Racial Justice Network - UK Racial Justice Network

On this episode I am speaking to Adelle Asantiwa from Afrikaniwa about their work following their participation in RJN's space in December 2023. Her focus on climate justice, lived experience and knowledge production.

Episode 06 of The Catalyst Show made its debut in late September, featuring our director, Penny, in conversation with special guests Joe Williams, the director of Heritage Corner, and Mama D from Community Centered Knowledge. They engaged in a spirited dialogue covering topics like activism, Black History Month, and the days leading up to our International Symposium, which featured our special guest, the distinguished professor and elder Ngũgĩ wa Thiang'o.You can now conveniently access our playlist to get up to speed on all our episodes or tune in to BCB 106.6 FM every Friday.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://racialjusticenetwork.co.uk/2021/04/10/from-structural-vulnerability-to-resilience-a-reflexive-essay-on-refugee-led-responses-to-covid-19/

A discussinf the RJN's report 'Between a rock and a hard place: Structural Vulnerabilities, resilience and migrant-led responses to covid-19 in West Yorkshire'. Highlighting institutional racism, multiple barriers and resilience.

A discussion between Mama D, Maia Kelly and myself talking about the importance of having an international perspective on climate and RJN's race and climate justice framework called the 13th recommendation. Pushing for inner standing of interconnectedness nature of all issues and climate justice as a social justice matter by upholding internationalism, activist solidarity, and acknowledgment of colonial legacies when addressing climate repairs. We also spoke about the damages of the politics of representation and the invisibility of whiteness

A collective conversation on Race and Climate in Brazil