On the 21st of November a dialogue was opened about workplace discrimination at a ground-breaking event at KPMG. Founder of MEND Sufyan Ismail spoke alongside the Head of People for KPMG Anna Purchas and KPMG ISOC partner Siddiq Musa. Sufyan highlighted some of the challenges Muslims face in...
MEND @ RamadanTent Blog by Mohammed Abu-Asi MEND volunteer for Central London Working Group Last Saturday 19th May 2018, 3rd Ramadan 1439 AH, at the Ramadan Tent in Malet Street, Aman Ali- Head of Community Development & Engagement talked about MEND’s work on tackling Islamophobia across the...
Assalamu Aalykum and Ramadan Mubarak I hope you are doing well in this blessed month! This short blog will outline a recent event delivered by the Central London Working Group. On the 12th of May the Central London Working Group helped organise and deliver a politics masterclass at Goodge Street...
MEND Cardiff organised stalls and delivered a Islamophobia resilience workshop as part of well-being week at Cardiff and Vale College (CAVC) for learners and staff on Friday 18th of May 2018. The learners learnt about what to do if they have been subject to hate crime or witness one. They also...
Outreach Ealing would like to thank all members of the Ealing community that attended their Meet & Greet Ealing event on 14th April and helped to make it a tremendous success. Over 150 people congregated together at Double Tree by Hilton Hotel including Rupa Huq (MP for Ealing Central and...
The rise of Islamophobia has not only affected the Muslim community on the streets or the workplace, it has also worryingly manifested itself in the playground. Our children have become a target of bullying in schools and are increasingly worried about their safety outside the home simply for being...
On the 3rd April, the Waltham Forest community came together to condemn the call to “punish a Muslim”. The day started off with a gathering at the town square, which provided an opportunity for non-Muslims and Muslims to stand together in an attempt to send out a strong message: we stand...
Ahead of the local elections taking place on the 3rd of May our Croydon working group wanted to ensure their Muslim community were well informed of as to who to vote for. The team held a meeting last week in a local mosque to strategise and organise how they will be able to hold a meeting...
MEND in Newport in collaboration with Young Muslim and Community Organisations (YMCO), organised a politics masterclass on the 28th of April 2018. The masterclass covered the British political and electoral system, the history of political parties and the differences between elected...
In 1918, the Representation of the People Act gave the first British women the right to vote and stand for public office. One hundred years on, MEND Cardiff invited women and girls across Cardiff to come and mark this historic moment by organising a movie screening of the Suffragette, followed by...
