Mix-d Conference
- Who: 100 Mixed-Race students from 5 LEA’s
- What: The 1st UK Mixed-Race Conference
- Where: The Lancashire Cricket Club, Trafford
- When: Tuesday, 14th October, 2008
Mix-d: Uk. National Conference. Tuesday,14th October 2008
We made History!!
The Uk's 1st national conference dedicated to mixed-race identity took place in Trafford, Manchester on the 14th October 2008. It brought together teenagers from across the country to make a positive contribution to the national mixed-race debate.
Representatives from 5 cities across the UK had a rare opportunity to talk about their 'lived' experience, inform policy makers on the use of appropriate terminology and challenge their absence from local and national policy.
Details
Who: 100 Mixed-Race students from 5 LEAs
What: The UK's 1st Mixed-Race Conference
Where: Lancashire County Cricket Club, Trafford
When: Tuesday, 14th October, 2008
What do the stats say?
The last census showed that more than 50% of mixed-race people are under 16 and are projected to become the largest ethnic group in Britain by 2010. However, they appear to be the elephant in the classroom: obvious to everyone living in a British city yet invisible at a government/policy level. Also, expected to choose one racial identity at the exclusion of another and often labeled 'confused' or mixed up.
Young people attending the conference were:
CHALLENGED to develop strategies that will assist them in dealing with social injustice in a mature and considerable manner
ENGAGED in pioneering process of directly assisting the development for multi-agency professionals
MADE a positive 'youth focussed' contribution to the national mixed-race debate
Mix-d: by Bradley Lincoln is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.
Based on a work at www.multipleheritage.co.uk.