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Ruth Sinhal
@ruthsinhal.bsky.social
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Ex-Primary Teacher on an antiracism journey since the 80s
Founder of Project FREE -Connecting Communities CIC
Leicester Schools Linking Projects Facilitator
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Ruth Sinhal @ruthsinhal.bsky.social · 8d
Does your school actively challenge hate & racism directed towards people seeking asylum?
Join our FREE online event with @amdassu.bsky.social @bradford-scos.bsky.social & Springboard Youth Academy - sharing how to build belonging for all children & families
Register⤵️
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Teachers, how is your school challenging hate and anti- asylum seeker rhetoric?
#edusky
cityofsanctuaryuk.bsky.social City of Sanctuary UK @cityofsanctuaryuk.bsky.social · 6d
The work of building welcome continues.

Whilst this gov cooks up yet more cruel plans - tens of thousands of people are doing something different: creating communities of welcome, support & opportunity.

We do this because we know you cannot strip others of their humanity without losing your own.
November 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
ruthsinhal.bsky.social
Unseal official documents relating to Nottingham's 1958 Race Riots, so academics in #Nottingham can work with the community to restore the true narrative. Other 1958 Race Riot files were released early, exposing extensive police failures & institutional #racism
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
November 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
ruthsinhal.bsky.social
When most British people don’t understand the role Britain played in slavery it’s not surprising reparations are not favoured by them….
Again it’s the role of missing information in our education…
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice
CRC mission will seek to deepen public understanding of Britain’s colonial legacy and its lasting impact
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
ruthsinhal.bsky.social
Does your school actively challenge hate & racism directed towards people seeking asylum?
Join our FREE online event with @amdassu.bsky.social @bradford-scos.bsky.social & Springboard Youth Academy - sharing how to build belonging for all children & families
Register⤵️
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
ruthsinhal.bsky.social
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...
November 2, 2025 at 12:27 PM
ruthsinhal.bsky.social
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...
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
ruthsinhal.bsky.social
Signed up and looking forward to this!
educatorsforpeace.bsky.social Educators for Peace @educatorsforpeace.bsky.social · Oct 13
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
ruthsinhal.bsky.social
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 ⬇️
ruthsinhal.bsky.social Ruth Sinhal @ruthsinhal.bsky.social · Oct 10
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...
October 11, 2025 at 7:54 AM
ruthsinhal.bsky.social
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
ruthsinhal.bsky.social
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...
October 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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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.”
October 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
ruthsinhal.bsky.social
Whose values are they anyway?
#BritishValues #Belonging #edusky
October 10, 2025 at 7:50 AM
ruthsinhal.bsky.social
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!
September 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Reposted by Ruth Sinhal
thelinkingnetwork.bsky.social
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...
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...
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September 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Reposted by Ruth Sinhal
zackpolanski.bsky.social
“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...
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
ruthsinhal.bsky.social
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
September 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM
ruthsinhal.bsky.social
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.”
August 28, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Reposted by Ruth Sinhal
bdsmovement.bsky.social
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
ruthsinhal.bsky.social
What will it take for the world’s sporting bodies to ban Israel from international competitions and events?
August 28, 2025 at 11:39 AM
ruthsinhal.bsky.social
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...
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
ruthsinhal.bsky.social
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...
August 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
ruthsinhal.bsky.social
“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.”
August 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Reposted by Ruth Sinhal
gmtguk.bsky.social
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
August 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
ruthsinhal.bsky.social
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...
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
ruthsinhal.bsky.social
‘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...
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