Rail Unites for Inclusion Black History Month

Thank you to all those that joined, took part in and helped organise our hybrid Rail Unites for Inclusion Black History Month event today, with the theme this year -

Hashtag #ReclaimingNarratives. We are feeling very reflective after our event and are already considering what actions we need to take to better support our Black colleagues and communities.

One of our Co-Chairs Odis Palmer hosted a very powerful panel session with brilliant panellists @Sharon Lee, Director at ARUP @Richard Ndikumana, Station Staff, LNER and Ola Ogun, RDG's Chief Financial Office. Ola also delivered an exceptional keynote speech and reflections, at the end of some insightful breakout sessions, including one focused on understanding the experiences of Black colleagues across the industry. We also briefly heard from our fourth panellist Chance Bleu-Montgomery from the Bridge of Hope Careers who also joined us for our break-out session around how we can give back and support our Black Communities.

Outputs from the session are being reviewed and will be shared with attendees. Ola Ogun emphasised the importance of everyone committing to taking relevant actions beyond the event.

We will continue to deliver on actions to support our colleagues industry-wide. If you want to find out more, please email apeksha.naik@gbrtt.co.uk

There are 4 photos from the event below. The main one is of most of the in-person attendees and the other 3 photos include the breakout session facilitators, some of the planning team and the panel. Detailed descriptions of each image are added as Alt+ text