A thread - Now is the time to please check in on your Black, Brown and minority friends, family, neighbours and colleagues. In many parts of the country, they don’t feel safe.🧵

Right-wing politicians and media outlets scapegoat migrants for the consequences of their favoured austerity policies: crumbling public services, rising NHS waiting lists, struggles with school places. These riots show what can happen when they aren't called out on their lies.

Was amazing to be at the launch of Colours of Newham last night. ZABOU beautifully captured Jimi Hendrix and Newham’s rich culture and history.

A brilliant bronze for our women's 4x400m relay team! 🥉🇬🇧 Including West Ham’s own Victoria Ohuruogu! 🥉 Congratulations! 🎉 #TeamGB #Paris2024 #Olympics2024Paris #Newham #WestHam #WestHamAndBeckton

🧵🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ an amazing turnout at sunny & glorious UK BLACK PRIDE 🌟 With the phenomenal Phyll Opoku-Gyimah (Dr Lady Phyll) at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park UK Black Pride reflects Newham London 💙 commitment to support the rich diversity in Newham, where people should be able to love freely and be free from hate. 🫶🏽

Celebrations are in full swing at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park for UK BLACK PRIDE 🎉. Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz OBE and Phyll Opoku-Gyimah (Dr Lady Phyll) are all here, participating in the fun activities and enjoying bold performances, workshops, and stalls with the community 📷.

On this beautiful sunny day, Newham Labour Group friends have gathered together in the Keir Hardie park Newham London 💙 .We have enjoyed lots of delicious homemade food with lovely music.🌹❤️

📣 READ:What’s coming up in Newham London 💙 ➡️ Plans to re-profile 24/25 Budget because of rising homelessness 🏘️ ➡️ Back to School 🏫 Attendance campaign ➡️ Improving Forest Lane Park🌿🐞 ➡️ Greenwich + Docklands International Festival World Kiosk🎧 & Chai ☕️ at Queen’s Market🌟 📲tinyurl.com/2bahh4fd

It was lovely to join the Friends of Chandos Gardens and local residents at the annual sports day yesterday with carolyn corben ☀️ Looking forward to more community gatherings in the upcoming holiday season!

Today we are introducing major legislation to crack down on water bosses polluting Britain’s rivers, lakes and seas. This is an issue I know people in Peckham care deeply about. We will: ✅ Bring criminal charges against persistent lawbreakers, including imprisonment ✅ Ban

Huge congratulations to Stratford and Bow’s newest Labour Councillor, the brilliant Abdi Mohamed 🌹 Bow born and raised, he’ll be a strong local voice for residents on the council, standing up for them and fighting for better services for all. Massive well done Tower Hamlets Labour Group 🎉

An amazing maiden speech by Melanie Onovo on social cohesion, community resilience and the racial inequality. Thank you so much for your speech tonight!

Brilliant & passionate maiden speech by Maryland ward Cllr Melanie Onovo 👏🏽 Speaking powerfully about the impact on ethnic minorities in the UK of the far right riots over the summer. Here in Newham we address systemic poverty & inequality to challenge exploitative politics.

Cllr Shaban Mohammed CTN Ward Melanie Onovo Councillor Blossom Young makes her maiden speech at Full Council 😀

Currently at today’s Full Council meeting. Tune in 🎥: youtube.com/live/TXp9Fia4N…

Thank you so much John! I’m glad to have had the opportunity to highlight some of the most pertinent issues facing Newham and our joint effort and strategy in solidifying community resilience 🙌🏾

Today has been a very good day! And now I can call DAVID my husband 💍

📚Excited to announce a special event featuring Aamna Mohdin & Kimberly McIntosh discussing their powerful books Scattered and Black Girl, No Magic! As they unpack themes of identity, displacement & justice 📅Fri Oct 4 🕖7-9PM 📍Old Town Hall Stratford 🔗newhamblackhistory.org

Wonderful supportive words from our Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz OBE. She knows it's wrong that children won't eat well tonight due to inadequate home office and local authority accommodation. Join her, and us insisting on better for #allourchildren. themagpieproject.org/hope-for-a-hom…

My Council has a waiting list of 37,000 and 6,000 in TA. People are living in desperate conditions. So you must come from a place of immense privilege to say that, despite all the evidence to the contrary, adding more supply will not have an impact.