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No applications for this program will be accepted after all vacancies have been filled. Unsuccessful applicants will have their monies refunded in full. Cancellation prior to two weeks before the program date (cut-off date) will incur a 15% service charge per applicant. This program will be payable in full for cancellations made on or after the cut-off date or for failure to attend the program. All cancellations must be in writing and emailed to us. In the event of insufficient applications this program will not proceed and registration monies be fully refunded. In the event of this program being cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances registration monies only will be refunded as Critical Agendas will not accept liability for the payment of any other associated costs. Critical Agendas reserves the right to vary the advertised programs prior to commencement. Please note Critical Agendas reserves the right to transfer participants from face to face to webinar format with price adjustments (if required), should minimum numbers not be met for face to face event
Becoming a Proactive Anti-Racist School: Building Racial Literacy for Meaningful Change
This webinar invites educators and school leaders to move beyond symbolic gestures of “diversity” or “harmony” toward a sustained, reflective practice of anti-racism. It challenges participants to recognise how racism manifests not only through overt acts but also through everyday school structures, language, and habits of thought that often go unnoticed.
Dr Yassir Morsi introduces the concept of racial literacy in schools, which is the ability to identify, interpret, and respond to the racial dynamics shaping classrooms and school cultures. Participants will examine how racism can appear in well-meaning policies that reproduce exclusion, in the dismissal of alternative perspectives and knowledges, in microaggressions that pass unacknowledged, and in colourblind approaches that erase student experiences.
The webinar also explores what it means to be an anti-racist educator, moving beyond interpersonal understandings of racism to consider how systems, curriculum, and classroom practices may unintentionally perpetuate inequality. It encourages educators to create space for students to share their experiences safely, to teach honestly about the legacies of colonialism, and to prioritise care, respect, and dignity through restorative rather than punitive approaches.
By developing racial literacy, participants will gain both the language and confidence to address racism proactively, question how curriculum and policy shape student belonging, and contribute to a school culture that values justice over harmony.
