Opportunities exist for the following roles
The Indian Workers Association Southall has a rich history of campaigning and influencing social change since 1956. We are in the process of refocusing our fight against Inequalities and have a number of new innovative programmes. The volunteering opportunities below will play a pivotal role to help us deliver on our vision. For any of the opportunities below please send us your CV
Social Media Volunteer
If you’re passionate about the positive impact social media can have in our society and are concerned about growing inequalities here is an opportunity to bring your skills and knowledge to make a contribution. Volunteers with expertise of different social media platforms, research, graphic design, you tube, editing or writing.
Research and Campaigns Volunteer
If you want to campaign against inequalities through an evidence led approach and are keen to use campaign and influencing skills to work with Parliamentarians, think tanks on issues that lead to poor life outcomes
Priorities
Inequalities
There is a fine line that you must walk if you speak up against injustice done to marginalised people by people who hold power – we have learnt this from our experience since 1956. Or if you fight for equity on behalf of marginalised people you are seen to be demonising one group and championing another group. We see each group as fragile and strong.
Our struggles against racism and inequality since the 1950s has seen progress at an exorbitant cost to those who fought for dignity and respect – the right not to be spat at on the streets of London, or be called a Paki or other abusive terminology and quite often being at the receiving end of physical violence purely as a result of the colour of our skin, often leading to murders and oppressive policing. It is important to remember that this process of stripping away our humanity extended to employment, education, health and other services.
We remain a deeply unequal society, the nature and exercise of prejudice and racism may have changed, power remains entrenched in spite of increased participation in the democratic process. Conversations on inequalities have resisted scoping the contribution of power to maintaining status quo and as a society we are made to feel powerless and new inequalities both within the democratic process and society would have us believe otherwise.
Our experience working with and supporting communities provides evidence of the entrenched inequalities that blight the lives of hard working people. We need a paradigm shift.