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- 2015 Elections: 11 new BME MP’s make history
- 70th Anniversary of the Partition of India
- Black Church Manifesto Questionnaire
- Brett Bailey: Exhibit B
- Briefing Paper: Ethnic Minorities in Politics and Public Life
- Civil Rights Leader Ratna Lachman dies
- ELLE Magazine: Young, Gifted, and Black
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- Gary Younge Book Sale
- George Osborne's budget increases racial disadvantage
- Goldsmiths Students' Union External Trustee
- International Commissioners condemn the appalling murder of Tyre Nichols
- Iqbal Wahhab OBE empowers Togo prisoners
- Job Vacancy: Head of Campaigns and Communications
- Media and Public Relations Officer for Jean Lambert MEP (full-time)
- Number 10 statement - race disparity unit
- Pathway to Success 2022
- Please donate £10 or more
- Rashan Charles had no Illegal Drugs
- Serena Williams: Black women should demand equal pay
- Thank you for your donation
- The Colour of Power 2021
- The Power of Poetry
- The UK election voter registration countdown begins now
- Volunteering roles at Community Alliance Lewisham (CAL)
Shahid Malik, ex-MP
Shahid Malik was elected as a Labour MP for Dewsbury from 2005 to 2010.
He was born on November 24th 1967 and educated at London Polytechnic and Durham University Business School. He has been a Labour Party member for over 20 years, as well as a long-term trade union member.
In December 2005 Shahid beat out over 100 MPs to win House Magazine's 'Best Maiden Speech of the Parliament' award, regarded as the Parliamentary Oscars and only held once every four years.
Shahid was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Department for International Development on June 29th 2007, making him Britain's first Muslim Minister.
Roles he has served include: the first ever Great British Commissioner to the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland, the Commissioner for Racial Equality in Great Britain, the Vice-Chair of UNESCO UK, and the national Chair of the Urban Forum fighting poverty, Government Adviser on Neighbourhood Renewal and also Community Cohesion, and Vice-chair of the All-Party Kashmir Group.