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| Aminul unpacking the issues faced by young Bangladeshis. |
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| Chimmi sharing from a Black British background on the power of networks. |
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| Chine sharing when she realised she was the 'other'. |
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| Usha on growing up as an Indian in Britain and the complexity of being Christian and Indian |
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| All photos on this page were taken by grahambergdahl.com. When I was flyering and knocking on doors for The Forum, one local middle-aged man started ranting and raving about how religious leaders were afraid of one letter of the alphabet: the letter 'y'. I could feel the pain and passion and listened while he shared his experiences and how he had come to this conclusion. He wasn't the only one with such views. In fact, such encounters made it very clear in my mind that The Forum was long overdue and must happen. Well, it did and as I sat on the stage with the panellists, I felt a sense of peace and pride. Peace and pride because, though not a packed room, each person came with an open mind and pride because the questions were well thought of and responded to that it made all the hard work incredibly worthwhile. I'm very much looking forward to the next forum! Anyway, enough from me. Here are a few thought from others:
Well done, it was enjoyable. You're a natural presenter. Benny
Thanks for the invite. It was a great panel and I thoroughly
enjoyed the discussion. Annell
Congrats for today! Pizza was yum! It was good idea for people to
put questions in box in case they're too shy to ask. Vanessa
The Forum was a great event 👍. Well done for organising it so successfully and
thanks for the invite!
Theo
The Forum was very good- well done! Obi
Thanks Ijeoma, I really enjoyed it.
A.F
A massive thank you to the Resource for London,
the selected panel and mostly to Ijeoma Nwaneri for hosting The Forum today. The food was excellent-- the 3
vegetarian pizza slices I had were brilliant. Listening to the [panellists] give their
detailed answer to question[s] put to them was refreshing to hear and other
guests situations and their experiences. Jonathan
I enjoyed it but the time was too
short… Ije was superb she deserves a medal. Connie
Absolutely brilliant! Really enjoyed that.
Challenged some of my views and perceptions. I loved the honest conversation
and general interaction. Refreshments
were awesome and so the childcare and parking provision. Bless you
Ije you will see me for the next one def worth the journey! Lobeh
For those of you who were there, thank you for all your feedback and please do enjoy the photos below. For those of you who missed out, I hope this page will whet your appetite enough to make you want to be there next time. A big thank you to all my helpers without whom The Forum could not have happened! Just one more thing:
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| The Bishop of Stepney |
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| Natalie Collins (the feminist) |
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| Danny Webster (Evangelical) |
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| Not all serious! |
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| Gareth Davies (lobbyist) |
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| Well, children stayed in their very own room. |
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| Conservative candidate |
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| Greens candidate |
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| Socialist candidate |
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| Lib Dem candidate |
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| UKIP candidate |
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| Corbyn! |
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| Corbyn vs the politically-neutral piñata. |
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| The mighty piñata is undefeated! It needed a few of us to bring it down. |
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| The politically neutral lollipop! |
