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14 Happy & Blessed Ramadan mojatu .com MUSLIM COMMUNITIES AND HATE CRIME: Communities Inc wins award for faith and hate crime resource   Recent reports from the Home Office show an increase in hate crime of 5% overall and over 45% for faith motivated hate crime over a 12 month period meaning it is the fastest growing category of the 5 nationally monitored strands. The majority of faith based hate crime (50%) is against people who are or are perceived to be Muslim fuelled by misinformation and global stereotypes about ‘extremists’ or ‘terrorists’. This can take the form of vandalism of places of worship, offensive graffiti in public places, circulation of misleading information as well as attacks and abuse aimed at individuals. Faith groups, especially Islamic faith or community organisations, therefore have a key role to play in raising awareness of hate crime as well as providing support to victims and challenging the stereotypes that motivate perpetrators. Faith groups have strong links to their communities, are trusted and have wide networks to bring to this work. Communities Inc. have produced a guide for faith groups and hate crime which is available on our website, see Members of the community and the Police at a recent Communities Inc. event www.communitiesinc.org.uk/communitiesinc-wins-award/ To do this we need to embrace the following:- If you would like further information or are interested becoming a hate crime reporting centre please contact s Enterprise is made up of Nottingham Michael Henry at Communities Inc. Tel: 0115964 8227 Í Email: [email protected] Caribbean and African backgrounds e? ty of women which organises rs on the Menopause and oth- ates women We provide x Show as Marcus Garvey did that Blackness ( Africans ) is a virtue and a source of strength x Take Pride in being of African Caribbean origin and celebrate our contributions and achieve- ments. x will enable women to make Blue Mountain Women Enterprise THE SOMALI WOMEN ORGANISATION WISHES ALL MUSLIMS A HAPPY RAMADAN Foster self respect, self knowledge, and self de- velopment by reclaiming and reasserting our history and heritage. ns about their health and well Castle Cavendish is a development of social and cultural x Encourage in our young people as a part of our regeneration charity awareness that collective responsibility. supports the communities of x Show our youths that we care about African Nottingham, specifically around Caribbean cultural heritage and identity. the Arboretum, Radford, Hyson To join this group of dynamic women and to learn more x Support their fight to defend about their cultural Green, Dunkirk & Lenton areas the and Nottingham group, please Contacts contact the group on [email protected] or call +447944397105. of the city. Remember : Veronica E. Barnes subjection in our history, We have r past frightened of the present nk of the future. In order to regain determine our own destiny we lt to redefine ourselves inde- inant culture which has tried to stence. k star x wareness) We have a beautiful history and tradition as creators of world civilisation teachers of mankind and preservers of humanity. Contact: 07790158615 Veronica E. Barnes [email protected] 07790158615 www.bluemountainwomen.org Blue Mountain Women’s x We are prepared to create a future that will Veronica E. Made Barnes Enterprise: up of astonish the world. 07790158615 women from African- x We see Blue Mountain Women as a fore [email protected] runner towards the creation and fulfilment www.bluemountainwomen.org of Caribbean and African Blue Mountain Women Enterprise our dreams cert and solidarity to banish Address orms of racism and all forms of [email protected] backgrounds where they ion from our society. Meetings held every 3 rd Thursday of the www.bluemountainwomen.org share experiences and Self Help Noƫngham and Noƫnghamshire, month from 6.30 till 8.00pm at our culture fathers knowledge thus enabling Ormiston House, 32-36 Pelham Street, We today meet as at our Self-help Self Help Nottngham and Nottnghamshire, ays of yore. Nottingham &Nottinghamshire them to lead more Noƫngham, Ormiston House, 32-36 Pelham Street, Ormiston House fulfilled lives. Nottngham, NG1 2EG NG1 2EG a power in us, an absolute nd ability to rebuild a new e there are possibilities of and Peace. 32 -36 Pelham Street, Nottingham NG1 2EG