Labour Party leadership contender Diane Abbott MP, Jewish equalities campaigner Edie Friedman and Unison health executive member Karen Reissmann are among the latest supporters of the We are Bradford event to oppose the racist English Defence League on Saturday 28 August.

Latest supporters include…

Diane Abbott MP, Labour Party leadership contender, Edie Friedman executive director, Jewish Council for Racial Equality, Karen Reissmann Unison health executive member (pc), Aaron Porter president, National Union of Students, Mecca2Medina hip-hop artists (pic: right), Young Kof hip-hop artist, Ian Stevenson regional secretary, Yorkshire and Humber NUT, Kevin Deegan North Staffordshire Campaign Against Racism and Fascism (NorSCARF), Edward McNally, School Students Against War, George Arthur trades council delegates convenor, Barnsley NUT, Manjit Gill vice-chair E-Mix equality group, TSSA, Hsiao-Hung Pai journalist and author, Andrew Baisley, Camden NUT branch secretary, Michelle Smith union organiser, Unite the union North West region, Ian Lawther HMRC group executive member, PCS.

Thanks also to all the other people who have sent us their names.

What you can do

>> Read the statement and add your name or organisation to the supporters list
>> Download the national leaflet for the event
>> See the transport page for coaches to the event from around the country

Event details

The We are Bradford celebration of unity and our multicultural society takes place on Saturday 28 August. Assemble: 12 noon at Exchange Square, Drake Street, Bradford city centre. People using public transport should travel in via the Bradford Interchange.