Agenda Item 24.1 - Seeing The Faces and Races in Your Spaces (Diversity: PART 1) | #TheGovernorsPodcast

For today's Single Item Agenda (episode), we discuss;

• Kickstarting A Diversity Mini Series and The Importance of Recognising, Honouring and Representing Difference (Protected Characteristics) - Let’s Have More Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Link Governors As Mandatory Roles with a Role Description
• Understanding That Your Lived Experiences Heavily Contribute To What You Can Speak On
• The Passive Use Of The Term “Minority” - What's The True Context of a School / Academy?
• Shocking Statistics About Diversity Levels Amongst the 300,000+ UK School Governors
• What Schools Must - Should - Could Do: Do A Diversity Audit Which Includes your Reality - your Actions - your Culture - your Education 

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Reference: The Race Equality Code - Dr Karl George MBE - https://theracecode.org/

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