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# ‘No Place for Hate’ – new poem from Andreena Leeanne for National Hate Crime Awareness Week
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/no-place-for-hate-new-poem-from-andreena-leeanne-for-national-hate-crime-awareness-week/
- Published: 2020-10-10T10:11:09.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-10T08:54:45.000Z
- Description: Organisers of #NationalHCAW announce they have commissioned a new poem by Andreena Leeanne, No Place for Hate, for National Hate Crime Awareness Week, which takes place from Saturday, October 10 to Saturday, October 17.
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: Arts, Community, In The South, Information, News, Poetry, Pride, Black Lives Matter, BLM, Hate Crime, LGBT, LGBTQ, National Hate Crime Awareness Week, NationalHCAW, Trans Lives Matter

The organisers of **#NationalHCAW** have announced they have commissioned a new poem by **Andreena Leeanne**, *No Place for Hate*, for **National Hate Crime Awareness Week**, which takes place from **Saturday, October 10** to **Saturday, October 17**.

Andreena is an out and proud black lesbian poet, inspirational speaker and mother. London born of Jamaican heritage, she currently lives with her fiance **Germaine** and her daughter **Renee** in **Waltham Forest**. In 2015 she founded **Poetry LGBT Open Mic Night**, a warm and inclusive community-centred performance space she facilitates/comperes live at physical venues in East London, and online via Zoom.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/andreena-leanne.jpg)

Andreena Leeanne

A **Stonewall Black History Month** role model, Andreena delivers writing workshops online and in person, and regularly performs her poetry at black and LGBTQ+ events, **Labour Party** events, and for local authorities such as the **London Borough of Hackney**, the **Greater London Authority** at **International Women’s Day** events, and has her work published in the **Team Angelica** anthology *Sista!* Most recently she was shortlisted by the **National Diversity Awards** as a **Positive LGBT Role Model**.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/picture-1.png)