The Islamophobia Awareness Month Launch program was a success. With just over 40 attendees and intellectually stimulating panel discussions, the event was a great way to begin raising awareness about Islamophobia. The panels ranged from Imams,activists and community organisers as well...
During this month, MEND have worked with the Croydon Library, East Ham libaray and Newham Council to host the SIslamophobia Awareness Exhibition. This was a great opportunity for the wider community to engage with some MEND material and learn about the contribution of British Muslims in the growth...
The Outreach Ealing group are always creative in organising events to raise awareness about Islamophobia. This year the working group got together to organize a fun, interactive and exciting experience – a treasure hunt! The attendees and the working group formed six teams and...
This year, MEND is proud to have had the opportunity to work with the Transport For London offices as well as the British Transport Police. A number of Islamophobia training were organised for the TFL staff at their Stratford and Greenwich offices. Having the opportunity to work with Public Service...
Atkins is a British multinational engineering, design, planning, architectural design, project management and consulting services company headquartered in London, UK. MEND have had the opportunity to deliver a causes and cures presentation to 35 Staff members. There were some interesting...
It has been reported that young people have been facing bullying and Islamophobia, childline has reported a 69% rise in faith based bullying. Given that young people are often the forefront of becoming victims of Islamophobia MEND have organised events with two London based youth organisations,...
Working with the Muslim community is key to raising awareness about Islamophobia. It is crucial for the Muslim community itself to be on board with this campaign in order to be able to raise awareness and have greater impact by having greater support. In London have worked with: Hendon Mosque,...
Reaching the university students and staff is always a great way to spread the message through those in the realm of academia. Queen Mary ISOC & Greenwich ISOC worked alongside MEND to host our exhibition in their university campus. The exhibition was a great way to display some information of...
Launch Event 4 November The Launch event was fittingly at the historic venue of The Guildhall. The Police Crime Commissioner for Leicester, Lord Bach started the proceedings with encouraging words, where he praised the choice of venue and ‘Leicester’s great history’ and...
12th November, 2019 Try a Hijab stall This Islamophobia Awareness Month, MEND reached out to the general public by holding a ‘Try a Hijab Stall’ in Birmingham City Centre. The purpose of event was for non Muslims to gain knowledge and understand the ‘hijab’ experience. The stall...
