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Abidine Sakande

@abisakande

Former professional cricketer for Leicestershire CCC and Sussex CCC
MSc Environmental Anthropology,
Human Sciences BA
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A worthwhile read: ABC News: Heritier Lumumba stands up to racism in the AFL, finding strength in African history. abc.net.au/news/2020-12-0…

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The expansion of Africa’s Great Green Wall aims to restore 100M hectares of degraded lands in the Sahel by 2030. How Food and Agriculture Organization supports this initiative to combat climate change, desertification & food insecurity👉fao.org/in-action/acti… #ARC32

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Lol no surprises here, Big opportunity to move away from GDP towards wellbeing and sustainability. Can we please bin built-in obsolescence business models forever!! "US and Europe behind majority of global ecological damage, says study" theguardian.com/environment/20…

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Greg Clark MP: Give both parents 6 weeks leave paid at 90% of salary to make parental leave equal for mothers and fathers. - Sign the Petition! chng.it/mpTL2PnX via Change.org UK

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YES!!! Say it LOUDER for those at the back!!! I've been wanting to hear someone say this for such a long time!! Beautifully put!! It is now Africa’s turn to send ‘democracy experts’ to the West aje.io/uquejs via Al Jazeera English

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‘Black Cricket, the College at Haringey and the England and Wales Cricket Board.’ Read Windrush Cricket Michael Collins latest @politicalquarterly.bsky.social article. Ebony-Jewel Rainford-Brent MBE, @chrisgrant14a, Azeem Rafiq, George Dobell. #RacismInCricket #CricketTwitter onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

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I'm doing a half marathon to fundraise for London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Check out my JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you! justgiving.com/fundraising/ab…

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Today, we welcomed back former Fox and PCA Inclusion Champion Abidine Sakande to lead the ‘Learn Before Wicket’ programme. The programme educates players on the skills and knowledge necessary to embrace diversity, exercise inclusivity, & promote equality within cricket. 🏏

Today, we welcomed back former Fox and <a href="/PCA/">PCA</a> Inclusion Champion <a href="/AbiSakande/">Abidine Sakande</a> to lead the ‘Learn Before Wicket’ programme.

The programme educates players on the skills and knowledge necessary to embrace diversity, exercise inclusivity, &amp; promote equality within cricket. 🏏
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3 years today since Mum passed away. Went back to Ardingly y'day to give a talk, & thought about how Mum influenced even my presentation style. Wanted to share her TED talk, worth a listen! I'm grateful my Mum was such a clever and interesting scientist <3 tinyurl.com/3b72af6r

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Learn Before Wicket sessions have been delivered to 7⃣8⃣4⃣ players since the start of 2023 🤝 As well as empowering members & increasing their EDI understanding, inclusion will also lead to better performance 🏏 Learn more 👉 bit.ly/LBWsessions

Learn Before Wicket sessions have been delivered to 7⃣8⃣4⃣ players since the start of 2023 🤝

As well as empowering members &amp; increasing their EDI understanding, inclusion will also lead to better performance 🏏

Learn more 👉 bit.ly/LBWsessions
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Important words from Abidine Sakande on how collaboration is important to create truly inclusive environments 🤝 He was speaking as part of the PPF Inclusion in Sport event 🗣️ #InclusionInSportWeek

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Thanks PCA for this reminder of yesterday’s #InclusionInSportWeek event ft. some of the panellists from across sport Abidine Sakande Jade Popoola Netball Players Association & Ashton Hewitt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇯🇲 Chair the WRPA with lots more films and case studies on our website

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🤔 Ever wondered what happens to the soft plastic that you return to the supermarket for recycling? Well, we've managed to find out. Here’s what we know… 🧵 Environmental Investigation Agency / everydayplastic.org

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This #BlackHistoryMonth we're #CelebratingChangemakers in cricket. Who better to kick off our series than former Sussex & Leicestershire fast bowler Abidine Sakande who uses his on & off pitch experience & role as PCA Inclusion Champion to make a difference #RaisingTheGame #BHM2024

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🔊 Attention changemakers! As if being the 1st female Black England cricketer, a broadcaster & founder of the The ACE Programme Charity wasn’t enough to call Ebony-Jewel Rainford-Brent MBE a changemaker, there are even more ways she’s changing the game! 2nd episode of our #BHM & Beyond series out now ⬇️