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Image Jean-Roger Kaseki

Academic & Local Authority Councillor

 

I was educated at....

....St Francis College, Lubumbashi University, Kinshasa University and London Metropolitan University.

My first job was....

....in higher education as an assistant University Professor.

What I do now is....

....work in higher education as an Academic Associate at the Human Rights & Social Justice Research Institute at London Metropolitan University. I also work as an elected Local Authority Councillor representing Tollington Ward in the London borough of Islington, serving the people.

Jean-Roger Kaseki is the first Councillor of Congolese origin elected in the United Kingdom. Elected in the 2010 Council elections, he represents Tollington Ward in the London Borough of Islington.

At this Local Authority, he is a member of the Health and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee, a member of the Licensing Committee, an observer at the Voluntary and Community Sector Committee that is a sub-committee of the Council’s Executive, and a member of Islington Housing Executive which is a formal advisory body to the Council’s Executive and housing directors, advising on all key decisions regarding landlord services and housing matters that affect council tenants and homeowners.

He is also a Governor at Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust (the Mental Health Trust). As a Human Rights academic, he also works as a Human Rights campaigner and is currently an Associate at the Human Rights & Social Justice Research Institute at London Metropolitan University.

He has campaigned and lobbied for human rights in the Congo (former Zaire) to be improved, following mass violations of fundamental human rights there for many decades.

While living in the Congo, he led campaigns, conferences, publications and meetings, which denounced the various human rights violations committed by the then Congolese Government.

Since moving to the UK, he has managed to keep the same spirit for fighting and campaigning against poor human rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo and kept the issue high on the British Government and the World Community's agenda.

 

What I learned along the way is....

....that you can achieve in life by working hard and that education is the key to development and empowerment.

My greatest influence has been....

....the opportunity to empower people through education and through my representation as an elected councillor, by providing strong and visionary leadership as an ethnic minority person. I am a role model for the community by inspiring people from ethnic minority backgrounds to work hard and achieve their dreams and aspirations for a prosperous future.

The best advice I ever received is....

....ask not what your country can do for you; instead ask yourself what you can do for your country, your community and your society - and also what you can do for the people and your country of origin. Hence my decision to be a public servant and serve the people in my community.

My top tips for succeeding in my career area are....

....work hard, aim higher in your life and believe in yourself. Anything is possible for those who work hard and are committed to their plans for higher achievement in their lives.


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