Report: Belfast Anti-Racist Meeting Davy Carlin • 18 September 2003 The Belfast anti-racist meeting was held on Sept 17th at the Multi Cultural Resource Centre with several politicians in attendance, including Steven Alexander (Alliance Party press officer) and Alex Maskey (Sinn Fein). A number of leading law firms also attended, including solicitor Padraigin Drinan and other asylum Practitioners from her office, and also a representative from Madden and Finucane Solicitors. Various ethnic minority support groups were in attendance, including that of the Chinese Welfare Association, the Belfast travellers support group, the Multi Cultural Resource Centre and the Black Youth Network. People from support networks such as Extern, as well as other ethnic minority persons, Globalise Resistance and other young persons showed up as well - a welcome addition was the BBC2 Newsnight team. A number of firm proposals came out of the meeting, such as a working group made up of several of the above to set out a mapping - report process. The Chinese Welfare Association said they could facilitate the next meeting at their rooms to be held on Thursday 9th Oct. It was also agreed to draw up a charter for all groups to sign up to and widely circulate within their organisations, communities, trade and student unions etc for eventual publication. A network is now being established via e-mail and phone of all those in attendance with others to be approached in the process of getting support for the charter. A website is also to be looked into with links to all the organisations. Other practical, active and visual proposals are also in the short time ahead to be worked on. For me, I found it very positive and spoke to various organisations afterwards who felt similar. It was also brought up at the meeting that this could be a base for wider initiatives in coming times and much is to be worked on in the weeks ahead. I will inform persons at a later date of the meeting and other ongoing practicalities.                                           Index: Current Articles + Latest News and Views + Book Reviews + Letters + Archives

All censorships exist to prevent any one from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently the first condition of progress is the removal of censorships. - George Bernard Shaw Printer Friendly Index: Current Articles 18 September 2003   Other Articles From This Issue:   Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others Eamon Sweeney   Members of 32CSM and IRPWA Physically Assaulted by RUC/PSNI Andy Martin   Report: Belfast Anti Racist Meeting Davy Carlin   The Shadows Carrie Twomey   DHSS Lives Liam O Ruairc   Freedom and Democracy in Cuba Depend on Support for Dissidents Vaclav Havel, Arpad Göncz, Lech Walesa   Cancun - Whose Setback and Whose Opportunity? Michael Youlton   How Do You Like Your Elections - Fixed and Murky? Toni Solo   Armed Struggle Anthony McIntyre   Republican Sinn Fein commemorates Robert Emmet   • 16 September 2003 •   In The Shadow of Fear Anthony McIntyre   Derry's Disappeared Deaglán Ó Donghaile   Bangers on the Blanket? Kathleen O Halloran   Dialectics of Terror M Shaid Alam   Prison Segregation Republican Prisoners Support Network   Letter to the Chief Constable British Irish Rights Watch   A Jackboot on my Presscard Anthony McIntyre   The Letters Page has been updated.

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