As the UK prepares to leave the EU, MBC has embarked on a national speaking tour in order to engage with the Black Communities, at this key moment in our nation’s history.
MBC has written a Black Agenda document (covering immigration, education, employment, housing etc) which will be printed in the New Year.
This national speaking tour is also an opportunity to promote the Black Agenda document, with the theme of the national speaking tour being “Advancing the Black Agenda”.
The first leg of MBC’s speaking tour will be held on:
Date: Wednesday 13th February 2019
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: Leeds West Indian Centre, 10 Laycock Pace, Leeds, LS7 3AJ
Speakers:
Cllr. Amanda Pinnock, Kirklees Council (personal capacity)
Kingsley Abrams, General Secretary, MBC
The West Midlands leg of the speaking tour will be held on:
Date: Saturday 2nd March 2019
Time: 2pm
Venue: ACMC, 339 Dudley Road, Winson Green, Birmingham
Speakers:
Phillip Murphy, National Vice Chair, MBC
Zita Holbourne, Co-Founder & Chair, BARAC UK
Kingsley Abrams, General Secretary, MBC
The South West leg of the speaking tour will be held on:
Date: Saturday 25th May 2019
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: Malcolm X Centre, St. Pauls, Bristol.
Speakers:
Marsha De Cordova MP
Jon Lansman, Chair of Momentum
Kingsley Abrams, General Secretary, MBC
The East Midlands leg of the speaking tour will be held on:
Date: Saturday 22nd June 2019
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: Derby West Indian Community Association, Carrington Street, Derby, DE1 2ND
Speakers:
Professor Cecile Wright, Chair of MBC
Harish Patel, Unite National BAEM Officer
Kingsley Abrams, General Secretary, MBC
The London leg of the speaking tour will be held on:
Date: Saturday 13th July 2019
Time: 1pm
Venue: Unite London Region Office, Ron Todd House, 33 Moreland Street, Islington, London, EC1V 8BB
Speakers:
Professor Cecile Wright, Chair of MBC
Kingsley Abrams, General Secretary, MBC
Zita Holbourne, Co-Founder & Chair, BARAC UK
George Dodo-Williams, Unite Regional BAEM Officer
The final leg of the speaking tour will be held at the Labour Party conference in Brighton on:
Date: Saturday 21st September 2019
Time: 7pm
Venue: The BMECP Centre, Fleet Street, Brighton (next to Brighton train station)
Speakers:
Professor Cecile Wright, Chair of MBC
Kingsley Abrams, General Secretary, MBC
Zita Holbourne, Co-Founder & Chair, BARAC UK