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🌍 International Day of the World’s Indigenous People: Recognizing and Supporting Indigenous Communities

On this International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, we honour the rich cultures, histories, and contributions of Indigenous communities across the globe. However, we must also acknowledge the ongoing struggles these communities face—issues of land rights, cultural preservation, access to education and healthcare, and protection against discrimination and exploitation.

Indigenous peoples represent over 476 million individuals in more than 90 countries, yet they remain among the world’s most marginalized and vulnerable populations. The preservation of their languages, traditions, and ways of life is not just important for them, but for the diversity and richness of our global human heritage.

What Can We Do?

- Support Indigenous Rights: Advocate for policies that protect the land, culture, and rights of Indigenous people.

- Promote Education: Raise awareness about the importance of preserving indigenous languages and knowledge systems.

- Amplify Indigenous Voices: Share stories, art, and wisdom from Indigenous communities to ensure their voices are heard and respected.

- Stand Against Exploitation: Support efforts to combat the exploitation of indigenous lands and resources by unethical industries.

H.U.M.A.N. stands in solidarity with indigenous communities, advocating for their rights and supporting their efforts to maintain their cultural identities. Let’s commit to not just celebrating indigenous peoples today, but to ensuring their rights and dignity are upheld every day.
Together, we can build a world where indigenous peoples thrive with respect and equality.

✊ Stand with us, Stand with Indigenous communities!

Neurodiversity in the workplace can be super beneficial if given the opportunity. These are a few reasons why autistic people are brilliant! 💪😎🕺

Read more here: https://employmentautism.org.uk/tools-and-resources/the-case-for-employing-autistic-people/ #:~:text=Autistic%20people%20will%20often%20accept,strengthen%20teamwork%20across%20the%20company.

Today is UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Let's learn and educate and celebrate our differences!

Join us for WORKSHOPS, COURSES + PROGRAMMES promoting inclusion in the workplace!

Read more here!
source: https://www.un.org/en/observances/end-racism-day

OH MIND GOODNESS, it is Neurodiversity Celebration Week! Do you know your stuff when it comes to you and your neurodiverse peers? 🧠

Join us for WORKSHOPS, COURSES + PROGRAMMES promoting inclusion in the workplace!

Read more here!
source: https://hbr.org/2017/05/neurodiversity-as-a-competitive-advantage

Why ALL WOMEN are great in company leadership positions! Were any of these facts surprising? Read the full article here:
https://www.mba.com/business-school-and-careers/women-in-business/why-women-are-successful-in-business

Happy International Women's Day From H.U.M.A.N.! 😀

What have DONUTS got to do with GAY RIGHTS?🍩
Cooper's Do-nuts Riot was the first LGBT+ uprising in the 1950s. Cooper's Donuts is a Los Angeles based donut shop, known for their inclusivity in staffing and acceptance of people from all walks of life! It was a particularly popular gay meeting place! One night in 1959, a group of gay people were being arrested for legally congregating, however a group of trans women and other members of the public began to throw paper plates, cups and donuts at the police officers until the police were forced to retreat. This was the first gay upsising and continued for a whole day!
Read more here: https://www.cooperdonuts.com/

         

The BIRTH of BALLROOM CULTURE! 💃💃 The early 70s was the era to introduce House Ballroom! Ballroom houses were safe places where Black and Latinx q***r, gay and trans people could gather. They held fun activities and competitions such as runways and beauty contests!
Read more about this here: https://www.them.us/story/how-crystal-labeija-reinvented-ball-culture

🌈PINK TRIANGLE🌈1933
In N**i Germany, pink triangles were used as concentration camp badges to identify male prisoners who were sent there because of their homosexuality. In 1995, after a decade of campaigning, a pink triangle plaque was installed at the Dachau Memorial Museum to commemorate the suffering of gay men and le****ns. Originally intended as a badge of shame, the pink triangle (often inverted from its N**i usage) has been reclaimed as an international symbol of gay pride and the gay rights movement.
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history was not built only with the help of those who were always defenders, but also those who went from anti-lgbt to most impactful advocates👇
Bisi Alimi went from being an anti-gay prosthelitizer, preaching hell fire and damnation to those who strayed, into the first Nigerian to come out on national TV and a world-renowned AIDS activist.
Now based in London, he is the founder of the Bisi Alimi Foundation, which advocates for LGBT rights in Nigeria. He also consults with the World Bank, writes for outlets
like The Guardian and Project Syndicate, and has appeared on shows like Tell Me More with Michele Martins, Christiana Amanpour, and BBC World Service. He is also the co-founder of Rainbow Intersection, a dialogue about race, culture and sexuality, and the biggest LGBT
charity in Nigeria.
Bisi won the first London Moth Grand Slam and spoke at the Aspen Ideas Festival. His TEDxBerlin talk received a rousing standing ovation. Bisi is an edge-of-the-seat storyteller with multiple lifetime’s worth of material. He brings an actor’s eloquence with an activist’s wisdom to any gathering, speaking to one of the most contested issues of our time.
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Celebrate with us the history behind lgbtqia community and the evolution movement went through out decades

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celebrates many key references in the lgbt rights and human rights advocacy👇
Frank Mugisha is a prominent advocate for le***an, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) rights, a respected human rights champion, and an anti-violence advocate. He is the executive director of Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) after Kato, the largest and
leading organization of the LGBTI the le***an, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) movement in Uganda.
He also founded Icebreakers Uganda, an organization
created as a support network for LGBTI Ugandans who are out or in the process of coming out. Mugisha sits on the management committee of the Commonwealth Equality Network and is the African regional representative for TCEN, an LGBTI rights advocacy network within Commonwealth. In 2012, he started the first and only LGBTI Health Centre in Uganda.
Mugisha’s work has been recognized worldwide by distinguished figures including former United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the former US Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton and John Kerry. He has received numerous awards including the 2011 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, the 2011 Rafto Prize for Human Rights, and the 2013 International Human Rights Film Award, along with citations and proclamations from the city councils of New York City and Philadelphia. In 2014, he was nominated for the Nobel Peace
Prize.
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A nallllllDavid Kato was a Ugandan human rights defender and gay rights activist that had a significant impact on the rights of LGBT+ people in Uganda. Described by The Economist as Uganda's first openly gay man, Kato used education, advocacy and activism to fight for the
projection of LGBT+ peoples' fundamental rights and freedom.
Kato was one of the founding members of the Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) advocacy group. SMUG is still active to this day, and its work protecting the LGBT+ community in Uganda has seen them be awarded with the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award and
the Rafto Prize for Human Rights.
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Manal al-Sharif is a women’s rights activist from Saudi Arabia and is one of the primary organizers of the Women2Drive campaign, which advocates for women’s right to drive in Saudi Arabia.
She garnered international attention after posting a video on YouTube of herself, driving, in an act of civil disobedience. In retaliation, the Saudi government detained al-Sharif and charged her with “disturbing public order” and “inciting public opinion.” She was released nine days later, after an international campaign on her behalf. Al-Sharif is an outspoken critic of the Saudi dictatorship’s institutionalized discrimination against women.
In 2011, she cofounded the Women2Drive campaign, which called upon Saudi women to engage in civil disobedience by driving their cars in an effort to pressure the Saudi monarchy into issuing an official decree granting women the right to drive. In May 2011, al-Sharif; filmed herself driving through the Saudi city of Khobar and posted the video on YouTube and
Facebook. The video has been viewed more than a million times in Saudi Arabia and abroad and sparked a renewed conversation about women’s rights in Saudi Arabia. Shortly after publishing the video, al-Sharif was detained.
Over 4,500 Saudis signed a petition to King Abdullah demanding her release. After sustained pressure from domestic and international groups, al-Sharif was released on the conditions that she post bail, return for questioning upon request, and refrain from driving and from speaking to the media. Beyond the Women2Drive campaign, al-Sharif has remained an active critic of the Saudi authorities.
The New York Times described al-Sharif’s campaign as a “budding protest movement” that the Saudi government tried to “swiftly extinguish”, attributing al-Sharif’s detention to the Saudi authorities’ fear of a wider protest movement in the country. Foreign Policy named al-Sharif one of the “Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2011,” and in 2012, she was one of TIME’s “100 Most Influential People.” She is also a Vaclav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent Laureate

A name to remember👉In Egypt, Sarah Hegazi was a member of the democratic socialist Bread and Freedom Party and a vocal advocate on key issues, including the release of political detainees and against the application of the death penalty. She was an outspoken and strong ally of movements for freedom across the MENA region, including in Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, and Sudan.
In September 2017, Sarah attended a Mashrou’ Leila concert in Cairo in which she raised the rainbow flag. In the days and weeks to follow, Egyptian authorities led a widespread campaign against the country’s LGBTQI+ community and as part of this campaign, they arrested Sarah. In custody, Sarah was subject to torture and mistreatment; police officers incited inmates to beat and sexually and verbally assault her. As a result of what would become a three months-long detention, Sarah was fired from her job and experienced severe depression and PTSD. Ultimately, and out of fear for her safety amid continued targeting, bullying, and repression, Sarah was forced to flee Egypt in 2018.
She traveled to Canada where she sought political asylum. While living in exile apart from her family, her loved ones, and the country and community most dear to her, Sarah took her life on June 13, 2020. Sarah was 30 years old.
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LGBT+ History Month is here! Are you ready??
From Feb 1st to 29th we will be celebrating this amazing month. Join us!
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Diversity policies have been around for years now. But now, companies are investing heavily in diverse workforces, which is thought to be the path to greatness andfinancial growth.

Black Britons changed UK in every path they took at whatever time they were born in!
A few icons are: Olaudah Equiano (published one of the 1st arguments against slavery), Claudia Jones (black equal rights activist) , Sir Trevor McDonald ( reknown reporter, OBE award and knighted by the Queen), Diane Abbott (1st UK black MP).

Women or men, several bristish have made history in the science world
Through time and prejudice, even war, they devoted their life in the pursuit of helping others.
Mary Jane Seacole joined the war and tended to soldiers as nurse, going to the frontlines to do so and by creating a hotel for them to recover in Crimea

Over decades, army forces benefited from contributions from non-Europeans during wars. Men from Britain's Black communities joined the wars, time and time again.
For example, did you know that Walter Tull was the first British soldier and served on World War I

Did you know the first UK Black History Month happened in 1987, marking the 150th anniversary of slavery abolition in the Caribbean?

Did you know the first UK Black History Month in happened in 1987? And what event it marked?

There's always a story behind everything that takes place, behind every country, every person.
This is Uk Black History Month story!!

The Tudors are reknown figures from Britain's history but what do you know about ?

The Roman Empire was multicultural and extensive, so migrations were common.
Did you know around 3rd century AD, there's proof of the first African people making their way to Britain?

in Britain history
Did you know Queen Sophia Charlotte ( yes, the one featured in Bridgerton ) was Britain's first black queen?

Shouting for 🙌
This year we bring a bundle of facts that will make you crazy with what you though you knew about

We mourn ALL innocent civilian lives lost in the senseless killings in Gaza.

We speak out about the oppression of the Palestinian people who have been denied their basic human rights.

We fight against genocide, committed by a state looking to justify mass slaughter of thousands of civilians.

We call out our Government, and any other state, for greenlighting these war crimes and providing resources to commit more atrocities.

We demand that all political leaders call for an immediate ceasefire and a lifting of the seize on Gaza.

We stand with Palestine, and all civilians that have lost loved ones and are in constant fear. After all…

We Are All H.U.M.A.N

Email your MP calling to stop the war on Gaza
Join the National March on Saturday 21st October
Follow (for info on the March) and DONATE

October 1st to 31st marks Black History Month! Celebrate and honor all Black people from all periods of history with us

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Join us in celebrating SOUTH ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH! 🎉💫 "South Asian culture has made a significant impact on Britain in various aspects, such as food, clothing, music, words, and the overall ambiance of our towns and cities.

It’s a beautiful display of the rich and proud South Asian heritage that has blended into the British way of life, contributing to the diversity of our nation. Observing South Asian Heritage Month provides us with an excellent chance to embrace and celebrate the history and identity of British South Asians.

It’s crucial to allow people to share their own stories, and this occasion offers an opportunity to showcase what being South Asian in the 21st century entails, while also reflecting on our past and how it has shaped us."(southasianheritage.org.uk)