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June Sarpong, MBE has spent over 20-years at the forefront of broadcasting in the UK and USA. She has also become a fierce advocate for diversity and equality, working extensively with HRH…
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When you bring communities together to talk- these central themes, and things we have in common, come to the fore. When you break bread together, and you find common ground, before you know it you stop thinking about your differences, or you appreciate them.
— June SarpongBritish TV Presenter, Diversity Advocate & Commonwealth Games Federation Official
I am in favour of quotas and targets. I think affirmative action works, and we've had affirmative action in the opposite direction for centuries. So sometimes we have to shock the system. We have to do it to normalise things, to get to a tipping point and then let the system just takes care of itself.
— June SarpongBritish TV Presenter, Diversity Advocate & Commonwealth Games Federation Official
When you meet somebody who seems unfamiliar, who appears to be different, and for whatever reason you feel uncomfortable with that, a wall goes up, and you behave differently towards them; it impacts your actions.
— June SarpongBritish TV Presenter, Diversity Advocate & Commonwealth Games Federation Official
We need to change our hearts and minds, not just our behaviours. Forget even the moral argument, discriminating is such a waste. It is from our diverse cultures and communities that we could find the cure for cancer, where we could find all of the solutions for some of our most pressing problems.
— June SarpongBritish TV Presenter, Diversity Advocate & Commonwealth Games Federation Official
If the disabled workforce was utilised to its full potential, that's an extra £40 billion that could be added to the economy.
— June SarpongBritish TV Presenter, Diversity Advocate & Commonwealth Games Federation Official
Of the 1.4 million people in this country who have learning difficulties, only 6% are in work. That's insane! There are over a million people with disabilities looking for work, who can't find work because they're discriminated against.
— June SarpongBritish TV Presenter, Diversity Advocate & Commonwealth Games Federation Official
We need to change our hearts and minds, not just our behaviours. Forget even the moral argument, discriminating is such a waste. It is from our diverse cultures and communities that we could find the cure for cancer, where we could find all of the solutions for some of our most pressing problems.
— June SarpongBritish TV Presenter, Diversity Advocate & Commonwealth Games Federation Official
We've never really talked about diversity, not honestly- and that's why we've got these problems, we've always skirted around the issue, sort of tap danced around it and walked on egg shells when discussing it; because of this, we've never really addressed it.
— June SarpongBritish TV Presenter, Diversity Advocate & Commonwealth Games Federation Official
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