Developing Anti-racism campaigns

Developing Anti-racism campaigns

This training for climate activists will dive into practical skills around structural changes essential for fostering anti-racist movements.

By Friends of the Earth

Date and time

Wed, 15 May 2024 10:30 - 12:30 PDT

Location

Online

About this event

  • 2 hours

Join us for our anti-racism training tailored for climate activists, where we dive into practical skills and do some thinking around structural changes essential for fostering anti-racist movements.


We'll explore the intersection between climate justice and racial justice and shed light on Britain's historical relationship with racism and anti-racism efforts. We’re also going to be delving into the nuanced dynamics at play when building anti-racism campaigns within the wider climate movement.


This training is not just an opportunity to learn but a call to action, giving participants some of the tools to contribute to a more equitable and united fight for a sustainable future. This training is a step towards building a climate movement that reflects the diversity of voices and experiences around us.


After the training you will have the opportunity to work with your local staff members and potenitally Bilal the antiracist consultant to start embedding antiracism into your current or new campaigns. We also have a small grant that is available to apply for after you have attended the training to help with this work.


We also know that this work can greatly impact activists who are people of colour, so for this reason we are offering 1-2-1 therapeutic support from USEMI after the training so that you have space to talk and be heard.


Who is this training/course for?

  • Local action group members who are wanting to learn skills and feel confident to embed anti-racism into their local and national campaigns.
  • We feel that it would be best to have as many people from each group attend as possible so that the learning is shared by the whole group and it’s easier to implement new ways of working together as a team.

Why attend?

  • Be trained by a highly experienced anti-racism consultant who has lots of experience in developing and running anti-racism and environmental justice campaigns
  • Gain skills and feel confident to develop and run environmental justice campaigns with an anti-racism focus.

What to expect/agenda
6.30pm Start

6.35pm A history of British Racism

7.00pm Understanding structural racism

7.25pm Racial justice and climate justice

7.55pm Building anti-racist campaigns

8.25pm Final remarks

8.30pm Finish


Your hosts/facilitators

Bilal Hussain


Accessibility

During this training we will use Powerpoint and take part in group work.

In addition we have the follow processes in place to support accessibility

  • If you require a BSL interpreter or language interpreter please contact community@foe.co.uk two weeks before the training and we will aim to book an expert this service. If there are no available interpreters, we will work with you to do whatever we can to support your engagement in the training.
  • PowerPoints and handouts will be emailed prior to training for use on screen readers.
  • We welcome carers and support workers to attend training alongside any participants. Please let us know when registering so we can ensure that you are paired in any group activities.

Please let us know via the booking form if you have any other accessibility requirements or alternatively you can email us on community@foe.co.uk to talk to us about it.



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