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Welcome to Necessary Rebels! Hosted by Sandra, co-founded by Sandra and Kanar, this podcast was inspired by the BLM, anti-racism and inequalities work in different sectors. You’ll hear stories from our guests about their experiences of inequalities & racism both in and outside of the workplace. Each episode currently conducted by Sandra will leave you with information on how you can help tackle these injustices and be a Necessary Rebel... Some of the content in these episodes may be uncomfor ...
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In this episode we talk to Meera Bhogal who runs healthy eating and wellbeing classes for menopausal women of South Asian descent, as well as healthy eating brand Made from Scratch. When Meera started to develop symptoms of menopause at the age of 40, she didn’t know where to turn for advice. She’s since implemented free menopause training to suppo…
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Meet Swiss, best known as a member of BRIT and MOBO award-winning group So Solid Crew, who rose to fame in the early 2000s. And now most recently, the creator of Black Pound Day. BPD first launched in the wake of the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement on June 27 2020 and takes place on the first Saturday of every month. It encourages the…
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Yomi is a poet, playwright, facilitator, and recipient of the 2019 Jerwood Compton Poetry Fellowship. He is known by the public thanks to his acclaimed one-man show titled COAT, which has been performed at Brighton festival and the Last Word festival, among other spaces. He also curates an online blog platform for fathers and guardians called ‘Dadd…
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In our first episode back we talk with Esther, a social worker and team manager with experience in working in child protection, and children's safeguarding about Child Q, as she is called, a 15 year old girl who was made to remove her clothing, underwear and a sanitary pad, spread her buttocks and cough when her teachers accused her of smelling of …
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Nina Malone is a Talent Agent at IAG and Founder of Dope Black Mums movement, a digital safe space for black women to navigate motherhood together. Dope Black Mums does amazing work supporting Black mothers and their families, and I’m really excited to be chatting to Nina about her work, parenting, and what it means to be a Dope Black Mum.…
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Have you heard of 'farming'? We hadn't. Do a search and you'll see it won’t quickly turn up. It's the practice of private fostering or adoption outside of the local authority. It gained notoriety in response to a growing population of African student families taking up temporary residence at British universities in the mid-1950s. On this week's epi…
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On this weeks episode we talk to my friend Louis Howell about his work in the public and private sector on Diversity and Inclusion. We hear him share important life lessons from his childhood and how Black men MUST show up for Black women. Louis co-runs Revolution Hive, a social enterprise equipping young people for life through personal developmen…
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In this episode, we have the incomparable Colin Grant. He takes us on a journey through the early days of his career. Shared emotional stories of some of the people in his books. Sit back and relax. Trust me when I say you are in good company here. Colin is an author of five books. They include: Negro with a Hat: The Rise and Fall of Marcus Garvey;…
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Josh is the creator and host of Busy Being Black (podcast) and Head of Communications for UK Black Pride. On this episode Josh talks to us about the ways in which he navigates the world as Queer and Black. He drops a million other gems too!Sandra による
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Malik experienced racism from a young age initially in the care system where he was taken into custody aged nine in 1975 after his father had a stroke having committed no crime. He moved to several different community homes where he suffered varying degrees of physical and racial abuse over the years until his care order ceased at the age of 18. So…
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Jana is a mixed Indo-Guyanese and Egyptian Muslim and is breaking barriers through the intersection of her art and research. Here she talks about the underrepresentation of the Indo-Caribbean Windrush generation, the journey of Indo-Caribbean people through India and the Caribbean, and how they came to be in London. You can find Jana here Her podca…
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Black women who often face racial discrimination throughout their lives experience unacceptably poor maternal health outcomes, including disproportionately high rates of death related to pregnancy or childbirth. On this episode we talk with Liz, a community midwife about racial and ethnic differences in child birth complications and maternal death …
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‘We are a resilient people. Just like we have generational trauma, we must remember we also have resilience.’ On this episode we talk to Sherod Haynes currently an MD-PhD Candidate at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City who has been applying his extensive scientific knowledge and understanding to settings of civilian trauma and the psyc…
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Author and sociologist Fiona Peters joins us to discuss the care system, race and childhood. Fiona wrote the book Fostering Mixed Race Children Everyday Experiences of Foster Care. To purchase a copy please visit: https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9781137541833 For more information and to support the Change The Story Campaign please see: https://lit…
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Dionne Usherwood , Head of Children’s Integrated Commissioning talks about her journeys from the outside in. The Leadership imbalance - Black and Asian leaders missing in action cited in this episode can be found here: https://www.ppma.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Leadership-imbalance.pdfSandra & Kanar による
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For this episode, we invited past guests, as well as friends and activists, to share their views on the government's recently published Sewell report on race and ethnic disparities. Reactions are resounding! Thank you to the following contributors — Michael Harper, Martha Daniels, Dionne Usherwood, Rosemarie Jenkins, Marcus Shukla, Dr. Simi, Debora…
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We are joined again by the wonderful psychologist, sociologist, researcher and anthropologist Abu-Bakr Madden Al-Shabazz to discuss the controversial report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities. We delve into the reactions to the report, the data behind it and its relevance in modern Britain. You can download a copy of the report here: …
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We discuss the ethnicity pay gap with Dianne Greyson - a professional mediator, author and campaigner who specialises workplace equality, diversity and inclusion. For more information on how to support the ethnicity pay gap campaign please see: https://www.synergisedsolutions.com/ethncitypaygap Dianne’s website be found at: https://www.synergisedso…
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Our guest on this episode is Sarah Bentley, the founder of Made In Hackney - a vegan community cookery school and charity. We discuss the food poverty crisis in the UK, what can be done about it and how they’ve embedded anti-racism work in the charity. If you’d like to support or make a donation to Made In Hackney to help them continue to provide f…
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Charlotte Williams, founder of SevenSix Agency, a go-to voice for brands on inclusive marketing, talks about the lack of representation in marketing and how an increasingly diverse audience is demanding a shift towards more representative advertising. She also touches on what sparked the viral video she created after the tragic murder of George Flo…
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Olivia Vincenti joins us again to discuss being our ‘authentic selves’ whilst dealing with the hurts of oppression. We would like to pre-warn our audience that this episode includes content related to racial trauma that some listeners may find distressing. If you have any concerns about the way you are feeling, please see your General Practitioner …
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Today’s episode features an interview with Josephine Namusisi-Riley. We discuss her ‘White Allies’ campaign and how racial discrimination shows up in schools. Josephine is interested in hearing from White people who want to share their experiences of living with White privilege and/or witnessing racism. If you would like to share your experiences a…
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Getting vaccinated is one of many steps you can take to protect yourself and others from COVID-19, but are they the only way to end the pandemic? On this episode we talk with Amran Mohamed and Adama Saccoh who will help us understand the Covid-19 vaccine. Amran Mohamed is a research project manager at an NHS trust responsible for an NIHR/UKRI-funde…
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Over 10 million people have received a COVID-19 vaccine in the UK, which gives us a lot of information about the safety of these vaccines. However, there are growing concerns about the rates of vaccine hesitancy in some black and minority ethnic communities. We invited Dr. Simi, Clinical Director at Titan Primary Care Network, to discuss vaccine he…
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Beverley Bryan was actively involved with the Black Panther Movement in Great Britain from 1970 to 1973. She was a founding member of the Brixton Black Women's Group and the Organisation of Women of Asian and African Descendant. She also co-wrote with two other members of her association, Stella Dadzie and Suzanne Scafe, the Heart of the Race: Blac…
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There is a 30% shortfall in ethnic minority representation amongst Members of Parliament in the UK. In this episode we discuss breaking the mould with local Labour Councillor, Janet Campbell. The UK Parliament report ‘Ethnic diversity in politics and public life Research Briefing’ (2020), can be found here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/rese…
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Colourism, the idea that light-skinned minorities are given more privilege than their darker-skinned peers. This type of bias dates back to slavery. It's part of white supremacy, or holding up whiteness over other backgrounds. It has deep historical implications in black communities from beauty standards to professional opportunities to how familie…
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In our Series 1 finale we interview Jade - a professional working at a large media and broadcasting company, and a passionate advocate of workplace equality and transformative change. Jade tells us about her role in promoting media inclusivity, having uncomfortable workplace conversations and encouraging diversity at the table. If you’d like to sup…
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Yoga instructor Jonelle’s personal mantra is ‘be brave, be fierce, be free!’. In this episode, we hear about Jonelle's lived experience of the racial and physical prejudice that she has faced in her career, and she gives us her thoughts on how yoga can be 'for everybody'. Please note that this episode features strong language from the start.…
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Our guest on this episode is Toral Shah, a nutritional scientist and cancer campaigner. Toral tells us about her experience of being diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 29, and discusses the efforts needed to address racial inequalities in cancer care. The following Macmillan reports were discussed in this episode: The Rich Picture: People w…
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Professional coach Meg Lyons tells us about her personal journey in becoming an anti-racist ally. Reading list for this episode: Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson, Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad; White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh (https://www.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/mcintosh.pdf); Between the World…
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Welcome to Necessary Rebels! We’re all about good advice for tackling inequalities and racism – at work and beyond. Hosted by Sandra and Kanar, we’ll be speaking to different professionals to hear their approach. Change is a comin’…and we hope you’ll join the rebellion! Find us on Instagram @necessary_rebels_pod Thank you to everyone who has helped…
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