We know many of you in the social sector will have been profoundly impacted, on a personal and/or professional level, by the heinous scenes of Islamophobia, racism and hate across the UK. We will be offering - free of charge - facilitated spaces to come together to seek and offer peer support for people within the Clore Social community* who are from Muslim, Black or racially minoritised backgrounds.

This will be a space where the Clore Social community, who have been impacted by recent Islamophobic, racist and violent events, can come together to seek and offer peer support. The session will be hosted by an expert coach with experience of facilitating spaces dealing with inequity and injustice. 

As part of ensuring a supportive and appropriate environment for discussions, we are limiting participant numbers. We kindly ask that you only register for this event if you expect you will be able to attend. You are invited to join and leave at any time during the 60-minute session.

Only those that have registered for the event will be permitted access to the session. If your Zoom ID/name varies from the name that you registered with, you will be asked via a direct message from the administrator for your name and organisation. Please understand, this is to ensure a protected space for all participants. Once verified, you may edit your Zoom name, if preferred.

*We hope you understand that this offer is for fellows, alumni, associates, partners and friends known to Clore Social, to enable us to provide a protected space. We may be in touch with you to verify this.

This session will be facilitated by:

Reem Assil

Reem is a facilitator, mentor, coach, author, social activist and public speaker. She also holds an MSc in Biotechnology and PhD degree in Immunology and a second PhD in religious studies and peacebuilding exploring the large-group identities of Syrians in exile. A British Syrian, born in London and raised in Damascus, she designs, manages and facilitates leadership programmes in three languages: English, French and Arabic. Reem is a certified Transformational Coach, leveraging her skills to drive positive change and growth in individuals and organisations alike. She holds a certificate in Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy and is currently pursuing a certificate in Mind-Body Coaching. Reem is a member of the Community Scrutiny Panel at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Police and an invited observer to Cambridge Ethnic Community Forum (CECF) Trustee meetings. She is a founding member of the Syrian Nonviolence Movement and a co-founder of the Free Syrian Translators, a media activism group. She chaired the Syrian Platform for Peace-UK from 2015 to 2019. She has also written for several media outlets and is a co-author of “The Arab Spring, Five Years On”.