An Inter-sectional approach to Anti-Racist and Anti-Oppressive Practice

This half day workshop will be focussed on what it means to be anti racist and anti oppressive with a specific focus on adultification and its link to bias and racial prejudice The workshop will also introduce attendees to the framework of Intersectionality as a helpful tool to understand power and privilege in different contexts and how an awareness of people’s unique intersecting identities can result in a more helpful and nuanced approach to anti racist and anti oppressive practice It will be delivered in an accessible and relational way to ensure attendees are able to engage as effectively as possible with the content It will be delivered through a mixture of presentation, group discussion, pair work and reflection Attendees will leave with practical tools they can take away and use straight away in their work, with the aim of feeling more confident and equipped to apply anti racist and anti oppressive practice in their work Learning outcomes

● To examine what it means to be anti racist and anti oppressive in practice, including developing an
awareness of key relevant terminology relating to anti oppressive and anti racist practice
● To examine one’s own biases, assumptions and beliefs and how they may show up in work, as well
identifying tools to unpick these further
● To demonstrate an understanding of Intersectionality as a tool/framework for understanding
oppression and marginalisation
● To discuss and define adultification and recognise how it may show up in work and consider ideas and
strategies to notice and address when this may be happening in line with anti racist values
● To consider goals and actions that could be taken in order to develop personal accountability to
practice in a more anti racist and anti oppressive way