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Museum of Homelessness: Social Media, Toxic Myths & Disinformation

Museum of Homelessness: Social Media, Toxic Myths & Disinformation

Museum of Homelessness: Social Media, Toxic Myths & Disinformation

Thursday, March 10, 2022

Museum of Homelessness is launching the findings of a year’s research into homelessness, racism, xenophobia and the links between the far right and UK government policy both online and in real life.

This event is for anyone interested in how hate speech, racism and toxic narratives about homelessness spread and what we can do about it. This research has included social media analysis, monitoring accounts, research, and investigation.

Our team Miranda Keast and Samir Jeraj will share what’s happening on the ground with racism and homelessness, the six main narratives we have uncovered in the research and analysis of how homelessness is instrumentalised to spread hate. We will finish with a call to action for all involved in the homelessness sector to stand up against racist policies and online hate.

Our guests Samantha Asumadu (Media Diversified), Mihai Calin Bica (Roma Support Group) and Benjamin Morgan (Public Interest Law Centre) all have an inspirational track record of organising against structural inequalities and everday racism and we are delighted that they can share their work as part of the event.

This event has been supported by the Isla Foundation, as part of Project Fortify. You can book for the event here.

When is it:

The event is FREE and will take place in:
10th March, 7 till 8.30pm
Online (zoom)

We will be in touch one week before the event with more details about the report and the link to join.

Who is speaking?

Miranda Keast & Samir Jeraj, Museum of Homelessness
Samantha Asumadu, Radical organiser, Writer and founder of Media Diversified
Benjamin Morgan, Public Interest Law Centre
Mihai Calin Bica, Roma Support Group

Background

In the late summer of 2020, news began to circulate that groups of far-right nationalists had begun visiting COVID hotels trying to find non-UK nationals as they sheltered in their rooms.

It was in this climate Project Fortify was born. Project Fortify was a yearlong grassroots direct support, investigation and campaigning response in solidarity with homeless people affected by racism. Funding from the Isla Foundation has meant we are able to investigate the influence of social media, alongside detailed investigative work to combat racism and hate speech in 2021. We worked with Samir Jeraj and Miranda Keast on the project and you can read Samir’s write up in the Byline Times here.

Since that time, the links between online myth making, reactive policy making and in real life harassment have become clearer. This report and event seeks to make these links clearer and help us to respond.

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