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Volunteer Education and Training: Politics Masterclass

From Friday 26th to Sunday 28th 2020, we presented our three Politics Masterclass to our volunteers. This made up part of our ongoing efforts to provide training and education opportunities for MEND Working Groups. The first session on Friday was titled ‘The British Political and Electoral...

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MEND Report Yorkshire with Richard Burgon MP

Last week our Leeds Working Group hosted Richard Burgon MP on our latest webinar series: MEND Report Yorkshire. Richard Burgon, Member of Parliament for Leeds East, spent some time discussing Islamophobia and Racism with our Leeds volunteer Haris, who hosted the session. The session started off...

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MEND Book Club Reads The Autobiography of Malcolm X

The MEND Book Club was an initiative started by volunteers and staff to stay in touch and communicate with each other during lockdown, with the aim of educating ourselves through material relevant to current world issues, as well as MEND’s own aims and objectives. In our most recent session the...

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Media Masterclass: Volunteer Education

From Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th July, MEND presented its three Media Masterclass sessions to our volunteers. These sessions were the last of the series of our current masterclass cycle we have been webcasting to our volunteers as part their ongoing education and training. On Friday, the first of the...

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MEND report Scotland: Islamophobia and the media

Our third MENDreport Scotland on Facebook live took place on 16th June 2020 with Zara Janjua, an award winning broadcaster and journalist. Zara Janjua has worked in print press and broadcasting for many years, as well as being a stand-up comic. Having such an array of experiences involving the...

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Scottish Volunteer induction

MEND Scotland is growing and we could not be happier. We held our first online zoom volunteer induction on Tuesday 23rd June 2020 with six new volunteers in attendance along with our vice chairs from both Glasgow and Edinburgh working groups and our Scotland Chair dropping by to say salaam to all...

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STOP PRESS: MSP open letter

MEND Scotland initiated an open letter that was signed by 36 Scottish Muslim and equalities organisations and called on all political parties in Scotland to sign a commitment to work towards ‘Increasing Muslim Representation in Scottish Politics’ MEND Press Release 36 Muslim and equalities...

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Let’s Talk About… Islam and Black Lives Matter

After George Floyd, an unarmed black man, was killed by a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, protests erupted across the U.S. and the rest of the world calling for justice – not only for George Floyd but for all those who have died as a result of police and state brutality. At MEND we...

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