My speech to the Kreative Culture Klub’s fourth ‘Young, Gifted & Black’ Annual Awards Ceremony at Walthamstow Assembly Hall. Continue reading “Speech to Kreative Culture Klub’s Young & Gifted Awards Ceremony”
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Mayor Ken comes to Leyton
Ken Livingstone was in town today to visit the gorgeous Score Building in Oliver Rd. He came into the Team Leyton office to meet the new Community Champions, of which I am the Champion for Jobs. I asked him what his views were on improving civic activity amongst working people Continue reading “Mayor Ken comes to Leyton”
“We were there too” – Score hosts exhibition about African & Caribbean people in the War
The Score Community Building in Oliver Rd, Leyton, played host to an important new exhibition in December. The “We Were There Too” photographic display was organised by the Waltham Forest African Caribbean Women’s Development Centre to commemorate the contribution of African & Caribbean men and women who fought in the Second World War. Continue reading ““We were there too” – Score hosts exhibition about African & Caribbean people in the War”
Vice Chair, Leyton & Whips Cross Community Council
My speech to the December meeting of the Leyton & Whipps Cross Community Council, when I was elected Vice Chair. Continue reading “Vice Chair, Leyton & Whips Cross Community Council”
George Mitchell says Lives not Knives
The borough’s ‘Lives not Knives’ campaign took a step into the classroom in November. 14, 15 and 16-year-old pupils from George Mitchell school, where I am a governor, received a talk from the borough’s Superintendent Stewart Rivers, and the council’s violent crimes officer, Mike Jervis, on the dangers involved in carrying knives.
The teenagers were told that 13% of kids living in Waltham Forest now carry knives but that if caught, offenders face a stiff five-year jail sentence and other harsh punishments. The students also learned that the British Transport Police is about to begin conducting regular knife searches on the buses.
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