Rainbow News Issue 1 Rainbow News is published and promoted by members of the ethnic minority community who support David Miliband as the next leader of the Labour Party.

COMMUNITY TRAINING SCHEME LAUNCHED At an event in London last weekend, David set out his vision for the Who’s supporting David future of the Party. He highlighted a number of commitments. If elected leader, he will: 1. Lead with Action, not words: offering training for 1000 party members Claude Moraes MEP, Deputy Leader, EPLP as community organisers Mark Hendrick MP, Preston 2. Give a voice for Labour Councillors in the Shadow Cabinet Virendra Sharma MP, Ealing Southall 3. Return democracy to the Party starting with an elected Party Chair Anas Sarwar MP, Glasgow Central 4. Double Labour Party membership Valerie Vaz MP, Walsall South 5. Defend the Union Link and recruit trade unionists to Labour Yasmin Qureshi MP, Bolton South East David believes we have to reach back to move forward – in other Cllr Muhammad Afzal, Birmingham words, we have to rediscover our radical organising tradition in order to Sen Kandiah, Tamils for Labour build a movement for the future. David thinks that the foundation for Azhar Ali, North West winning the next General Election is to rebuild the Labour movement as Sonny Leong, Chinese for Labour a organising, campaigning 'movement for change' – open, reaching out Dr. Joe Ukemenam, London to local communities, more democratic. Ibrahim Dogus, Kurds for Labour To that end, David has pledged to use his campaign to train 1000 mem - Cllr Neeraj Patil, Lambeth bers as community organisers and, if he becomes leader, he will sup - Cllr Ohid Ahmed, Tower Hamlets port an elected Labour Party Chair, voted for by you as a democratic Cllr Terry Paul, Newham voice for Party members in the cabinet. You can find more details of Cllr. Gurdial Singh Atwal, Birmingham David’s vision and sign up for community organising training at on his Cllr Milkinder Jaspal, Wolverhampton website http://www.davidmiliband.net/2010/06/05/i-will-rebuild-the- Sook Hoe Eng labour-movement-from-the-bottom-up/ Nadeem Afzal, Birmingham Sui Cheng Chan Ethnic Minority Leader Hustings Kashfa Afzal, Birmingham Yue Ting Cheng 19th June at 11:30am Cllr Lutfur Rahman, Tower Hamlets All five Leadership candidates will be in Leicester on Shaheen Ahmed Saturday 19th June 2010 for the Party’s ethnic minority Doraid Al-rifai-Doraid candidates. Please turn up and support David. This is the Shike Cui second time that Britain’s most diverse city has been Shun Au OBE chosen to host this event. All 16 BAME MPs have also been invited to Bach Sam Lam attend. To book your place go to the website www.labour.org.uk/eth - Rebecca Brown nicminorityhustings Hor Chan Siu Choy Chan EVENTS Nabeel Afzal, Birmingham Sunday 13 June – Glasgow Hustings N T Chang www.labour.org.uk/glasgowhustings CONTACT Tazeem Afzal, Birmingham Saturday 26 June – Newcastle Ching Kun Liu www.labour.org.uk/newcastlehustings If you want to support Claire Farrier Sunday 4 July – Cardiff David Miliband’s Thomas Huang www.labour.org.uk/cardiffhustings campaign as Leader Helen Huang-Yip Saturday 10 July - Southampton then email us on: Haleema Afzal, Birmingham [email protected] www.labour.org.uk/southamptonhustings