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Details: Last Updated: 24 September 2020

Responding to reports of racism in Rose Hill

11.30 am Saturday 26th September.

We have been alerted to several incidents of racism, including abusing an Asian man as a "terrorist" and the ongoing intimidation a Nepalese family, and others, including threats of violence. Reports are that this has gone on for months and police continue to fail to act. The incidents have been carried out by the same group of young people. We want to show solidarity with those effected and mobilise a community response. We are looking for volunteers to help leaflet on the estate this Saturday to invite people to a meeting to plan a response, and send out a message that racism will not go unchallenged. Email if you can help.

Oxford Stand Up To Racism Organising Forum

7 PM Monday 28th September

Open organising forum for anyone in Oxfordshire who wants to help Stand Up To Racism build a mass movement against racism and fascism. We'll also be discusing our response to events in Rose Hill. Zoom Meeting ID: 811 4982 4549 Passcode: 229459

International Conference - Black Lives Matter - No to Trump & Johnson's Racist Offensive

11AM - 5 PM Saturday 17th October

More details, speakers & themes to follow

Oxford Stand Up To Racism is calling on Oxfordshire CCG to adopt the Safe Surgeries scheme to ensure everyone in the community can access a GP

Oxford Stand Up To Racism has written to trade unions, anti-racist, community, and pro-migrant groups asking them to support an open letter to Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group calling on them to adopt the Safe Surgeries scheme. Organisations and individuals can add their name to the letter below using this link. You can find out more about Safe Surgeries here.

Dear Dr Kent

Please accept this email as a formal request from the signatory campaign groups to Oxfordshire CCG to support the implementation of the Doctor's of the World "Safe Surgeries" scheme across Oxfordshire's GP practices.

Safe Surgeries is a network of GP practices committed to tackling barriers preventing access to primary care, and to promoting the health of everyone in their community – regardless of their nationality or immigration status. This could include pregnant women, survivors of trafficking, and people who have fled war. At a minimum, this means practices declaring themselves a ‘Safe Surgery’ for everyone and ensuring that lack of ID or proof of address, immigration status or language are not barriers to patient registration.

We believe the adoption of Safe Surgeries would help to counter the health inequalities and institutional racism highlighted in numerous reports and most recently expressed by the Black Lives Matter movement.

We hope that Oxfordshire CCG welcomes this opportunity to contribute to ensuring that no-one in Oxfordshire is excluded from GP services.

Signed:

Oxford Stand Up To Racism

Oxfordshire UNISON Health Branch

Oxford Against Immigration Detention

East Oxford Community Association

Oxford Living Wage Campaign

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