Students for Sensible Drug Policy London presents No Justice, No Peace: Drugs, Race and Growing Up. 

In celebration of Black History Month, SSDP London will be hosting a seminar looking at the impact of our current drug policies on BME (Black and Minority Ethnic) communities. The event will look at how BME people are affected by drug use and the war on drugs. 

Issues such as the link between criminalisation of communities and the recent riots in London will be explored. 

The event will be chaired by Nelson Abbey, a writer for the Voice who recently called for an end to the drug war. 

Guest speakers include:

Viv Ahmun 

Viv Ahmun has many years of experience providing drug services to BME communities. He is currently a senior partner at Coreplan UK, a leadership consultancy which develops and nurtures partnerships specialising in the social care and criminal justice sector.

Ras Binghi Congo-Nyah

Ras Binghi Congo-Nyah is an international ombudsman for the Rastafari way of Life, and director of two small companies: Lions Den Fam and Zion Networks. He has spoken on the topic of Rastafari and Herbs for Wandsworth Council, Connexions, Tooting Hub Community Centre and various youth multifaith events. 

Deborah Peterson Small (Via Skype)

Deborah Peterson Small is the Founder and Executive Director of Break the Chains: Communities of Color and the War on Drugs. Before founding Break the Chains, Deborah was Director of Public Policy for the Drug Policy Alliance where she led a number of community initiatives for drug policy reform. She became an ardent advocate for drug policy reform as she became increasingly aware of the grossly disproportionate number of BME people incarcerated for drug offences. 

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