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Louise Da-Cocodia MBE (9 November 1934 – 13 March 2008) was an anti racism campaigner and former Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Manchester ==Biography== Born in Jamaica, Louise Da-Cocodia moved to Britain in 1955 to train as a nurse, invited as part of a government overseas recruitment drive to staff the newly formed National Health Service. As a nurse-in-training, she often encountered racism from colleagues and patients.〔''Rude Awakening African-Caribbean Settlers in Manchester, An Account'', Roots Oral History Project 1992,p.24, see extract at: https://wearewarpandweft.wordpress.com/stature-project/the-women-were-celebrating/louise-da-cocodia/〕 In 1958, Louise Da-Cocodia qualified as a Staff Registered Nurse, and began a nursing career spanning 31 years.〔''Louise Adassa Da-Cocodia - a biography" http://www.cariocca.com/images/Louise%20Da-Cocodio_bio.pdf〕 In 1966 she was appointed as Assistant Superintendent of District Nurses, the first Black senior nursing officer in Manchester. Even as a manager she experienced racist remarks from colleagues; “Those black so and so’s coming here and giving us orders!”. These experiences of prejudice inspired Louise to dedicate herself to tackling race equality issues: “deep in my mind is my commitment to bridge the gap which has led to the blacks being treated as inferior.” 〔''Rude Awakening African-Caribbean Settlers in Manchester, An Account''〕 In the 1960s and 1970s she served on regional Race Relations Board committees (later known as the Commission for Racial Equality, handling complaints brought under new anti-discrimination laws such as the Race Relations Act 1965.〔Photograph of Louise Da-Cocodia at the 1976 Race Relations Conference Committee meeting in York, Manchester Archives https://www.flickr.com/search/?w=55918222@N02&q=dacocodia http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/f18a185f-3bd3-4569-9ce7-46bdecd39eb4〕 In 1981 she helped transport victims of the Moss Side riot to hospital, and later sat on the Hytner inquiry panel investigating the causes of the unrest.〔"News Special: Moss Side Riots 25 years on", Manchester Evening News, 6 July 2006, http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/news-special-moss-side-riots-1035294〕 In 1984 she published a paper in the International Journal of Social Psychiatry exploring the effects of racism in nursing.〔"The probable effects of racism in nursing and related disciplines" Louise Da-Cocodia, The International journal of social psychiatry, 1984, vol./is. 30/1-2(17-21),http://www.library.nhs.uk/booksandjournals/details.aspx?t= *Racism&stfo=False&sc=bnj.ebs.cinahl,bnj.pub.MED,bnj.ovi.psyh&p=14&sf=&sfld=fld.title&sr=bnj.pub&did=6706490&pc=16&id=689〕 From 1984 she served three terms as Chair of the West Indian Organisation Co-ordinating Committee.〔''Louise Adassa Da-Cocodia - a biography"〕 Louise Da-Cocodia undertook a number of community voluntary roles, both at a grassroots community level where she was affectionately known as ‘Mrs D’; and at a more formal level by serving on a number of governing boards and committees including Manchester Health Authority; Voluntary Action Manchester; and Manchester Metropolitan University. She was also a lay inspector at the Crown Prosecution Service and a Justice of the Peace. In 1990 she was nominated to the Manchester Magistrates’ Bench where she served for 14 years. In 1999 she was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Manchester.〔''Trust launched in memory of campaigner'', Manchester Evening News, 19 April 2010 http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/trust-launched-in-memory-of-campaigner-970644〕 Louise Da-Cocodia strove to promote equality of opportunity for Manchester’s inner-city residents in housing, education and employment, stating that she was inspired by an aim “…to help young Black people understand that this is their home, this is the society they live in, and that they have a part to play in developing it. Young Black people need role models around, not necessarily high profile ones…".〔The Bright Star, Eulogy by Sarah Da-Cocodia; see also transcript of Louise Da-Cocodia’s speech ''West Indians in Manchester'' at Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society April 1996 in ''Manchester Memoirs, Volumes 134-135, Page 72''〕 She co-founded and steered a number of community enterprise schemes including Cariocca Education Trust and Arawak Walton Housing Association. She was also a founder member of Moss Side and Hulme Women’s Action Forum; the Agency for Economic Development in Manchester.〔''Jamaicans in UK Pay Respects to Social Activist'', Jamaica Information Service, http://jis.gov.jm/jamaicans-in-uk-pay-respects-to-social-activist/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Louise Da-Cocodia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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