Patchwork Foundation (PW) & Operation Black Vote (OBV) organised a Labour Party Leadership Question Time on 30th July with host Simon Woolley (PW National Board Member & OBV Founder). The event hosted and sponsored by KPMG with Andy Burnham, Liz Kendall, Jeremy Corbyn and Seema Malhotra (representing Yvette Cooper) was attended by over 150 leading youth, women and community stakeholders from under representatives communities including (UpRisers from UpRising, mentors from Mosaic, Parliamentor from 3FF and community organisers from Citizens UK).
The event was covered by multiple ethnic media channels including Black, African, Indian, Pakistani, Somalian and Turkish stations and was featured on national mainstream media. Each MP drafted a tweet about why the BME community should vote for them and wrote articles for Patchwork which was published online by The Independent.
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