Ruth Sinhal
@ruthsinhal.bsky.social
Ex-Primary Teacher on an antiracism journey since the 80s
Founder of Project FREE -Connecting Communities CIC
Leicester Schools Linking Projects Facilitator
Founder of Project FREE -Connecting Communities CIC
Leicester Schools Linking Projects Facilitator
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Ruth Sinhal
@ruthsinhal.bsky.social
· Nov 15
I’m an ex teacher who realises the potential schools have for transformational social change
Thro my recently established C.I.C www.projectfree.co.uk I deliver FREE educational resources, events & programmes to address our mission, including #SchoolsLinking & online educator CPD sessions
Thro my recently established C.I.C www.projectfree.co.uk I deliver FREE educational resources, events & programmes to address our mission, including #SchoolsLinking & online educator CPD sessions
FREE online event for #IslamophobiaAwarenessMonth open to all looking to #FlipTheScript & challenge racist, dangerous rhetoric too commonly platformed against Muslims
Be proactive in your classroom & be part of the push-back
UK 🕔 with break for Maghrib
Sign up www.projectfree.co.uk/learning-eve...
Be proactive in your classroom & be part of the push-back
UK 🕔 with break for Maghrib
Sign up www.projectfree.co.uk/learning-eve...
November 2, 2025 at 12:27 PM
FREE online event for #IslamophobiaAwarenessMonth open to all looking to #FlipTheScript & challenge racist, dangerous rhetoric too commonly platformed against Muslims
Be proactive in your classroom & be part of the push-back
UK 🕔 with break for Maghrib
Sign up www.projectfree.co.uk/learning-eve...
Be proactive in your classroom & be part of the push-back
UK 🕔 with break for Maghrib
Sign up www.projectfree.co.uk/learning-eve...
Unseal docs relating to #Nottingham Race Riots, so academics&community can restore the true narrative.
Notting Hill's 1958 Race Riot files were released early, exposing extensive police failures & institutional racism
Nottingham’s were sealed for 100 years!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Notting Hill's 1958 Race Riot files were released early, exposing extensive police failures & institutional racism
Nottingham’s were sealed for 100 years!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Release the official court records relating to the Nottingham Race Riots of 1958
Unseal the official documents relating to Nottingham's Race Riots, so that academics in Nottingham can work with the community to restore the true narrative. Notting Hill's 1958 Race Riot files were r...
petition.parliament.uk
October 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Unseal docs relating to #Nottingham Race Riots, so academics&community can restore the true narrative.
Notting Hill's 1958 Race Riot files were released early, exposing extensive police failures & institutional racism
Nottingham’s were sealed for 100 years!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Notting Hill's 1958 Race Riot files were released early, exposing extensive police failures & institutional racism
Nottingham’s were sealed for 100 years!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Signed up and looking forward to this!
For our next webinar we are delighted to also be joined by Professor Emeritus Henry Maitles, who will talk as through how educators can navigate complex topics in the classroom - from Nazism to apartheid and genocide. Sign up now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/education-...
October 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Signed up and looking forward to this!
Muslims have been part of our communities, all across the UK, for centuries. Our 3 speakers will share aspects of this history from #Wales #Scotland and #NorthernIreland
#FlipTheScript
Details in the sign up form ⬇️
#FlipTheScript
Details in the sign up form ⬇️
If you are an educator looking for ways to address #Islamophobia then this FREE online event in Project FREE’s #ChangingTheNarrative series is a great opportunity to explore Hidden Histories of Muslims in The UK.
Sign up and more info in this link
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Sign up and more info in this link
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October 11, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Muslims have been part of our communities, all across the UK, for centuries. Our 3 speakers will share aspects of this history from #Wales #Scotland and #NorthernIreland
#FlipTheScript
Details in the sign up form ⬇️
#FlipTheScript
Details in the sign up form ⬇️
Project FREE’s recent online event “Education as Resistance” was an opportunity for educators to explore how to resist traditional teaching practices, ditch deficit thinking, develop anti-racist practice, & build learner-led, collaborative spaces centring unconditional support & care.
October 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Project FREE’s recent online event “Education as Resistance” was an opportunity for educators to explore how to resist traditional teaching practices, ditch deficit thinking, develop anti-racist practice, & build learner-led, collaborative spaces centring unconditional support & care.
If you are an educator looking for ways to address #Islamophobia then this FREE online event in Project FREE’s #ChangingTheNarrative series is a great opportunity to explore Hidden Histories of Muslims in The UK.
Sign up and more info in this link
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Sign up and more info in this link
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
If you are an educator looking for ways to address #Islamophobia then this FREE online event in Project FREE’s #ChangingTheNarrative series is a great opportunity to explore Hidden Histories of Muslims in The UK.
Sign up and more info in this link
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Sign up and more info in this link
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Understanding how ( a child’s) heritage is woven into our national story makes it easy to see why representation matters – and how recognising it can transform a pupil’s sense of #belonging.”
Today's Belonging Effect (formerly Diverse Educators) blog is by Yasmina Koné
Celebrating ESEA Heritage Month: Building belonging for every student – and why it matters right now
www.thebelongingeffect.co.uk/celebrating-...
#Diversity #Equity #Inclusion #Belonging
Celebrating ESEA Heritage Month: Building belonging for every student – and why it matters right now
www.thebelongingeffect.co.uk/celebrating-...
#Diversity #Equity #Inclusion #Belonging
Celebrating ESEA Heritage Month: Building belonging for every student – and why it matters right now | Belonging Effect
Schools that invest in belonging are investing in better outcomes both in and outside the classroom...
www.thebelongingeffect.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Understanding how ( a child’s) heritage is woven into our national story makes it easy to see why representation matters – and how recognising it can transform a pupil’s sense of #belonging.”
Today's Belonging Effect (formerly Diverse Educators) blog is a provocation by one of our associates, Adrian McLean
Whose Values Are They Anyway?
www.thebelongingeffect.co.uk/whose-values...
#Diversity #Equity #Inclusion #Belonging
Whose Values Are They Anyway?
www.thebelongingeffect.co.uk/whose-values...
#Diversity #Equity #Inclusion #Belonging
Whose Values Are They Anyway? | Belonging Effect
The dare is this: stop treating values as safe branding. Start treating them as dangerous commitments.
www.thebelongingeffect.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 7:50 AM
As Assata Shakur said “No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that that knowledge will help set you free.”
But @zinnedproject.bsky.social sure will try!
But @zinnedproject.bsky.social sure will try!
#tdih 1919 #RedSummer Black sharecroppers met in Elaine, Arkansas to organize for fair pay for cotton.
More than 100 of them were massacred by a white mob.
Twelve Black men were sentenced to death for "riots." #Terrorism #TeachOutsideTextbook 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/el...
More than 100 of them were massacred by a white mob.
Twelve Black men were sentenced to death for "riots." #Terrorism #TeachOutsideTextbook 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/el...
Sept. 30, 1919: Elaine Massacre
Black farmers were massacred in Elaine, Arkansas for their efforts to fight for better pay and higher cotton prices. A white mob shot at them, and the farmers returned fire in self-defense. Estimates ...
www.zinnedproject.org
September 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
As Assata Shakur said “No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that that knowledge will help set you free.”
But @zinnedproject.bsky.social sure will try!
But @zinnedproject.bsky.social sure will try!
Reposted by Ruth Sinhal
Are you a Secondary teacher in the UK, responsible for #SMSC #PSHE #Citizenship or #PersonalDevelopment?
If so, you are invited to join our National SMSC Leaders Network. We meet online once a term & provide space to discuss SMSC Leadership & teaching
Find out more
www.linkedin.com/posts/thelin...
If so, you are invited to join our National SMSC Leaders Network. We meet online once a term & provide space to discuss SMSC Leadership & teaching
Find out more
www.linkedin.com/posts/thelin...
Leading SMSC - The Linking Network | The Linking Network
Are you a Secondary teacher, based anywhere in the UK, with responsibility for #SMSC #PSHE #Citizenship or #PersonalDevelopment?
If so, you are invited to join The Linking Network's National SMSC Lea...
www.linkedin.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Are you a Secondary teacher in the UK, responsible for #SMSC #PSHE #Citizenship or #PersonalDevelopment?
If so, you are invited to join our National SMSC Leaders Network. We meet online once a term & provide space to discuss SMSC Leadership & teaching
Find out more
www.linkedin.com/posts/thelin...
If so, you are invited to join our National SMSC Leaders Network. We meet online once a term & provide space to discuss SMSC Leadership & teaching
Find out more
www.linkedin.com/posts/thelin...
Reposted by Ruth Sinhal
“Let’s call it for what it is: bullshit. The truth is, politicians have talked about little else but immigration for decades and in the most dehumanising ways.
Polanski added: “Stop the boats’ is all we hear. Well, today I'm saying ‘stop the bullshit’.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Polanski added: “Stop the boats’ is all we hear. Well, today I'm saying ‘stop the bullshit’.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
UK faces ‘battle for the soul’ of the country, says Starmer amid Reform threat
In a rallying cry to progressives around the world, the Prime Minister said allies must stop the ‘politics of predatory grievance’.
www.independent.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“Let’s call it for what it is: bullshit. The truth is, politicians have talked about little else but immigration for decades and in the most dehumanising ways.
Polanski added: “Stop the boats’ is all we hear. Well, today I'm saying ‘stop the bullshit’.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Polanski added: “Stop the boats’ is all we hear. Well, today I'm saying ‘stop the bullshit’.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Are you a UK educator keen to share the histories of #Windrush? This Sunday Sept 7th, join a FREE online workshop that will leave you in no doubt why this is necessary in your classroom
#education #racism #antiracism #history #BritishHistory #BlackHistory
#education #racism #antiracism #history #BritishHistory #BlackHistory
September 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Are you a UK educator keen to share the histories of #Windrush? This Sunday Sept 7th, join a FREE online workshop that will leave you in no doubt why this is necessary in your classroom
#education #racism #antiracism #history #BritishHistory #BlackHistory
#education #racism #antiracism #history #BritishHistory #BlackHistory
In Pedagogy Of The Oppressed, Friere writes: “Education (is )the ‘practice of freedom’, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world.”
A brilliant article and much needed reminder for me this week in finding hope!
Why teachers must lead the fight against rising hate in our communities
I ATTENDED the Stand Up To Racism counter-demonstration at the Cladhan Hotel in Falkirk a week past on Saturday, wearing a number of “hats”.
www.thenational.scot
August 28, 2025 at 11:56 AM
In Pedagogy Of The Oppressed, Friere writes: “Education (is )the ‘practice of freedom’, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world.”
Reposted by Ruth Sinhal
Palestinian civil society calls for an immediate build-up to a Weekend of Global Disruption between 18 – 21 September against complicity in Israel's genocide against Palestinians. #DisruptComplicity
August 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Palestinian civil society calls for an immediate build-up to a Weekend of Global Disruption between 18 – 21 September against complicity in Israel's genocide against Palestinians. #DisruptComplicity
What will it take for the world’s sporting bodies to ban Israel from international competitions and events?
Israel kills Palestinian athlete as he looks for aid in southern Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-kills-palestinian-running-champion-while-seeking-aid-south-gaza
Israel kills Palestinian athlete as he looks for aid in southern Gaza
Over 774 Palestinian sportspeople have been killed during Israel's nearly two-year long genocide
www.middleeasteye.net
August 28, 2025 at 11:39 AM
What will it take for the world’s sporting bodies to ban Israel from international competitions and events?
So many incidents of children & young adults committing violent #racist attacks in UK that EVERY school needs serious conversations about where they sit in this climate of #racism & what they’ll do to challenge it & protect students & families
Resources here ⬇️
www.bameednetwork.com/racism-in-so...
Resources here ⬇️
www.bameednetwork.com/racism-in-so...
Racism in society – Resources for schools
Racism in Society Together with a range of partners, we have gathered a set of resources to support schools to address racism in the classroom and begin their anti-racist journeys. Colleagues at th…
www.bameednetwork.com
August 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
So many incidents of children & young adults committing violent #racist attacks in UK that EVERY school needs serious conversations about where they sit in this climate of #racism & what they’ll do to challenge it & protect students & families
Resources here ⬇️
www.bameednetwork.com/racism-in-so...
Resources here ⬇️
www.bameednetwork.com/racism-in-so...
As we approach the end of another summer of Far-Right violence, many children will return to school with trauma, fear or anger.
Educators can help pupils & families by talking about this
#SchoolsLinking helps to start these conversations & disrupt division
www.projectfree.co.uk/linking-proj...
Educators can help pupils & families by talking about this
#SchoolsLinking helps to start these conversations & disrupt division
www.projectfree.co.uk/linking-proj...
August 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
As we approach the end of another summer of Far-Right violence, many children will return to school with trauma, fear or anger.
Educators can help pupils & families by talking about this
#SchoolsLinking helps to start these conversations & disrupt division
www.projectfree.co.uk/linking-proj...
Educators can help pupils & families by talking about this
#SchoolsLinking helps to start these conversations & disrupt division
www.projectfree.co.uk/linking-proj...
“We must not let fear dictate our practice. Our role as educators is…to illuminate;to help young people understand the world they live in, along with its complexity, histories & systems of power & to equip them to imagine & build something better. That’s not activism. That’s education at its best.”
Strength of purpose in education, rather than timidity, is needed to craft the best possible schools | Nuzhat Uthmani
@nuthmani.bsky.social
@nuthmani.bsky.social
Education is not neutral: it’s time to stop pretending
Strength of purpose in education, rather than timidity, is needed to craft the best possible schools
bylines.scot
August 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
“We must not let fear dictate our practice. Our role as educators is…to illuminate;to help young people understand the world they live in, along with its complexity, histories & systems of power & to equip them to imagine & build something better. That’s not activism. That’s education at its best.”
Reposted by Ruth Sinhal
The Global Sumud Flotilla is a coordinated civilian fleet sailing to Gaza in August 2025 to break the illegal siege and demand an end to genocide.
#SailToGaza #GlobalSumudFlotilla #BreakTheSiege #GlobalMovementToGaza
#SailToGaza #GlobalSumudFlotilla #BreakTheSiege #GlobalMovementToGaza
August 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The Global Sumud Flotilla is a coordinated civilian fleet sailing to Gaza in August 2025 to break the illegal siege and demand an end to genocide.
#SailToGaza #GlobalSumudFlotilla #BreakTheSiege #GlobalMovementToGaza
#SailToGaza #GlobalSumudFlotilla #BreakTheSiege #GlobalMovementToGaza
This @beranews.bsky.social
blog post by Nadia Talukder urges
stakeholders in education of children & teachers to listen, reflect & actively try harder to build accessible spaces for antiracist dialogue with openness to learn, even if what is learned is uncomfortable.
www.bera.ac.uk/blog/antirac...
blog post by Nadia Talukder urges
stakeholders in education of children & teachers to listen, reflect & actively try harder to build accessible spaces for antiracist dialogue with openness to learn, even if what is learned is uncomfortable.
www.bera.ac.uk/blog/antirac...
Antiracist multicultural education for White children, teachers and parents too!
The purpose of this blog post is to highlight why it is imperative for White children, trainee teachers, educators and parents to have access to and engage with an antiracist multicultural...
www.bera.ac.uk
August 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This @beranews.bsky.social
blog post by Nadia Talukder urges
stakeholders in education of children & teachers to listen, reflect & actively try harder to build accessible spaces for antiracist dialogue with openness to learn, even if what is learned is uncomfortable.
www.bera.ac.uk/blog/antirac...
blog post by Nadia Talukder urges
stakeholders in education of children & teachers to listen, reflect & actively try harder to build accessible spaces for antiracist dialogue with openness to learn, even if what is learned is uncomfortable.
www.bera.ac.uk/blog/antirac...
‘The narrative of a “post-racial society” grounded in #BritishValues that had long been voiced by the media and politicians, was exposed as being no more than a facade.’
www.bera.ac.uk/blog/disrupt...
www.bera.ac.uk/blog/disrupt...
Disrupting disinformation: How ‘Schools Linking’ reduces vulnerability to divisive narratives
Racist, Islamophobic violence terrorised citizens in around 27 UK locations during the race riots of August 2024. Reports of well-known far-right figures encouraging involvement, coupled with...
www.bera.ac.uk
August 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
‘The narrative of a “post-racial society” grounded in #BritishValues that had long been voiced by the media and politicians, was exposed as being no more than a facade.’
www.bera.ac.uk/blog/disrupt...
www.bera.ac.uk/blog/disrupt...
Qn for UK teachers #edusky
How do you honestly teach what #BritishValues are, to young people who are witnessing a genocide enabled by our Govt, restrictions on protest, over-reach of Terrorism Laws, racist Islamophobic mobs on our streets & rhetoric in our media & extreme levels of poverty?
How do you honestly teach what #BritishValues are, to young people who are witnessing a genocide enabled by our Govt, restrictions on protest, over-reach of Terrorism Laws, racist Islamophobic mobs on our streets & rhetoric in our media & extreme levels of poverty?
August 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Qn for UK teachers #edusky
How do you honestly teach what #BritishValues are, to young people who are witnessing a genocide enabled by our Govt, restrictions on protest, over-reach of Terrorism Laws, racist Islamophobic mobs on our streets & rhetoric in our media & extreme levels of poverty?
How do you honestly teach what #BritishValues are, to young people who are witnessing a genocide enabled by our Govt, restrictions on protest, over-reach of Terrorism Laws, racist Islamophobic mobs on our streets & rhetoric in our media & extreme levels of poverty?
Reposted by Ruth Sinhal
Community on hunger strike over the murder of Awdah Hathaleen by far-right Zionist
Illegal Israeli settler Yinon Levi murdered unarmed father and teacher Awdah Muhammad Khalil Al-Hathaleen last week - and he's still walking free
www.thecanary.co/global/world...
Illegal Israeli settler Yinon Levi murdered unarmed father and teacher Awdah Muhammad Khalil Al-Hathaleen last week - and he's still walking free
www.thecanary.co/global/world...
Community on hunger strike over the murder of Awdah Hathaleen by far-right Zionist
Illegal Israeli settler Yinon Levi murdered unarmed father and teacher Awdah Muhammad Khalil Al-Hathaleen last week
www.thecanary.co
August 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Community on hunger strike over the murder of Awdah Hathaleen by far-right Zionist
Illegal Israeli settler Yinon Levi murdered unarmed father and teacher Awdah Muhammad Khalil Al-Hathaleen last week - and he's still walking free
www.thecanary.co/global/world...
Illegal Israeli settler Yinon Levi murdered unarmed father and teacher Awdah Muhammad Khalil Al-Hathaleen last week - and he's still walking free
www.thecanary.co/global/world...
UK RIOTS ⚠️ I added my name to STOP THE HATE with @dotwuk.bsky.social, will you? 💙 Sign the petition
petition.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk/page/175492/...
petition.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk/page/175492/...
PETITION Say NO to the UK riots
Violence towards people seeking asylum happens all too often. Doctors of the World respond to the health crises affecting people in asylum accommodation, now targeted by far-right protests.
petition.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk
August 4, 2025 at 11:33 PM
UK RIOTS ⚠️ I added my name to STOP THE HATE with @dotwuk.bsky.social, will you? 💙 Sign the petition
petition.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk/page/175492/...
petition.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk/page/175492/...
Both B’Tselem and PHR said Israel’s western allies were enabling the genocidal campaign, and shared responsibility for suffering in Gaza. “It couldn’t happen without the support of the western world,” Novak said. “Any leader that is not doing whatever they can to stop it is part of this horror.”
"Two leading human rights organisations based in Israel, B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights, say Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and the country’s western allies have a legal and moral duty to stop it."
#SocialJustice
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
#SocialJustice
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Israel committing genocide in Gaza, say Israel-based human rights groups
Reports of detailing killing of children and elderly, forced displacement and starvation likely to add to pressure for action
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Both B’Tselem and PHR said Israel’s western allies were enabling the genocidal campaign, and shared responsibility for suffering in Gaza. “It couldn’t happen without the support of the western world,” Novak said. “Any leader that is not doing whatever they can to stop it is part of this horror.”