After 32 years of calling Stafford home and a decade working to counter extremism, I never imagined I would hear openly racist rhetoric in my own town centre. On a sunny autumn Saturday, calls to “take our town back” gave way to language echoing the infamous white supremacist David Lane’s 14 Words. When did hatred, fuelled by misinformation and fear, become so acceptable in our communities? And whose future are we really trying to protect?
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Walking Together in a Time of Fear
Yesterday evening, I joined a peace and faith walk in Birmingham following the horrific attack in Golders Green. Organised by the Lord Mayor, the walk ended at Singers Hill Synagogue and brought together people of different faiths and none in a shared stand against hatred and division. I was asked to speak and reflected onContinue reading “Walking Together in a Time of Fear”
