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D.A.R.E. Ep 27 - Baroness Doreen Lawrence: Race Equality progress is going backwards, Changing Laws & REEG

Miranda K. Brawn

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This D.A.R.E. Podcast episode with Baroness (Doreen) Lawrence OBE of Clarendon explores police reform, the Windrush legacy, media privacy, the fight to change British law and so much more!

Baroness Lawrence has warned that progress on race equality in the UK is going backwards during a candid new interview on The D.A.R.E. Podcast with Host Prof Miranda Brawn.

In the episode, Baroness Lawrence discusses racial justice, police accountability and the personal cost of her decades-long campaign for change.

Whether you’re an aspiring leader, entrepreneur, activist, student, executive, board member, changemaker or just interested in learning more about Baroness Lawrence, this episode offers practical advice on resilience, advocacy, leadership, inclusion, using your voice to make a difference and change laws.

🔹 In this episode, Baroness Lawrence discusses with Prof Miranda Brawn:

✅ How Baroness Lawrence’s life changed following the racially motivated murder of her son, Stephen Lawrence, in 1993.
✅ Baroness Lawrence's warning that progress on race equality in the UK is going backwards and expressing concern that “racism has raised its head again within politics”.
✅ A critical discussion of proposed UK police reforms, including concerns about plans to increase neighbourhood policing without addressing fundamental issues in officer training, recruitment and education.
✅ Reflections on her role as Chair of the Race Equality Engagement Group (REEG), advising former Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, now the current Prime Minister Andy Burnham and the Cabinet Office while working hard to ensure race equality policy is not treated as a “tick-box” exercise.
✅ Her response to media phone hacking, police surveillance and the continuing safety concerns that have accompanied her public campaigning.
✅ The legal milestones pursued through her campaign, including the historic private prosecution brought by the Lawrence family and the campaign that led to changes to the double jeopardy law.
✅ The work of the Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation, which supports young people through programmes focused on classrooms, communities and careers.
✅ Continuing impact of systemic racism and need for racial equality across healthcare, business, education and the criminal justice system. 
✅ The Brawn Review on Boardroom Sustainability, Inclusion and Governance including her contribution to this leading report backed by Oxford University.
✅ Why meaningful inclusion requires representation at board level alongside lasting structural and policy reform.
✅Her relationship with the late Maya Angelou and her book "And Still I Rise".
✅ Her childhood in Jamaica, where she was raised by her grandmother, and her move to England at the age of nine. She recalls the shock of arriving in a cold, grey Britain in the 1960s, as well as her early ambitions to become a teacher and her subsequent career in banking using a computer for the first time and higher education.
✅ Reflections on the Windrush generation and shares a message of resilience for future leaders seeking to challenge injustice and create change.

🎯 Key Topics:
Leadership • Equality • Justice • Activism • Success • Diversity & Inclusion • Windrush • REEG • Social Change • Public Service • Resilience • Inclusive Leadership • Race Equality • Stephen Lawrence • DEI

The D.A.R.E. Podcast, hosted by Prof Miranda Brawn, features conversations with global leaders, public figures and high-profile guests about success, mindset, leadership and the experiences that have shaped their careers and lives.

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🌐 Learn More:
Biographies:
Baroness Doreen Lawrence OBE - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doreen_Lawrence
Prof Miranda Brawn - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_Brawn

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