Sofia Akel

Sofia Akel is an education activist and researcher, campaigning and leading work to tackle institutional racism in education. Currently, she is leading London Metropolitan University’s race equity work for the Centre of Equity and Inclusion, as well as working in a number of public facing roles such as: journalism, historical and race-related research and consultancy. She also founded the Free Book Campaign – a community interest company which aims to provide books by authors of colour to those who cannot access them due to financial or other systemic barriers.