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Chamber and committees

Dumfries Trio Reach Final of Show Racism the Red Card Competition

  • Submitted by: Finlay Carson, Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 24 June 2021
  • Motion reference: S6M-00491

That the Parliament congratulates Lily Ochmanska, Lacey Smith and Bobby Waugh, who are students at North West Community Campus in Dumfries, on being chosen as finalists in Show Racism the Red Card's 2021 Creative Competition, which has attracted entries from more than 1,500 young people from across Scotland who have produced fantastic artwork, poetry, creative writing, t-shirt designs, music and short films highlighting the charity's annual Wear Red Day, which takes place on 22 October; praises the role of Show Racism the Red Card in getting the message across that lives should not be ruined by racism, acknowledges what it sees as the advancement of the anti-racism movement thanks to putting education at its core; believes that from the worst comes the best, and encourages people to speak meaningfully on the subject of challenging racism, knowing that doing so could change hearts, minds and lives.


Supported by: Clare Adamson, Colin Beattie, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Donald Cameron, Jackson Carlaw, Alex Cole-Hamilton, Sharon Dowey, Russell Findlay, Jamie Greene, Bill Kidd, Douglas Lumsden, Fulton MacGregor, Ruth Maguire, Gillian Martin, Edward Mountain, Colin Smyth, Alexander Stewart, Sue Webber