Lord Ouseley wants Chelsea captain John Terry to play a prominent role in football's battle against racism.
The chairman of anti-racism campaign Kick It Out has been a vocal critic in the handling of the Terry case. It took 12 months for an FA ban and fine to be handed out after the Chelsea defender racially abused QPR's Anton Ferdinand.
Terry's four-game suspension starts against Tottenham on Saturday, ahead of Kick It Out's annual 'raising awareness of racism in football' week, which traditionally involves players wearing T-shirts during their warm-up.
"The idea is that the clubs do whatever they feel appropriate during our two weeks of action, and that could be the players wearing T-shirts or whatever message the clubs wish to make," Lord Ouseley told ESPN.
"As for John Terry, he has a big following in football and it would be wrong to be obstructive to him being involved. In fact it would be right for John Terry to show that he stands for quality and fair treatment for all.
"He has apologised for the language he used almost a year ago,and yes, of course, it has been a long time coming, but that isn't the point.