At Democracy in Colour, we run anti-racism trainings for organisations and as interventions in key moments in society – To discuss training opportunities, please contact: bheki@democracyincolour.org 

Anti-Racism training for staff is designed to increase their awareness and understanding of racism and its impacts, help participants to work together towards a respectful and inclusive culture and to provide tools and strategies to empower staff to respond to racism and to practice anti-racism in their day-to-day. All of our training is run by expert POC facilitators and is designed from a trauma informed perspective.

Anti-Racism 101

In Anti-racism 101 participants explore and discuss how to grow a racial justice practice in their work and communities. Workshop participants are empowered to be aware of and respond to racism and proactively practice anti-racism in their day to day.

The workshop lays a foundational understanding of systemic racism and how having an anti-racist practice is key for creating safe and positive workplaces. The workshop aims to create a shared understanding through important conversations about race and racism, followed by practicable and actionable steps participants can take on the journey to building a racial justice practice.

Learning Outcomes: 

• Participants leave with a basic understanding of racial justice, power and intersectionality.
• Participants leave with practical and actionable steps to intervene or call out racism.
• Anti-racism at work – participants learn how to approach their work with a racial justice lens.

Bystander Intervention
Bystander intervention is a model that encourages individuals to identify and actively respond to situations where inappropriate, harmful, or racist behaviour is occurring. While many traditional models focus on the victim or perpetrator, bystander intervention looks at the critical role that witnesses of the behaviour can play. Suitable for staff who work on front lines, or for managing co-workers way of supporting each other.

Learning Outcomes: 

• Participants leave with practical and actionable steps to address or call out racism.
• Equip participants with skills to intervene and create safety using the 5Ds.
• Participants learn how to apply intervention and safety principles to call out racism in the workplace.

Practicing Anti-racism at Work

Workplace racism is increasingly in the spotlight and people from diverse racial backgrounds suffer debilitating impacts of racism in many of our places of work.
Learn how to recognise discrimination, and take steps to support and build anti-racist cultures where the talents and contributions of all are nurtured and recognised, and career and leadership opportunities are open to everyone, no matter their backgrounds. Designed as a follow up to ‘Anti-racism 101’ and ‘Bystander Intervention’

Learning Outcomes: 
• Participants leave with a basic understanding of cultural safety and how we create it
• Participants are introduced to the concepts of systemic racism, hidden power dynamics and allyship (including unconscious bias)
• Participants are given the appropriate frameworks and language to start developing a cultural safety plan