Karen is the founder and Director of Equanomics-UK, a new initiative to build a UK community led alliance that re-shapes race related policy through an economic lens and analysis. Karen is the Editor of the Equanomics Index, and directs the organisation’s research and public policy. She is also a founder member of the 1990 Trust, where she was the Chief Executive Officer 2000 -2005 and is now a board director. The 1990 Trust is a not for profit third sector charity working on Race Relations in the UK and has just established The Roots Research Institute for community based research on race equality. Selected from 1600 applicants by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust [JRCT], in May 2005, to be one of seven ‘visionaries’ with ideas to change the world, Karen has over three decades of leadership in social movements to eradicate poverty, and inspire race equality and economic justice. Karen’s experience and leadership in social movements includes: • She started work as a volunteer at the then Leicester Community Relations Council and her first job was as a youth worker with Asian girls in Belgrave, Leicester. Karen is a nationally recognised expert on social movements and equality analysis and annually presents over 50 lectures and presentations in universities, the civil service, local government, trade unions, and community organisations. |
‘Don’t ditch the tools to tackle racism’, Operation Black Vote, 11 August 2009
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