The Journey

Centre for English Identity and Politics

Centenary Building (100) Room 4013

**Please note due to train strikes this event has been postponed Stimulated by oral histories from some of Southampton’s first generation South Asian heritage communities, national and local speakers will discuss how the experience of migration has shaped migrants, their descendants and the city and society that they joined. While the background to these stories includes the British empire and the experience of racism and discrimination, these are also personal stories of challenge, ambition, and achievement. The event will look at how diverse individual and family stories come also to forge shared stories, and how memories can be utilised to explain how we came to be the nation we are today. It will also be an opportunity to reflect on whether the right lessons have been learned from this period of migration and whether we really handle such challenges better today. Prof Tariq Modood, founding Director of the Bristol University Research Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship.Cllr Satvir Kaur, Leader, Southampton City Council. The first woman Sikh council leader in the UK.Jayanti Shah MBE, Long-time resident of Southampton, a director of Positive Message Ltd and co-founder of Black History Month SouthYasmin Alibhai-Brown, author, commentator, and journalist. Writes for the i newspaperHardeep Matharu, Journalist and Editor of the ByLine Times This event is in-person only.

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