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Our Community Channel is supporting Stephen Lawrence Day on 22nd April, in their mission to bring positive change and to inspire young people to live their best life and reach their full potential.

 April 22nd  is national Stephen Lawrence Day and JCDecaux's The Community Channel is proud to support his foundation with a campaign across digital billboards UK-wide, raising awareness of their mission to bring positive change and to inspire young people to live their best life and reach their full potential.

The Stephen Lawrence Day foundation exists to inspire a more equal, inclusive society and to foster opportunities for marginalised people in the UK. Creating a legacy of change and encouraging young people to take positive action. The day is an opportunity to celebrate Stephen’s life, to educate young people about the significance of his legacy and highlight the ongoing work of the Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation - the charity founded by Stephen’s mother Hon. Baroness Doreen Lawrence. To find out more about Stephen Lawrence Day click here.

Stephen’s story is both challenging and inspirational, he grew up in south-east London and like his peers juggled an active social life, schoolwork, family commitments, and part-time employment with ambitions to use his talent for maths, art, and design to become an architect. Stephen wanted to have a positive impact on his community making the most of everyday opportunities.

Although his life was short, tragically on 22 April 1993, Stephen was murdered in an unprovoked racist attack. After the initial police investigation, five suspects were arrested but not convicted. This paved the way for a greater understanding of discrimination of all forms and new equalities legislation.

As Stephen‘s mother, his death continues to be at the forefront of my mind. I hope his continued legacy for change lives on in future generations. Baroness Doreen Lawrence Founder of the Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation

JCDecaux’s The Community Channel enables not-for-profit community and charitable projects to access digital Out-of-Home locations, in line with JCDecaux’s purpose and values. With an estimated 50p in every pound spent on all Out-of-Home going back into the community, this new initiative is yet another proof-point of Out-of-Home’s role as a ‘force for good’ in the community.

 

 

 

 

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