Filmmaker Sheikh Shahnawaz working with Migrant Voice members in Wolverhampton

Migrant media empowerment programme to launch in Birmingham

Members from migrant communities are being invited to take part in a media empowerment course to help them achieve better representation in local media. Working closely with local journalists and editors, West Midlands residents from migrant backgrounds can learn about how journalism works, what makes a good community story and how to pitch these stories…

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Ikon Gallery is showcasing photographic documentation of migrant communities in Birmingham, by renowned photographer Vanley Burke

Photography exhibition featuring images of migrant communities to be launched in Birmingham

International renowned photographer Vanley Burke will be launching a brand new photography exhibition celebrating working class and migrant communities in Birmingham this week. The Ikon Gallery is showcasing a series of portraits documenting migrant communities in the city as part of a project, led by the University of Birmingham, capturing the migrant experience.

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Anti-racist group shave condemned The Ivy Asia restaurant for their depictions of the South East and East Asian community

Birmingham ‘Stop Asian Hate’ group condemns London restaurant’s racist advert

A London restaurant has come under fire for publishing an advertisement deemed “racist” by members of the British Asian community. The Ivy Asia restaurant has received a backlash from Stop Asian Hate activists, including its Birmingham chapter, after releasing an offensive marketing campaign portraying East and South East Asian people as demeaning caricatures.

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Charity Migrant Voice have been training members of migrant communities to become citizen journalists

West Midlands migrants create and launch community magazine for Black History Month

A team of budding citizen journalists from migrant communities across the West Midlands have launched an online magazine for Black History Month. The group of mature students from Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Coventry and Walsall have made the leap from learning basic media skills only a year ago to producing their first fully-fledged professional magazine this month.

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Centrala and Migrant Voice joined forces to organise a migrant solidarity bike ride in Birmingham

Migrants bike together at Edgbaston Reservoir to defy “hostile environment”

Local community groups joined city migrants for a bike ride in Birmingham over the weekend to show unity in the face of the “hostile environment” faced by refugees and asylum seekers in the region. Citizen empowerment organisations Centrala and Migrant Voice organised a socially distanced community bike ride despite the downpour of rain on Saturday 3…

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West Midlands activists are showing solidarity with migrants being targeted by the far-right

Midlands residents show solidarity for refugees following dangerous far-right hotel raids

Residents from across the Midlands are joining forces to welcome refugees and asylum seekers to the region, after a spate of hotel invasions were carried out by “far-right thugs” hoping to to intimidate migrants being housed inside. Local citizens groups and community activists have been coming together to show solidarity for vulnerable migrants by providing a visible…

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