pm–7:30pm
Location
Online - Via Teams

The panel will discuss and reflect on racism in the UK and how they believe this can be tackled.

Event on the UNISON West Midlands site.

UNISON equality survey 2021 – tell us about your experiences during the pandemic

Tell us about your experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic – and join the prize draw for shopping vouchers

Page on the UNISON National site.

Putting it on the calendar: learning and equalities at Loughborough University

Pride Month may be over but for Collina Angus, UNISON learning rep at Loughborough University, equalities are a year-round passion. That’s something that she’s combined with learning to create a dynamic, engaging series of online events, inviting experts to share their knowledge with members at the university. She began last October with an event for […]

Learning news on the UNISON College site.

Covid-19 Vaccine Information Event

Date
8 July 2021 6:00pm–7:00pm
Location
Online - Via Teams

Information and update on the Covid 19 Vaccine Programme

Event on the UNISON West Midlands site.

Relying on employers to tackle racism will do little to protect Black workers

Fringe event at special delegate conference calls on Black staff to organise, take control and make change happen

Article on the UNISON National site.

Indian Farmers Dispute

Date
13 July 2021 6:30pm–7:30pm
Location
Online - Via Teams

The Indian Farmers Dispute, how it came about and what’s happened so far

Event on the UNISON West Midlands site.

Race for Equality webinar

Date
15 June 2021 7:00pm–8:00pm

In this fringe event during Virtual Special Delegate Conference, senior Black leaders will discuss UNISON’s work for race equality, with practical steps for change. The focus is race equality but the conversation is broad and deep.
Registration required.

Event on the UNISON National site.

Equality is at the heart of UNISON

As a result of COVID-19, many conferences and meetings have had to be cancelled. With this in mind, UNISON South East organised a series of online sessions in place of the usual regional Equality Conference–online and live. The Conference was opened by Regional Manager and Head of Equality, Jo Galloway. “This year has been like […]

Article, Equality on the UNISON South East site.

Blog: George Floyd’s murder, one year on

The public protests in the wake of George Floyd’s murder challenged corporations and institutions to address the glaring racial disparities in their organisation and in society

Blogs on the UNISON National site.

UNISON South East Equality Calendar

Equality is at the heart of everything we do as a union, and we want to make it as easy as possible for you to get involved. We hope the new and innovative UNISON South East interactive Equality Calendar will be useful for you in knowing when equality events and training which interest you are […]

Page on the UNISON South East site.

Confidence building for Black members

Date
20 May 2021 10:30am–2:30pm
Location
Online webinar

We have an exciting training session coming up next month, for our Black members who sit on our Black Members Regional Committee and we are also opening it up to newly elected Black member reps and Black members who are interested in becoming more involved in UNISON. The focus will be on Confidence Building and […]

Event on the UNISON South East site.

A landmark verdict

The conviction of Derek Chauvin must be the first step towards positive change to tackle racial injustice

Article on the UNISON South East site.

UNISON responds to George Floyd’s murder case

“Others who abuse their power must be held to account before the law”

Article on the UNISON National site.

Communities Against Racism

Date
26 May 2021 7:00pm–8:00pm
Location
Online - Via Teams

A session with the project Communities Against Racism

Event on the UNISON West Midlands site.