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Now in their fourth year, the Advancing Race Equality Awards recognise the outstanding work being done within communities to tackle racial discrimination, promote racial equality and foster positive relationships between diverse groups of people.
The Advancing Race Equality Awards have become a highlight of the diversity calendar as they celebrate the efforts and achievements of individuals, volunteers, schools, colleges, universities, community organisations, theatre groups and those working in the public and private sectors.
If you know someone or an organisation working to create a better society and a more just world, we need to hear about them!
This year’s awards take place on March 6 2025.
Read about last year’s awards and winners HERE
Awards Timeline
Meet Our Judging Panel
For The Advancing Race Equality Awards 2024
Dr Raymond Russell
With over 25 years of research and policy involvement, Raymond Russell's career spans from community research to his present role as a Researcher in the Northern Ireland Assembly. His extensive travels cultivated an appreciation for diverse cultures, foreseeing the enrichment of Northern Ireland's traditions with the arrival of new communities in the early 2000s.
Beverly Simpson
Beverly, a devoted mother and nurse from Guyana, South America, has been involved in Northern Ireland's care sector since 2005. Her passionate activism extends to collaborating with the Equality Commission NI to combat workplace racism, serving as a trade union steward, and holding various roles within NWMF. Beverly also holds a Level Three qualification in counselling and drug misuse and has recently joined the board of NI Women European Platform.
Eliza Browning
Eliza Browning serves as the Senior Policy Officer at the Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ), contributing to advancing human rights in Northern Ireland. Originally from Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, she holds a Juris Doctor and previously worked as a family law litigator and legal advocate for children in foster care. She remains dedicated to promoting justice in Northern Ireland.
Dr Mukesh Chugh
A dedicated anaesthetist with a wealth of experience, Dr Mukesh Chugh works in both paediatric and adult anaesthesia and perioperative care. Elected as Honorary Secretary of the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association, he also launched the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin in Northern Ireland and was elected as its chairperson. Both these organisations are committed to equality and diversity in the NHS. Dr Mukesh was awarded the Points of Light Award by the UK Government in 2023 in recognition of his exceptional service promoting and celebrating Indian heritage. He is also the most recent winner of the Advancing Race Equality Award Anti-Racism Leader prize.
Donna Namukasa
Donna Namukasa is a Belfast-based social worker and Ugandan musician. Using her singing and dancing talents, she informs and educates on black and history and culture. Donna has worked in community social work practice for over seven years. She has been a Board Member of the Lower Ormeau Road Residents Action Group (LORAG) for a number of years and is Founder and Director of Nalongo Folk Music and Dance. Through her work with Beyond Skin and her focus on good relations, Donna has met many of the great people who make her adopted city thrive. The uplifting nature of community resources such as LORAG in South Belfast is the perfect exemplifier of this strong community bond.
Goretti Horgan
Goretti Horgan is a lecturer in social policy at Ulster University. Before joining the University in 2003, Goretti was a Senior Research Officer with the National Children’s Bureau and then Save the Children. She is also a director and former chair of the Northern Ireland Anti-Poverty Network. She researches and writes about child and family poverty, as well as children’s and women’s rights generally. She is currently the Principal Investigator on ESRC funded study ‘Buying Abortion Through The Internet - Exploring the social harm of criminalising abortion in Northern Ireland and the UK’. The study hopes to cast new light on existing policy around abortion in the UK, especially Northern Ireland.
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