Welcome to The Power and Equality Conference

Liberate is an equality charity that welcomes people irrespective of gender, race, age, religious belief, ability, sexual orientation or gender identity. We were founded in February 2014 in Guernsey and have a branch in Jersey.The purpose of Liberate is to educate and inform on a wide range of minority issues and to support those who identify as part of a minority or visible minority, their families and friends. We campaign to reform policies and laws to ensure that minorities can enjoy the same freedoms as everyone else across the Channel Islands. We also question social attitudes and behaviours that discriminate against minorities, and offer advice and help in tackling racism, homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, etc.Liberate’s vision is simple. We believe in a fair and equal society, where everyone is born equal and free, and treated with dignity and respect.

Liberate

8.30 - breakfast
9.00 - welcome and arrangements
9.30 - keynote speaker: The Right Honorable, Michael, Lord Cashman of Limehouse CBE

The Royal Yacht Hotel

Breakfast and a welcome to The Power and Equality Conference presented by Liberate and sponsored by BCR Law and the Jersey Community Relations Trust. The conference keynote speech is delivered by The Right Honourable Lord Cashman of Limehouse CBE. As the Labour spokesman on human rights in the European Parliament between 1999 and 2014, and now a life peer, he is used to debating difficult, controversial and often deeply personal issues. A lifelong campaigner for LGBTQ+ rights, Michael believes firmly that working together, cross party and in coalition is the most effective way to make change for those groups that lack essential rights. As an actor, he understands the power of words to win hearts and minds, making persuasive speeches to swing votes in the various democratic institutions in which he has worked.In an age where social and traditional medias are setting up and then encouraging and enabling divisive arguments Michael’s keynote speech tackles the urgent need to remove toxicity from public discourse, our personal responsibility to behave with empathy in public life, and the importance of this attitude to building healthy, inclusive democracies.

Welcome to The Power and Equality Conference

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