Polly Neate guest blogs on being inclusive and using our power and privilege in pursuit of racial justice
This is a guest blog from Polly Neate who is Chief Executive of Shelter Those of us in leadership roles in civil society, who strive for change and stand for social justice, found our lack of action to tackle structural racism exposed and rightly scrutinised in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020. For years, we could and should have been doing more. Alongside others leading civil society organisations, I’m writing this blog following many conversations about racial justice since then. Loose collections of us have come together in various ways to discuss, share and learn together. We have been taking a long hard look at ourselves, our organisations, our sector and the power and responsibility we can use to address systemic racism within the various different roles we hold. Our conversations have centred on a determination to understand the everyday impact of structural racism wherever and however it manifests itself, and to get better at disrupting the st...