Love Music Hate Racism Special Episode Features Vice Chair of the MU EDI Committee To celebrate Black History Month, Love Music Hate Racism have hosted a special episode of their #SpeakUpThursday radio show, featuring Chardine Taylor Stone. Published: 22 October 2021 | 1:31 PM Updated: 27 October 2021 | 3:43 PM Chardine is an activist, writer, a member of rock band Big Joanie, a trustee of London’s Black Women’s Project as well as the vice-chair of the MU Equalities Committee. Photo credit: Shutterstock The special episode of Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR)’s #SpeakUpThursday radio show features Chardine Taylor Stone (the MU’s Vice Chair of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, Big Joanie, Black feminist activist and writer) and Weyman Bennett (co-founder of LMHR). You can listen to the show now on LMHR’s SoundCloud. We’ve also partnered up with LMHR to publish a blog ‘Rock Against Racism, Love Music Hate Racism, and the fight against racism today’. Our last #SpeakUpThursday Radio Show was a #BlackHistoryMonthUK special which featured @ChardineTaylor and @weymanbennett1 in conversation with @WeAreTheMU at @sohoradio Listen back 👉 https://t.co/t2s4NKNjcW #lovemusichateracism #standuptoracism — LoveMusic HateRacism (@lmhrnational) October 19, 2021 For more information, visit our page on representing musicians who experience racism. See all news
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