Safety Beyond Policing, Censorship and Surveillance
A conversation between:
Temi Mwale
Adam Elliot-Cooper
Franklyn Addo
Rebekah Delsol
27/10/2023
19:00-21:00
ICF @ Block 336
336 Brixton Road
London SW9 7AA
Description
In this panel discussion between Temi Mwale, Adam Elliott-Cooper, Franklyn Addo and Rebekah Delsol, speakers will explore the topic of police murder and brutality, state censorship, surveillance and community resistance against these powers. This discussion will cover the community-led resistance and organising that is already taking place, as well as future strategies to move towards abolition, community safety and healing.
This event will be BSL interpreted.
Biographies
Adam Elliott-Cooper is a lecturer and author of Black Resistance to British Policing. He sits on the board of The Monitoring Group.
Dr Rebekah Delsol is Healing Justice Ldn’s Executive Co-Director with a focus on strategy. She has worked for 20 years on anti-discrimination and racial justice issues, focused on building community and civil society capacity to challenge racial profiling, and changing structures and cultures in police institutions globally. Rebekah managed the Open Society Justice Initiatives’ Fair and Effective Policing (FEP) project, working to improve police relations with diverse communities through dialogue, research, litigation and advocacy.
Temi Mwale is a racial justice campaigner who is committed to dismantling the prison-industrial complex and building approaches to address conflict and harm that prioritise healing and centre empowerment. She is the founder of the 4Front Project, a member-led youth organisation that supports people to reimagine peace and justice – bringing healing to the forefront for young people who have experienced trauma, violence and racial injustice.
Franklyn Addo is an artist, community advocate and writer from Hackney. Apart from leveraging arts and culture to engage with young people in spaces like schools and prisons, another stream of his community work of recent has been challenging the misuse of rap lyrics as evidence in criminal court cases. Franklyn has authored articles such as “Resisting the criminalisation of Rap” published by Cambridge University Press in a special issue of the ‘Popular Music’ Journal, while his non-fiction debut “A Quick Ting on Grime” is forthcoming on Jacaranda Books.
