The 8-week course offers an introduction to racism and whiteness using online self-study, individual reflections, facilitated online space as well as peer review sessions. Participants are supported to not only reflect on systems of oppression and racism more particularly but also to look at their own behaviours that support or disrupt such systems and develop a deeper understanding of how they can change their actions. Each module will span over two weeks with different group and individual activities. The aim of the sessions is to offer a personal understanding of how we are entangled in racism, to look at what structures of racism surround us and by doing so, to create an understanding of how we operate within them. Finally, we will be taking a more personal look at how structures of racism work on us and show up in our work contexts. The group will reflect on ways to change dynamics of power and privilege that are within their means.
The 4 core modules will cover:
- Whiteness & Racism:
- Where have we met them before?
- How have I engaged with them in the past?
- Framing Racism:
- How does it show up?
- What core elements can be identified?
- Privilege & Power:
- Why privilege and power matter?
- What is my involvement?
- How privilege and power work differently in different contexts?
- Power-sharing:
- Where do we want to go?
- How do we share power?
Group size 16 people
Start date 1st of October
Online facilitated spaces: 1st, 14th, 28th of October and 11th of November 2020
Time: tbc
Resources: resource list with audio, video and text resources as well as toolkits
Doula UK Members Price: £250, with three slots for people with reduced income for £100
This course caters to the needs of people who identify as white. If you are a Person of Color/ Black/ a member of the BAME community and are interested to learn about racism and are looking for an empowerment space. Please contact us.
Facilitators:
Jamie Schearer-Udeh works as freelance trainer and consultant on matters of racism and intersectional forms of discrimination. She has co-founded multiple self-organisations of Color in Germany and in Europe over the past 9 years. Her political work started at the Initiative Black People in Germany supporting campaigning around racial profiling, language and racism, blackfacing and focused on community building throughout her time with the organisation. She moved on to co-found and lead the European Network of People of African Descent, which brings together Black organisers from Europe to support each other’s campaigning efforts and move towards joint advocacy on the European and international level. Over the course of the past 5 years she has moved successively into facilitation, where she was responsible for training development and implementation for organisations like NEON – New Economy Organisers and Campaign Bootcamp in Germany. 2018 she has co-initiated a leadership programme for non-binary, cis- and trans women of Color in Europe called Working On Our Power – WOOP. Her work centres empowerment of marginalized communities as well as awareness building particularly around whiteness. Besides workshops and organisational development for NGOs around anti-racism and anti-oppression, she has been leading a training programme supporting facilitators to do build their skills on organisational support around anti-racism and anti-oppression structures and is supporting trainers on their development journey as their coach.
Clementine E Burnley is an experiential trainer, facilitator, and social justice organiser. She works with teams, organisations collectives and marginalised communities to create deeper connections through well handled change and conflict. Achievements include guiding political organizations in Europe and Africa through structural change processes. Clementine has successfully implemented high-volume projects with focus on institutional capacity building, most recently in MSO inklusiv! Project, helping 20+ community organisations better to serve queer, non binary and trans refugees and migrants in communities of colour across Germany since 2015. Clementine develops training concepts and group process tools, leads peer mentoring processes, coaches teaches and counsels in a tailored dynamic and need-based mode. She has broad, deep experience in supporting self organised communities serving highly vulnerable people. She is fluent in English, Italian, French, Krio.
For course application contact: send an email to jamie@jamieschearer.com and decolonialheart@posteo.uk explaining your motivation of the course.