Archive Category : Race Equality Programme

Black Visual Artists Forum Schedule and Budget

Visual Arts and Crafts Policy Discussion Paper

Bombay Our City, a film by Anand Patwardhan, a Pamphlet

GLC Film and Video - Practice and Policy Report, 19th October 1984

The Emergence of Black British Political Filmmaking and its Broken Relationship with Social Realism by Clive James Nwonka based on interviews with Parminder Vir

GLAA/ILEA Feasibility Study by the British Council on providing training in television production for ethnic minority and women's community groups

Letter to Parminder Vir from Josephine McNally, student filmmaker, 15th November 1984

The Women’s Film and Video Bulletin, interview with Parminder Vir and June Givanni

Anti-Racist Year 1984: Inner London Education Authority Race, Sex and Class Anti-Racist Statement and Guidelines

London Forum of Ethnic Arts Officers and MAAS: Statement in Support of the Resignation of Three Arts Officers from Greater London Arts Due to Institutional Racism dated 15th November 1985

London Forum of Ethnic Arts Officers and MAAS: Letter Invitation to Parminder Vir to the Independent Inquiry on alleged racism in GLA, 18th February 1986, to the first meeting of the Inquiry on 5th March 1986

Arts and Recreation Committee: Mainstream Arts and Their Challenge to Racism Policy Report for Mainstream Arts to develop Equal Opportunity and Anti-Racist Policies for Employment, Representation and Training of Black and Ethnic Minority Artists, 20 March 1984.

Anti-Racist Year 1984 Ethnic Arts Policy: London Against Racism in Mainstream Arts Policies and Programming Report 12 March 1984

GLC Race Equality Unit: Black Arts Future Policies and Priorities Report 27th March 1985 Arts and Recreation Committee and Ethnic Arts Sub-Committee by Parminder Vir

GLC Race Equality Unit: GLC Back Arts Policy from 1981-86 Report by Parminder Vir, Head of Race Equality Unit, on Achievements of Grant Aid Programme, Race Equality Programme and Black Arts Initiatives produced for the Black Artists White Institutions Conference held on 4 November 1985.

London Forum of Ethnic Arts Officers and MAAS: A new forum to discuss the arts of the African, Caribbean, Asian, Chinese and Vietnamese Communities in Tower Hamlets 2 March 1986 Meeting Agenda

London Forum of Ethnic Arts Officers and MAAS: Black and Ethnic Arts Forum Launch Programme at the Whitechapel Art Gallery on 2 March 1986. Guest Speaker Parminder Vir. Other speakers: Praveen Bahl, Junior Douglas, Shweta Otiv

London Borough of Tower Hamlets Director of Community Services: Letter from Director to Parminder Vir on Race Equality Programme, 16 December 1985

London Borough of Tower Hamlets Director of Community Services: Letter from Director to Parminder Vir on Race Equality Programme 9 December 1985

London Forum of Ethnic Arts Officers and MAAS: Letter from Tower Hamlets Ethnic Arts Officer to Parminder Vir GLC Race Equality Unit Invitation to speak at the launch of the Tower Hamlets Black and Ethnic Arts Forum dated 23 January 1986

London Borough of Tower Hamlets Black and Ethnic Arts Forum Programme April 1986

GLC Black Film Policy Discussion Paper by Parminder Vir, July 1983

GLC Race Equality Unit and Divemay Films invitation to screening of Mandela by Lionel N’Gakane at BAFTA, 9th January 1986

GLC Race Equality Unit: Black Film Sector - Which Way Forward Conference May 1985, photograph of participants

Black Womens Editorial Collective: Letters between Parminder Vir and Cyndy Jennings

BFI and GLC: Notes of Meeting between GLC Film Working Group and BFI Officers in June and July 1984

UN Decade for Women: International Women’s Film Forum, Nairobi, Kenya 1985: Article by Parminder Vir and Article Published

UN Decade for Women: A Time of Our Lives - A Season of Women's Films on Channel 4 to mark the end of UN Decade for Women 1985

UN Decade for Women: Women of Southern Africa, Struggles and Achivements. The Decade for Women Diary July 85/86 order form.

Anti-Racist Year 1984: GLC Anti-Racist Work in the Independent Voluntary Sector Code of Practice and Guidelines

Ethnic Arts Sub-Committee: GLC Ethnic Arts Policy Group Letter and Minutes of meeting held 27 May 1983 from Parminder Vir.

GLC Race Equality Unit: Memo from Parminder Vir for Race Equality Unit Budget, March 1985

Anti-Racist Year 1984 Arts Programmes: Mainstream and their Challenge to Racism - Arts Administration Training Scheme for Black and Ethnic Minority Arts Groups Report for Funding

GLC Race Equality Unit: Report to establish a Race Equality Unit in the Department for Arts and Recreation dated 4th December 1984 to the Arts and Recreation Committee, Ethnic Minorites Committee, Staff Committee, Finance and General Purposes Committee

GLC Race Equality Unit Tragets 1985/86 Report to Arts and Recreation Committee, Ethnic Arts Sub-Committee from Head of Race Equality Unit, Parminder Vir dated 29th April 1985

London Forum of Ethnic Arts Officers: London Borough of Hackney Funding to Arts Groups 1984/85 Report

London Forum of Ethnic Arts Officers and MAAS: Minutes of meeting held on 13 October 1985 at Tower Hamlets. REU represented.

London Forum of Ethnic Arts Officers and MAAS: Letter from Karen Woodley, Arts Administrator of the next meeting of the group on 27 November 1985 in Haringey Arts Council, hosted by Lola Young and Manjo Ambasno. Enclosed letter from Margo Ladell, Black Arts in the City of London, Barbican Centre

London Forum of Ethnic Arts Officers and MAAS: Letter from Nick Axarlis to John Hole, Hammersmith & Fulham Arts Office

London Forum of Ethnic Arts Officers and MAAS: Minutes of Meeting held 28th November 1985 and Notice of Meeting on 17 December 1985

London Forum of Ethnic Arts Officers and MAAS: Notice of Forum Meeting and Letter Invitation to Independent Inquiry on alleged racism in GLA, 18th February 1986, to the first meeting of the Inquiry on 5th March 1986

London Forum of Ethnic Arts Officers and MAAS: Report on Harringey Council's Black Arts Development Fund, Guidelines for Funding and Policy documents, 1985.

National Film and Television School (NFTS) Women’s Group Open Meeting held at the Women's Place on 10 March 1986. Parminder Vir, Chair of the Panel on Experiences and Needs of Black and Ethnic Minority Women in Film Training.

National Film and Television School (NFTS) Women’s Group: Women In Film - Students, Teachers and Filmmakers by Cherry Potter Gandy, published in CILECT REVIEW June 1985

Race Equality Unit Management: Anti-Racist Outreach Workers Programme Report, June 1985

Race Equality Unit Management: Black Arts Trust Discussion Paper September 1985

Race Equality Unit Management: Special Meeting 23 August 1985 to discuss GLC Abolition- Implications for REU Staff

Race Equality Unit Management: REU Staff Directory 1985

Race Equality Unit Management: 1985/86 Race Equality Unit Targets and Staff Leads.

London Borough of Tower Hamlets: Report on Black Arts Provision December 1985

Who's Who in Arts Management 1986: Parminder Vir's entry into the publication

Parminder Vir profile by Claire Shepherd, West Indian World, 1983

Sex, Race and Class by Selma James with contributions from Barbara Beese, Mala Dhondy, Darcus Howe and Race Today, published by Falling Wall Press and Race Today Collective

GLC Race Equality Unit: Memo dated 26th February 1986 Audit - Race Equality Unit on Financial Management of three REU Programmes

Race Equality Unit Management: Agendas and Minutes of REU Staff Meetings from 19 April 1985 to 18 February 1986