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“To the barricades!”
On 13th May 2013, Diane Abbott MP put out a call to the 10th London Schools and the Black Child (LSBC) Conference: “Black Children & Education: After Gove, where next?”. For the past 13 years, the Communities Empowerment Network (CEN) has been campaigning for equality and justice in schooling and education and against the practice of
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Tackling school exclusion
Gus John, Chair of the Communities Empowerment Network (CEN) announces another annual report (2012/2013) and sets out the challenges facing this charitable, community-based organization that deals with almost 1,000 school exclusion cases each year: The current education climate is such that CEN’s work and purpose become more crucial in the struggle to defend children’s fundamental
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CEN releases its annual report
Communities Empowerment Network (CEN) has spent another year supporting vulnerable children and their often bewildered parents in the face of institutional practices in schooling that are often demeaning, unfair, discriminatory and damaging to the life chances and well-being of children and to the confidence of parents and families in the schooling system. This year’s Annual
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Gerry German, fighter at the barricades
The following article was published by The Guardian on May 20th, 2012. We said farewell to Gerry German last week, in a cavernous church with extra chairs laid out, but still standing room only. Alex Pascall, the writer, broadcaster and Caribbean sage, scanned the congregation. “Yes, the rebels are here,” he said. And that was
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Gus John pays tribute to Gerry German
It is with deep, deep sadness that I inform you of Gerry German‘s passing. He died at 03.00 this morning of a heart attack at home. I am sure that, like me, you will be shocked at the suddenness of his death. Gerry was a life-long campaigner for children’s education rights and an unwavering supporter
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