Thread by @MizJama

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At the NEC Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic working group on ‘BAME’ structures, the #GV5 pushed for our Black & Asian Minority Ethnic Labour members to have the final say

Members need to feel included & represented, we’ll update on progress of this point ASAP

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We requested parity on voting places for CLPs & TUs members to the National Black, Asian Minority Ethnic committee.

We pushed for regular equality data capture, to increase the visibility & self organisation of our Black, Asian Minority Ethnic members.

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The plan is to have the inaugural Black, Asian Minority Ethnic conference this year & then every year in or around spring/summer

The Black, Asian Minority Ethnic conference WILL be able to suggest rule changes to the National Conference ✊🏽(similar to the Women’s Conference)

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We’ve finally agreed to ditch the acronym ‘BAME’ & the full title will be used within the new structure.

The #GV5 wanted OMOV (One Member One Vote) for all votes within the new structure, we were unable to reach consensus on this, so we’ll keep you posted on the outcome.

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We raised concerns about ‘BAME Labour’ due to lack of transparency, effectiveness & accountability, which has resulted in a lack of engagement & trust - much more scrutiny is needed.

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We pushed for Black, Asian Minority Ethnic members to be able to vote for the committee members & chair outside of conference - We’ll let you know how this pans out too.

Regional groups are key to building representation & a mapping excercise has been done to help this.

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We pushed for changes to representation of Black, Asian Minority Ethnic members within local government elections following the democracy review & conference agreement.

We received assurances there will be a review after May this year & plan in place in readiness for 2022

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This is just a snapshot

The current NEC Black, Asian Minority Ethnic Rep will update more fully.

If you have any questions feel free to email me (address in my bio)

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