https://bsky.app/profile/shabna.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/shabna.bsky.social/post/3llf3azp4l22pAs we have said time and again, when we permit punitive deprivation of welfare & allow harsh treatment towards one group (migrants/people seeking asylum), we enable the slow but certain creep of that deprivation to others. Statement on the spring budget: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/runnymede-trust_runnymede-trust-spring-statement-response-activity-7311049143995547651---9y?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAABT1c-cB61MifYvoP26aWrCdwHtAOEtZGjM27 Mar 2025 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:fpwvicmvrzykpybgsqouy6tt/app.bsky.feed.post/3llf3azp4l22phttps://bsky.app/profile/shabna.bsky.social/post/3ljunhjlloc2aMy blog about a recent trip to Liverpool. Community cohesion narratives and £600k grants, in face of mainstreamed racism & £500m austerity cuts - most ppl on the ground can see through insincere and plaster fixes to systemic probs and political choices. https://www.runnymedetrust.org/blog/another-story-to-tell08 Mar 2025 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:fpwvicmvrzykpybgsqouy6tt/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljunhjlloc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/shabna.bsky.social/post/3ljciwqj2ts2bIf you missed the launch of our report on antisemitism and would like to know more, join for this online conversation. Report also here: https://www.runnymedetrust.org/publications/facing-antisemitism-the-struggle-for-safety-and-solidarity#:~:text=The%20Runnymede%20Trust%20urgently%20calls,and%20wider%20anti%2Dracist%20organisations.&text=Dr%20Shabna%20Begum%2C%20our%20CEO,communities%20here%20in%20the%20UK. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Mar 2025 08:29 +0000at://did:plc:fpwvicmvrzykpybgsqouy6tt/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljciwqj2ts2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/shabna.bsky.social/post/3ljao2x2dys27Great to be on this panel with Brianna from @are-official.bsky.social and speaking to the need to build solidarity across our sectors and organisations. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Feb 2025 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:fpwvicmvrzykpybgsqouy6tt/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljao2x2dys27https://bsky.app/profile/shabna.bsky.social/post/3lhyof6fpnc2kReally interesting questions and conversation following up on our report on Islamophobia, published late last year: https://www.runnymedetrust.org/publications/islamophobia-the-intensification-of-racism-against-muslim-communities-in-the-uk [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Feb 2025 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:fpwvicmvrzykpybgsqouy6tt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhyof6fpnc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/shabna.bsky.social/post/3lhfzw2rods2eMoving beyond the abrasive language of 'tolerance' and regulatory terms like 'cohesion', I was delighted to speak at @london.gov.uk communities event about the new #lovedandwanted campaign representing @runnymedetrust.bsky.social Thanks to @debbieweekesb.bsky.social for her leadership on this 🩷05 Feb 2025 07:21 +0000at://did:plc:fpwvicmvrzykpybgsqouy6tt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhfzw2rods2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/shabna.bsky.social/post/3lh25vhk3ak2yWe are constantly encouraged to engage in this fake turf war about 'class' or 'race'- the two are so often deeply entangled: [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jan 2025 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:fpwvicmvrzykpybgsqouy6tt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh25vhk3ak2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/shabna.bsky.social/post/3ld5evtjb6s2iMe on #bbcpoliticslive today explaining on behalf of @runnymedetrust.bsky.social why MPs scapegoating migrants for all our social ills, is both dishonest and a distraction from political choices and failures. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0025vmz/politics-live-1212202412 Dec 2024 23:03 +0000at://did:plc:fpwvicmvrzykpybgsqouy6tt/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld5evtjb6s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/shabna.bsky.social/post/3lbfunrnnts26When the number of school nurses, youth workers & other non-educational support (inc counsellors) in schools is dropping, but police in schools are either fixed or increasing - we have a problem. Education should not involve criminalisation. @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social @runnymedetrust.bsky.social20 Nov 2024 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:fpwvicmvrzykpybgsqouy6tt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbfunrnnts26https://bsky.app/profile/shabna.bsky.social/post/3lbczz2izhc2hProud to have published this report yday, but deeply worried that not only is this necessary 27 years after @runnymedetrust.bsky.social first published a report coining the term Islamophobia, but that things seem to be worsening. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Nov 2024 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:fpwvicmvrzykpybgsqouy6tt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbczz2izhc2h