Hate Crime Awareness Week 2020

Hate Crime Awareness Week

Hate Crime Awareness Week 2020

Wales-Wide Launch Online Event 

Join Professor Uzo Iwobi for a morning of guest speakers to launch this year’s National Hate Crime Awareness Week!

Saturday 10th October at 10am 

You can watch the event on Twitter and Facebook

Speakers:

10.00am Uzo Iwobi OBE | Introduction

10.05am Rt Honorable Alun Michael – Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales

10.10am Video 1 | Do you know what Hate Crime is?

10.11am Kay Howells – Mid and South West Wales Community Cohesion Coordinator, Carmarthenshire County Borough Council

10.15am Cindy Ikie – RCC Black Lives Matter Wales Officer | What is a hate crime and what constitutes a Hate Crime?

10.20am Video 2 | Hate Crime Video

10.21am Ali Abdi – RCC Youth BAME Forum lead | Importance of recognising and reporting hate crime and the role of RCC BAME Youth Forum

10.26am Tino Kaseke – Youth Mayor, BCBC | Role within the Youth Council and the impact of Hate Crime

10.31am Video 3 | Hate Crime Video

10.36am Video 4 | Speaking without Prejudice

10.41am Chief Inspector Mark Briers – South Wales Police

10.46am PC Anne Overton – Hate Crime Officer, South Wales Police | Role of Hate Crime Team

10.51am Riaz Hassan – Regional Community Cohesion Coordinator, Swansea County, Borough Council | Community Cohesion programme: how we can support people to increase the reporting of hate crime and the weekly tension monitoring system

10.56am Cllr. Huw David – Bridgend County Borough Council | Bridgend’s response to Hate Crime

11.01am Jessica Rees – Wales Hate Crime Manager, Victim Support Cymru | Reporting and the work of Victim Support in Wales

11.06am Sergeant Mark Watkins, Neath

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