Pearson Releases Race & Ethnicity Editorial Guidelines

 Pearson today released editorial guidelines that will advance the company’s commitment to fighting systemic racism in education. The guidelines will serve as a resource to help content developers — including authors, reviewers and editors.

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Charity gives Churches £130,000 to supply computers to vulnerable children

Leading disaster relief agency Samaritan’s Purse have procured 130,000 worth of laptops and tablets to help meet the new and equally pressing needs of children learning in challenging circumstances.

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Thy Kingdom Come global prayer movement plans virtual launch event

The organisers of an ecumenical prayer movement for evangelisation, uniting Christians in nearly 90% of countries worldwide from the Ascension to Pentecost, will host a virtual launch event to unveil plans for this year, on Tuesday 9th March.

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What it means to be a black Christian woman in the UK

Chine McDonald’s book explores what it means to be black and a woman in majority white spaces where black women are
silently exiting the church, no longer able to tolerate casual racism, colonialist narratives and lack of urgency on issues of racial justice.

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Committees to question Government on Black history in the curriculum

Two Committees will question Education Minister Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP on Black history and cultural diversity in the national curriculum, after hundreds of thousands of people signed petitions on this issue.

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Mahmoud Hussein: A Salute to Courage – By Martins Agbonlahor

Aljazeera’s journalist, Mahmoud Hussein, was released two weeks ago in a move that had been completely unexpected – not because there was evidence for his incarceration – in fact, there was not even a shred of it nor was there a scintilla of proof to justify the harsh treatment he had received, but because he had been jailed cruelly and unjustly for years.

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