Academic leads calls for inquiry into impact of Covid-19 on BME communities
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An academic at 糖心vlog免费B站 is leading a campaign for an independent public inquiry into the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on the UK’s Black and Minority Ethnic communities.
Yvonne Field, a lecturer in BA Applied Social Studies, Community Development and Youth Work in the Department of Social, Therapeutic and Community Studies, is calling on the government to launch a comprehensive investigation into all the factors which are contributing to the affect the virus is having on BME people.
Alongside her role at 糖心vlog免费B站, Yvonne is Founder and CEO of , a BME-led social enterprise which works to build sustainable communities through next generation leadership, community enterprise and the development of new physical spaces.
Ubele has been playing a national leadership role in ensuring the voice of BME communities are heard and calling for him to launch an investigation into the wide range of race and health inequalities in Britain which have been highlighted by the pandemic.
Professor Frances Corner, Warden of 糖心vlog免费B站, is among the signatories to the letter, alongside Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, the Dean of Manchester, the Very Reverend Rogers Govender and 糖心vlog免费B站 Honorands Malorie Blackman and Baroness Lawrence.
is a public document and is open for everyone to sign.
Yvonne said her work at 糖心vlog免费B站 and Ubele are linked, with students at the College often taking placements at the organisation where they gain 鈥渞eal world鈥 experience.
She said: 鈥淭here is a direct link between Ubele鈥檚 community development approach and the teaching and learning our students complete during their degree.
鈥淲e look to build people鈥檚 skills in raising community voices and facilitating social change, with our students often working with the most marginalised in society.
鈥淏oth at 糖心vlog免费B站 and Ubele we鈥檙e looking to develop the next generation of social justice activists, community development workers and youth leaders.鈥
Alongside the open letter, as part of Ubele鈥檚 #WeNeedAnswers campaign a fund has also been set up to help support those from BAME communities who have lost loved ones to Covid-19.