Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation

INFORMATION FOR SCHOOLS STEPHEN LAWRENCE DAY 22 APRIL

AN ANNUAL NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE, LEARNING AND COMMUNITY TO COMMEMORATE THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH AND TO CELEBRATE HIS LIFE AND LEGACY INTRODUCTION BUILDING HOPE FOR THE FUTURE

The 22 April Day will serve as a focus for your school 2018 marked community to engage in activities the 25th that empower young people to live their Anniversary of best life. Through these activities, my hope the senseless is that all pupils will value cultural diversity murder of my and develop the skills and confidence to son, Stephen challenge racism and discrimination and to Lawrence, a embrace inclusion. young man who had a Stephen’s death and the subsequent bright future investigation by the police revealed aspects ahead of him. At the memorial service to of our country about which we cannot be celebrate his life, the Prime Minister Theresa proud. Against a backdrop of loss and grief May announced the Annual National Day I have worked to highlight injustice which of Remembrance and Commemoration of resulted in significant changes to the law in Stephen which is to be held on 22 April. I Stephen’s name and memory. Stephen’s Day is warmly invite you and your school community supported by all political parties: it is intended to use the memory of Stephen’s life and legacy to challenge the very way we think about and as an opportunity for influencing the lives of understand race and diversity. the children and young people in your care. Stephen’s life story, short though it was, Stephen’s story is both challenging and provides a positive role model of a life well inspirational. I wish for Stephen’s name not lived. He was a normal young person who to be identified just by his murder but by made the most of everyday opportunities. the mark he has left on this country and the He particularly loved drawing, running and wider world and for the role model he was and had dreams and aspirations of becoming an continues to be. architect. Because of Stephen’s interests, we are privileged to be partners with Virgin The lessons of fairness and respect must start Money London Marathon and The Royal early if we are to have a truly fair and civilised Institute of British Architects (RIBA). These society, free from discrimination where we all positive aspects of Stephen’s story can inspire play our part as active citizens. It is my belief children and young people of all ages to live that these values are strongest when anchored their best life and are an equally important and embedded into a school’s culture and part of Stephen’s legacy. explicitly taught through the curriculum. Whether you are in an Early Years, primary, secondary, special, sixth form or other school Baroness Lawrence setting or in an urban or rural location, my of Clarendon OBE Marcus Dove – And Still She Rises vision is that Stephen’s Annual National

1 RESOURCES TO SUPPORT SCHOOLS A TIME FOR REFLECTION

As Headteachers and Chairs of Governors you know your schools well and are best placed to identify I am sharing with you the booklet commemorating the 25th Anniversary of Stephen’s death as an activities which encourage every child and young person and their families and communities to additional resource. Please take a few minutes to read this booklet and remember Stephen. There are challenge prejudice, discrimination and hatred in all its forms, and embrace diversity and inclusion. three particular words that are important to Stephen’s legacy: Truthfulness, Fairness and Respect. I invite you to consider these in relation to your own school’s core values and the community you serve. Working in partnership with schools and This booklet is intended to provide you with professional associations, we have developed a starting point for school-level engagement on a range of age-appropriate materials which or around 22 April. Going forward, our include a staff briefing, suggestions for Foundation and the Research Centre at De assemblies and a suite of further resources Montfort University will provide further quality which allow for different curriculum entry curriculum materials. These resources will be points. These materials are available on the added each year as Stephen’s Day is embedded website www.stephenlawrenceday.org and into all schools’ calendars and curricula to can be used flexibly to support the children ensure a lasting legacy in his memory. Your and young people in your school to understand school’s contribution will be valued by the the part they play as individuals in creating a Foundation and other schools as part of a society in which everyone can flourish. growing body of curricular exemplars in future years. Please share your school’s activities and materials through our website.

2 3 STEPHEN STEPHEN’S STORY

THE PERSON A TIMELINE OF KEY EVENTS AND CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT ABOUT IN STEPHEN’S NAME HIS LIFE AND LEGACY – LIVE OUR BEST LIFE

Stephen Lawrence Day (on or around 22 April) is an opportunity to use Stephen’s life and legacy to enable and support EARLY YEARS AND PRIMARY pupils to live their best life by valuing and respecting their own lives and the lives Loved by family and friends; enjoyed of others. school and many other activities • 13 September, 1974 – Stephen Lawrence At the heart of Stephen’s legacy is a focus was born on building pupils’ confidence and skills • Loved by his family – Mum (Doreen), relating to emotional intelligence, resilience, Dad (Neville), brother (Stuart) and respect and care. Stephen’s Day should sister (Georgina) support children and young people to • Attended nursery and school in south London value difference, embrace diversity, behave responsibly and make positive choices • Loved school – maths, art, PE and playing LOWER SECONDARY to contribute as active, healthy, engaged with his friends were his favourites citizens in multicultural Britain. Enjoyed school, worked hard, • He was kind and generous to his brother interested in music and building and sister and others on his art interests

• Attended Blackheath Bluecoats Secondary School in London

• Loved his friends and was generous with other pupils, particularly those UPPER SECONDARY who may have been excluded or marginalised by others Worked hard, dreamed of studying • He enjoyed being entrepreneurial architecture, mini-marathon runner around his interests; painting pictures and fund-raiser of friends and printing t-shirts • Kind and aspirational – enjoyed helping others by setting himself personal goals; signed up for the Greenwich Mini-Marathon and raised money for Great Ormond Street Hospital

• Alongside his studies, music, running and drawing all featured as favourite pastimes as he transitioned to upper secondary

4 5 14 FEBRUARY 1997 THE TRAGIC MURDER Daily Mail front page. The JULY 2006 Daily Mail newspaper uses its JULY 1998 BBC documentary. A BBC DECEMBER 1994 front page to name the five men it Police apology. The Lawrence documentary investigating the Police surveillance. Covert says killed Stephen Lawrence. It family call on the Metropolitan case raises fresh questions about 22 APRIL 1993 video shot over several days in invites them to sue if it is wrong Police Commissioner, Sir Paul the prime suspects, prompting Stephen Lawrence Dobson’s flat captures him and Condon, to resign. He apologises the Metropolitan Police to murdered. Norris using strong racist and FEBRUARY 1997 to them when he appears in review their evidence. In October The 18-year-old is stabbed to violent language. Neil Acourt Doreen Lawrence has initial October, admitting there had 2007, the Independent Police death in an unprovoked racist and Luke Knight are also caught meeting with Jack Straw, been failures Complaints Commission says it attack by a gang of white youths as on camera using violent and Home Secretary has found no evidence of wrong- he waits at a bus stop in Eltham, 29 JULY 1993 racist language FEBRUARY 1999 doing by an officer as alleged in south-east London, with his Charges dropped. The MARCH 1997 Macpherson report part of the documentary friend Duwayne Brooks Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) AUGUST 1995 Police Complaints Authority published. It accuses drops the prosecution saying Neil and Jamie Acourt, investigation. The Kent the Metropolitan Police of NOVEMBER 2007 23 APRIL 1993 the ID evidence from Duwayne Luke Knight, Gary Dobson Constabulary launches its probe institutional racism and makes 70 Forensics review. Police Suspects identified. The day Brooks is unreliable and David Norris appear into police conduct, which recommendations, many aimed confirm they are investigating after the murder, a letter giving at Belmarsh Magistrates nine months later highlights at improving police attitudes to new forensic evidence in the case the names of the suspects is 22 DECEMBER 1993 for committal hearings. “significant weaknesses, racism. It also includes some after a police review, staffed by left in a telephone box. Police Inquest halted. The Southwark omissions and lost opportunities” proposals for changes in the law, 32 officers, was launched the surveillance begins on their coroner, Sir Montague Levine, 18 – 25 APRIL 1996 but it says there is no evidence of including strengthening the Race previous summer. It examined homes four days later halts an inquest into Stephen’s Private prosecution fails. racist conduct Relations Act to try to clamp down evidence gathered at the time, death after the family’s barrister, The murder trial begins against on discrimination looking at opportunities to use 4 MAY 1993 Michael Mansfield QC, says there Neil Acourt, Luke Knight and JULY 1997 new technology to find leads Family express frustrations. is “dramatic” new evidence Gary Dobson at the Old Bailey, Public inquiry announced. SEPTEMBER 2002 Stephen’s family hold a press but the case collapses when Jack Straw says there will be a Norris jailed. David Norris FEBRUARY 2008 conference to complain not APRIL 1994 Mr Justice Curtis rules that judicial inquiry into the killing and Neil Acourt are jailed for 18 Memorial opens. Doreen enough is being done to catch CPS refuses to prosecute. identification evidence from and subsequent investigation, months for a racist attack on an Lawrence opens the £10m the killers The CPS says there is insufficient Brooks is inadmissible. Acourt, to identify lessons for police in off-duty police officer in Eltham in Stephen Lawrence Centre for evidence to bring charges based Knight and Dobson are found not dealing with racially motivated 2001. Norris, a passenger in a car Architecture in honour of her 6 MAY 1993 on the new evidence, which was guilty. Not guilty verdicts had to crimes. It will be chaired by Sir driven by Acourt, threw a drink son. Two weeks later vandals The Lawrence family believed to be the identification be entered at the direction of the William Macpherson, a retired and shouted racist abuse at the smash its windows in a suspected meet Nelson Mandela of further suspects judge after legal arguments High Court judge black officer racist attack

1993 1993 – 1994 1994 – 1997 1997 – 1998 1998 – 2005 2006 – 2009

7 MAY – 23 JUNE 1993 SEPTEMBER 1994 13 FEBRUARY 1997 OCTOBER 1997 MAY 2004 FEBRUARY 2009 Suspects arrested and Private prosecution launched. Inquest verdict. The inquest The inquiry’s Trial ruled out. The CPS finally Report anniversary. Ten two charged. Police arrest Stephen’s parents, Doreen and resumes and the five suspects Preliminary Hearing announces there is insufficient years on from the Macpherson brothers Neil and Jamie Acourt, Neville Lawrence, launch a private refuse to answer questions. A is held in Woolwich. evidence to prosecute anyone Inquiry, a report from a member David Norris, Gary Dobson and prosecution against Gary Dobson, verdict of unlawful killing “in a for Stephen’s murder following of its panel, Dr Richard Stone, Luke Knight, and search their Luke Knight and Neil Acourt. All completely unprovoked racist MARCH 1998 a review says the police have made homes. Neil Acourt and Luke three deny the charges. A private attack by five youths” is delivered Inquiry opens. The five significant progress in reforming Knight are identified by Duwayne prosecution is the same as a by Sir Montague Levine suspects are told to give evidence APRIL 2005 but charges of racism remain. Brooks at ID parades as part of the standard criminal trial but not or face prosecution. In June, they Double jeopardy scrapped. Justice Secretary, Jack Straw, gang responsible brought by the CPS appear and are pelted with bottles Government drops the legal says the Metropolitan Police is no by protesters as they leave, after principle which prevents longer institutionally racist, but being accused of being evasive suspects being tried twice Stephen’s mother says police still for the same crime subject fail black Britons to new evidence

6 7 JANUARY 2012 Guilty of murder. Dobson and Norris are both found guilty of murder at the end of a six-week MARCH 2014 trial into the death of Stephen A new public review. On a Lawrence. During the trial, the dramatic day of developments, court hears that microscopic a review into the original evidence found on clothing murder investigation, by the belonging to the accused links barrister, Mark Ellison, finds them to the murder. The jury that an undercover Metropolitan takes two-and-a-half days to reach Police officer worked within the MARCH 2015 MARCH 2016 its decision. Both men receive life “Lawrence family camp” while Public Inquiry into Officer “had case to answer”. sentences; Dobson is jailed for an inquiry into the handling of undercover policing. A public The police watchdog finds ex- JULY 2010 a minimum of 15 years and two the murder was underway. It inquiry chaired by Lord Pickford Metropolitan Police Commander, Dobson jailed. Gary Dobson months, Norris for 14 years and also finds there are reasonable into the abuse of undercover Richard Walton, would have had starts a five-year jail term for three months grounds to suspect at least one techniques by police officers is to answer a case for misconduct supplying a Class B drug after detective on the team was corrupt. launched. While its scope is wide after meeting an undercover being caught during a sting by JUNE 2013 This leads Home Secretary, – it includes, for example, the use police officer during the Stephen the Serious Organised Crime Former police officer “spied” Theresa May, to announce a new of dead children’s names in fake Lawrence inquiry. Mr Walton Agency (SOCA) on Lawrence family. The public inquiry into undercover identities – one of its main focus met the officer in 1998, allegedly Prime Minister calls for an policing. A separate report points is the infiltration of the obtaining information about APRIL 2018 MAY 2011 immediate investigation into into Operation Herne – an Lawrence campaign for justice. the Lawrence family and their Investigation “unlikely to Two to face trial. Gary Dobson reports the police wanted to investigation launched by the Over the next three years the supporters. The watchdog said he progress”. Doreen Lawrence and David Norris are to face smear Stephen Lawrence’s Metropolitan Police into the inquiry suffers setbacks due to would have faced a disciplinary tells the Daily Mail she believes trial over the murder of Stephen family. The Guardian claims allegations made by former a burgeoning list of participants hearing but had retired. detectives have run out of lines of Lawrence following a review of former officer, Peter Francis, undercover officer, Peter Francis, and issues around revealing the Lawyers for Neville Lawrence inquiry and calls on them to “be new and compelling forensic went undercover to infiltrate the finds no evidence to back claims identities of former undercover unsuccessfully urged the force honest” about the likelihood that evidence. The Court of Appeal family’s campaign for justice in he was tasked to smear the police officers. In March 2018, to halt Mr Walton’s retirement anyone else will be convicted over decides there is enough new and 1993. Mr Francis tells the paper Lawrence family. It does however campaigners stage a walk-out earlier that year. Mr Walton Stephen’s murder substantial evidence to allow and Channel 4’s Dispatches find failings regarding allegations during proceedings and call for said the Metropolitan Police had Dobson’s acquittal to be quashed. programme he was looking for about undercover officers the Inquiry’s current chair, Sir rejected the watchdog’s findings The documentary, Stephen: The pair had been charged the “disinformation” to use against indulging in inappropriate John Mitting, to step down and “did not plan to bring The Murder That Changed previous September those criticising the police sexual relationships from his post misconduct proceedings” A Nation, airs on the BBC

2010 – 2011 2012 – 2013 2014 2015 2016 – 2018 2018

NOVEMBER 2011 OCTOBER 2015 SEPTEMBER 2016 APRIL 2018 Trial begins. The trial of Police corruption Handbag strap mystery. National Day announced Dobson and Norris begins at investigation. The National Scotland Yard announces it has to commemorate Stephen the Old Bailey. The jury hears Crime Agency (NCA) confirms received “significant information” Lawrence’s life. A statement is that Stephen’s DNA was found it has been investigating alleged after a BBC Crimewatch made by Prime Minister, Theresa on the defendants’ clothes police corruption during the reconstruction. Detectives May, as she attends memorial 1993 murder inquiry for months. attempt to identify a woman service marking 25th anniversary The new investigation is whose DNA was on a handbag of murder prompted by the findings of strap found close to the the 2014 Ellison Review. Any murder scene and a separate Stephen Lawrence Day will findings are to be reported back possible witness be celebrated each year on to the police watchdog and 22 April. could result in criminal or misconduct proceedings

8 9 STEPHEN LAWRENCE DAY GUIDING PRINCIPLES

LIVE OUR BEST LIFE

The central theme of Stephen Lawrence Day is Live Our Best Life. The themes on the facing page are a starting point only and Stephen’s Day will ideally:

The core purpose is to engage the hearts and minds of young people of all ages through 1. Engage the hearts and minds of young people skills and values related to care, respect Stephen’s story and its relevance to them and their lives. The suggested activities are through Stephen’s story and explore its and fairness. structured around Stephen’s life and interests as well as the very important aspects related relevance to them and their future lives. to the themes outlined below: 6. Encourage school leaders and governors 2. Begin with an Assembly/Tutorial around to revisit policies and practices in relation Living Our Best Democracy and Identity and Hope from Stephen’s life and lead to additional follow-up to tackling and challenging discrimination Life: What Justice: Racism Diversity: Living Tragedy: A activities at whole school and classroom level and racism. does it mean and Institutional in diverse societies creative and as time permits. For example: The focus should include For example: Entry points for extended conscious and unconscious discrimination: and look like? Racism • Striving for an powerful legacy study could include curricular areas such within classrooms, across the curriculum • Behaviours and • Why discrimination inclusive society. • The Stephen as PSHE, Citizenship, History, English and within the wider school and community dispositions: and racism is still • Making children’s Lawrence Day and Literacy, PE (Run a Mile in Stephen’s culture. It should particularly focus on, kindness, care, an issue in society voices heard. Foundation entirely memory) and the Built Environment. and challenge, the barriers facing our most fairness and today. • Standing up for donation funded, vulnerable pupils who are far less likely to respect. • Race, history what is right. offered 3. Engage children and young people in succeed in achieving their dreams. • Having high and identity: • Engaging a wide range age and context appropriate activities, aspirations. understanding and communities in of support and which celebrate each child’s uniqueness 7. Provide an opportunity for schools and their • Seizing respecting your own positive actions to bursaries to and heritage. local communities to come together to deliver opportunities. and others’ cultural eliminate racism underrepresented For example: The activities should also a range of positive activities for all school- • Achieving success. backgrounds and and discrimination groups and talented directly challenge racism and discrimination aged children to build on Stephen’s legacy young people who and associated behaviours such as bullying, from year to year. • Resilience. histories. in all its forms. are disadvantaged. disrespect and injustice. For example: Encourage local community • Courage. • Stephen’s family • Schools reflecting are tireless in their • Architecture: partnerships through guest speakers, • Determination. on how their culture 4. Promote and encourage the growth of pupil/ Stephen’s dream. A community activities and parent forums pursuit of justice. and actions at student voice through collaborative and profession requiring to build and/or strengthen positive • Stephen: The every level support group activities so that students’ “Voices of diligence, creative relationships which promote mutual Murder that diversity, inclusion Transformation” are able to articulate how flair and sensitivity trust, fairness and respect across all Changed a Nation and success for they can effect social change in relation to place, space and races. Working with parents/carers and the law. every child. to discrimination, fairness, inclusion and the environment. to understand their role in tackling • New definitions of • Being safe, healthy standing up for what is right. Engaging in discrimination and racism. “racist incident” and happy. • London Marathon: these activities from the Early Years and Reflects Stephen’s and “institutional • Contributing in the security of their own schools and Stephen’s memory and legacy is to be an annual love of running. racism”. positively to communities should foster positive actions in event and will hopefully become part of your Inspires persistence British society. developmentally appropriate contexts. curriculum and culture. Building on each year’s and resilience. events by showcasing and sharing curriculum 5. Use a range of different learning experiences Encourages resources and related activities will strengthen and opportunities such as ethical dilemmas generosity to others and deepen children’s understandings related to in the classroom and school to develop pupils’ (sponsorship). living our best life.

10 11 STEPHEN LAWRENCE INSPIRES US CURRICULUM STARTING POINTS

TO “LIVE OUR BEST LIFE” AN ILLUSTRATION

EARLY YEARS AND KEY STAGE 1 PRIMARY: KEY STAGE 2

Assembly themes: The relationships that shape our world. Working together to make a better world. Assembly themes: The relationships that shape our world. Working together to make a better world. Changing the narrative of our world. Finding our place in the world. Building a better world. Changing the narrative of our world. Finding our place in the world. Building a better world.

Themed lessons: Examples include: Themed lessons: Examples include:

Me and my family: Draw on parts of Stephen’s story to involve children in exploring their own histories and Literacy: Research and write a biography of someone who has inspired you to “Live Your Best Life”. families, including engaging children in discussions about accepting and respecting others from different families. Class and individual reading: “The Promise”, “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me”, “What is Race?”, “The Island” History and identity: Use literature to focus on children’s individual histories and identities, and to highlight and other suggested titles on the annotated reading list. how communities are changing in the UK, such as “Happy in Our Skin”, or “No Matter What” and other suggested History: Explore other people who have “stood up for social justice and equal opportunities”, including, for titles on the annotated reading list, provided by The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE). example, Nelson Mandela, Marie Curie and Emmeline Pankhurst. School activities: Examples include: Making children’s voices heard: Art/Craft activity related to the theme School activities: Examples include: Leaders: examine your school’s culture and actions at every level in order of “We Are All Special”, “Live Our Best Life” or other themes related to diversity and inclusion. Engaging staff in to tackle racism, support diversity, inclusion and enable the success of every child. Pupils: Encourage pupils to lead workshops around racism, diversity and inclusion. assemblies on related topics and suggest ways to improve respect, diversity and inclusion in their school. Parents, community and fundraising: Examples include: Joining together for a community project which Parents, community and fundraising: Examples include: Parents, staff and pupils could Run a Mile for builds cohesion and respect, e.g. building a community garden, having a community shared dinner or BBQ. Stephen (to link with London Marathon). Fun Run for younger children. Raise money for a charity of choice or the Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation.

LOWER SECONDARY: KEY STAGE 3 AND 4 UPPER SECONDARY: KEY STAGE 5

Themed lessons: Examples include: Themed lessons: Examples include:

English: Research and write a biography, or present a short talk, about someone who inspires you to History, politics and law: Use the Stephen Lawrence Research Centre & Archive to access a wide body of “Live Your Best Life” (see BBC2 TV Icons. The greatest person of the 20th century). resources, including legal manuscripts, historical archive material and academic sources. Examine topics related to institutional racism from historical, political or legal perspectives, including the important changes to the law PSHE: Examine differing views about the use of conscience as a guide to moral decision-making. related to “double jeopardy”. Explore knowledge and understanding of religious, philosophical and/or ethical thought and teaching. Resources: ethical dilemna lessons available, provided by The Philosophy Foundation. Built Environment: Class or group activities could include designing solutions to local planning and/or regeneration projects, such as futuristic designs of eco-friendly and environmentally sustainable buildings. School activities: Examples include: Pupils: Explore how pupils can use their voice to say ‘no’, or seek help if vulnerable to gang related behaviour, or knife crime, etc. Leaders: Audit your school’s register of racist incidents School activities: Examples include: Staff: workshops around racism, diversity and inclusion. Leaders: Audit and reporting of these. your school’s register of racist incidents and reporting.

Parents, community and fundraising: Examples include: Explore with parents (for example, through Parents, community and fundraising: Examples include: Explore with parents (for example, through a workshop or newsletter) how their own language, actions and attitudes influence and shape their children’s a workshop or newsletter) how their own language, actions and attitudes influence and shape their children’s language, actions and attitudes. language, actions and attitudes.

12 13 EXTENDED ACTIVITIES UNITING COMMUNITIES

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Communities are the bedrock of our schools: For communities we will develop toolkits, they should support, engage and look out for showcase good practice and collaborate children and young people. Teaching respect with national organisations and grass roots and care for each other in line with the Equality community groups, who are unified in their Act (2010) is a shared responsibility between objective to deliver effective social action schools, parents and their wider communities. projects, including early intervention work. A small grants programme will be made available to support these initiatives.

In 2013, a community of artists came together, unified around the common purpose of raising funds to enable Baroness Lawrence to continue her important work.

14 1517 SUPPORTING MATERIALS STEPHEN LAWRENCE DAY FOUNDATION

The Life of Stephen Lawrence The Murder of Stephen Lawrence (Film) For 20 years, Baroness Lawrence has • In 2020 Baroness Lawrence launched The campaigned tirelessly for fairness, justice and Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation, by Verna Allette Wilkins Stephen: The Murder that Changed equality for all. We are proud of our established amid unprecedented growing a Nation (BBC Documentary) And Still I Rise by Doreen Lawrence continuing commitment to supporting young global awareness of racial inequality, exists to The Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation Three BBC-commissioned short films people from disadvantaged backgrounds inspire a more equal, inclusive society, and to for use with pupils: to create a fairer society in which everyone, foster opportunities for marginalised young provides a wide range of resources and regardless of their background, can flourish. people in the UK. The Foundation is the home support for schools stephenlawrenceday.org • Diversity and Identity Last year oversaw the support of over 2,000 of Stephen Lawrence’s legacy and has The Colour of Justice by Richard • Racism and Institutional Racism young people through training, mentoring, education at its core. We describe what we do Norton-Taylor (Play) • Democracy and Justice bursaries and other activities. in 3Cs: Classrooms, Community and Careers. We are developing programs and activities Some of the highlights of our work last year around the 3Cs that run 365 days a year, with include: each 22 April a point to recognise and celebrate the progress made. • Our Careers Programme provided 1-2-1 advice, bursaries, career guidance, industry The Foundation relies on charitable donations talks and work experience leading to real for its survival. To support the work we do visit jobs to over 2,500 young people aged 13-30. stephenlawrenceday.org/donate

STEPHEN LAWRENCE RESEARCH CENTRE & ARCHIVE

Stephen Lawrence’s shocking murder and his which will focus on the histories of BAME inspiring legacy have had profound effects on Communities in the UK, politics and practice British history and society. of institutional racism, denials of justice, and the psychology of racial violence. Twenty-five years on, we know there is still much more to understand if we are to combat racism Set within an inspiring research and and make meaningful changes to attitudes and exhibition space, the centre will also be home society. That mission will drive the work of the to a comprehensive archive celebrating the Stephen Lawrence Research Centre & Archive life and legacy of Stephen Lawrence. Schools at De Montfort University. are invited and encouraged to visit the Research Centre and engage with these The university’s academic strength and its materials and resources. commitment to the public good form the cornerstones of the centre and its work, www.dmu.ac.uk/slrc

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