Dear allies

The Last Update – the time to say NO

I hope all is well with you. 

The tragic death of Belly Mujinga is now over five years old. She died on 5 April 2020.

We were unable to prove the causation between the white man who coughed mouth-open at her and discharged spittle at her and her contracting a fatal dose of Covid 19. 

Unfortunately, the forensic DNA evidence was lost on the day. The angry white man (believed to be a lawyer, his mother thought to be a House of Lords member) declined to appear at the Coroner’s inquiry. He was very well-connected. He instructed the Queen’s actual Counsel Hugo Keith KC who defended her in the Princess Diana Coroner’s Inquiry. 

Denying that he had Covid 19 he took a test a few days later which he said was negative; but in those days 50% of tests produced false positives. 

The British Transport Police performed a keystone cop interview with the suspect offering him several false evidential aliabis, and deeming him not the sort of gentlemen to assault a black woman. One 6 foot tall male BTP officer told me that Belly did not react in the way he would have if he was spat on. That was typical of their unsympathetic and racist approach. Their new Chief was named in a previous race case. The civil servant who implemented the hostile environment for the Windrush generation was moved to chair the BTP Authority. 

Ultimately, Belly was assaulted by the white man but the BTP took no action.   

Belly’s employer failed to protect her and left her in a hostile working environment. Belly's racist manager ordering her to work outside the office during Covid 19, targeting her, knowing she had a medical condition which put her at risk. Belly racism grievance against that manager continued to be ignored by her employer.

The TSSA union was warned off - well they were so close to management that they only had to be pointed in the right direction. Aside from three brave union reps the TSSA made Belly the problem. Fortunately, as a result of some of our ET claims the corrupt, sexist and we say racist senior management at the TSSA union were forced to step down. 

Ironically, the racist management at the employer remains in place. 

The truth is that Black people are no longer safe at work in Britain. 30% or more will be racially harassed as Belly was at work or by the public this year. 

They are no longer safe in education, in hospitals, in supermarkets, online or offline.  

The far right and Reform UK want to end all protection against racism at work and in society. Andrew Tate’s new party, BRUV, aims to raise his racist misogynistic ideology into power. He aims to be our new Prime Minister. 

Community safety is in peril. Every day their is a real risk that an angry white man (or white women - statistically, as many white women are racist as white men) takes exception to your presence in their space is waning.   

In that context, we must continue to fight back, and to say NO more. 

Accordingly, I am writing to invite you to attend at the “Race, Health and Community Safety” seminar/panel discussion on Friday 25 April 2025 at 2pm-5pm at the University of East London at the Stratford campus.

The current speakers/panel at the event will comprise – 

Ms Hira Ali                        - CEO, Advancing your Potential; Author; Contributing Writer to the Harvard Business Review           

Professor Miranda Brawn –  Non-Executive Director and Chair of People, 

Culture and Education Committee, Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, Non-Executive Director at Evelina London Children's Hospital and Founder/President/CEO of TMBDLF.

Professor Sohier El-Neil  -          NHS whistleblower

Mr Andy George               -    President of the National Black Police Association 

Mr Lee Jasper                   -      Alliance for Police Accountability, CEO and former Deputy Mayor of London, Policy Director for Policing and Equalities             

Mr Roger Kline                  -    Research Fellow at Middlesex University and former Director, NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard: Engagement and Research

Ms Ritika Wadhwa            - Cultural Intelligence l CEO l Founder l Board Member l Board Director (at 5% Club) l Leadership Fellow, Windsor Castle and Trustee

and 

Mr Lawrence Davies           -            CEO/Solicitor at Equal Justice solicitors  

We have also approached several other key figures in the Race, Health and Community Safety sectors and are awaiting their response. 

There will also be some well-known special guests the names of whom will be announced nearer to the event date.

For administrative purposes, if you would like to attend the event please send your reply/RSVP by email to me and copy your email to events@equaljustice.co.uk 

There is no charge to attend the event, but due to capacity and security restrictions, places are limited to 400 guests and all RSVPs/replies must be received (with your full name and contact details) on or by 5pm on Monday 21 April 2025. Please try to reply as soon as you can if you wish to attend because the available places will be processed on a conditional first come, first allocated basis (NB: we do give preference to those who have attended earlier events as continuity and proven commitment is the basis for change). 

Please also note that there is no filming or recording permitted, except with the consent of the host.  

The Dress code is smart casual workwear. 

Although tea and coffee will be available it is strongly recommended that you bring your own bottled water with you.

Once you have received confirmation of the acceptance of your place you will be sent details as to the correct meeting room on the Stratford campus on or by 22 April 2025. You should arrange to arrive at the event by no later than 1.30pm (due to the security process and possible queues). 

For administrative purposes please send your reply/RSVP by email to events@equaljustice.co.uk and confirm in that email your full name, email address and telephone contact number. 

Assuming there are sufficient places left to accommodate your request at the time you make it, and your request to attend is approved, we will then confirm your attendance by email and inform your confirmed attendance details to the University’s admin team and the security team. 

We look forward to hearing from you. 

Best regards,

Lawrence Davies LLM (lawrencedavies@equaljustice.co.uk)