Wednesday, September 13, 2006
EDUCATION RACE AND S
EDUCATION, RACE AND SOCIAL ACTION
Dear Colleague
I would like to invite you to a unique debate on Education, Race and Social Action. The debate will be led by Professor Gus John, the internationally-recognised commentator and practitioner in British education and community affairs, who will stimulate thinking and ideas around issues analysed in his new book Taking a Stand.
The book provides decisive and stimulating analysis of education, race, social action and civil unrest in the period 1980 - 2005. Professor John calls for a radical revaluation of policy to improve race relations, and offers ‘tools for understanding’ and ‘tools for action and effecting change’.
There will be brief presentations from myself, Professor John and others involved in education, and we will then go into the debate proper. Our objectives are to:
- Explore the notion of community and family empowerment, especially of young people
- Identify practical ways forward in the context of a borough as diverse, stimulating and challenging as Lambeth.
We are delighted to be working with Professor John on this important event, and I very much hope that you will be able to join us. (Fuller biographical information on Professor John is set out at the end of this letter.)
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The debate will be on Thursday 28 September 2006, in the Assembly Hall at the town hall. We invite you to join us at 5.30 pm for light refreshments before the debate
starts at 6.00 pm. I have enclosed a separate sheet for you to confirm your attendance.
Yours sincerely
Derrick Anderson
Chief Executive
Lambeth Council
Direct Line: 020 7926 2941
Email: danderson@lambeth.gov.uk
Professor Gus John
Professor Gus John has been active in promoting racial equality and social justice in Britain since 1965. He has been involved in policy development and training on equality and race relations issues for over 30 years and held senior positions in local government, most recently as Director of Education and Leisure Services in the London Borough of Hackney. He chairs the Communities Empowerment Network and is a founder Trustee of the George Padmore Institute, an archive and research institute dedicated to recording the history of black political struggle in post-war Britain.
Professor John is a Visiting Professor of Education at the University of Strathclyde and a Fellow of the Revans Institute, University of Salford. He was on Home Secretary Jack Straw’s Race Relations Forum and is currently a member of the Home Office Minister’s Race Equality Advisory Panel. He serves on the Advisory Board as Deputy Chair for the Centre for Public Policy Seminars (CPPS) and is a regular Chair or presenter at those seminars.
Professor John heads the Gus John Partnership, a management consultancy specialising in organisational change, project management, policy development, implementation and impact assessment and in equality and diversity training.
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