Online Workshop: The Call-In-Cards for Anti-Black Racism Action

This interactive online workshop presents The Kit for Centering Black Youth Wellbeing, an online hub that takes a multi-faceted approach to addressing anti-Black racism and centering the wellbeing of Black youth, families, and communities.

The Kit was developed by Youth Research and Evaluation eXchange (YouthREX) to provide youth workers with:

• the knowledge and tools to understand the historical roots and context of present-day manifestations of anti-Black racism;
• engagement with research on the impact of anti-Black racism on Black youth, families, and communities;
• critical practices for centering the wellbeing of Black youth and communities; and
• the opportunity to commit to ongoing personal, professional, and organizational accountability.

The Call-In-Cards for Anti-Black Racism Action, the action component of The Kit, centre critical self-reflexivity as the source and impetus to connect understandings of anti-Black racism to anti-Black racism action – at the individual, program, and community levels. The focus on action is critical, because anti-Black racism work is a continuous journey of transformation that requires ongoing reflection, learning, and unlearning.

Each card features a scenario on one side and four reflection prompts on the other. The scenarios detail Black youth’s experiences of anti-Black racism in different areas of their lives, including at school, work, and play.

This workshop will use the Call-In-Cards to foster dialogue and share strategies to support participants to commit to action in their own spheres of influence.

Co-hosted and co-facilitated by Cyril Cromwell, YouthREX Director of Research & Evaluation, and Rahma Kiongozi, YouthREX Youth Engagement Lead.

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We will use Zoom for this online workshop. Closed captions will be made available for all participants. Please note that the workshop will not be recorded.