by Hari Sewell | Feb 11, 2025 | News
Suman Fernando, Beloved friend, colleague and Icon 31st March1932 to 31 January 2025 In 1992, I met Suman for the first time. My colleague Errol Francis had organised a training session in South Buckinghamshire. I had read Dr Suman Fernando’s writings before. It was... by Hari Sewell | Aug 8, 2024 | News, Uncategorized
Surviving the fallout of street violence post-Southport 2024 The violence that erupted on the streets of parts of the UK after the tragic, shocking and horrendous murders and woundings by a child suspect, in Southport on 29th July 2024 has led to many journalists,...
by Hari Sewell | Dec 23, 2022 | News
A blog by Hári Sewell and Lisa Harbron Hári Sewell is an author and educator on social and racial justice.Lisa Harbron is an actor, writer and student researcher, interested in utilising the arts as a platform for social change. Hari wrote In families and networks... by Hari Sewell | Jun 25, 2022 | News
The Windrush celebrations leave me feeling ambivalent. There was a generation of people from the Caribbean who came to Britain and in many fields became trailblazers. As the Kittitian author Caryl Phillips described it “sinking their hopeful roots into difficult... by Hari Sewell | Feb 15, 2022 | News
In June 2020 I wrote a blog in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. It is still available on this website. The dust has settled. In some contexts, it’s business as usual. In other contexts and organisations, conversations about racism continue. I am honoured to be... by Hari Sewell | Feb 15, 2022 | News
On 25th May 2020 George Floyd, an unarmed African American man died after being arrested by police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota. An officer kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes whilst being filmed and ignored Mr Floyd’s pleas and the begging of citizens...
