Audience: Students, Faculty and Staff
Facilitator: Rania El Mugammar
Level: Advanced
Previous anti-oppression and anti-racism training or a strong working knowledge of the frameworks of anti-oppression and anti-racism is a prerequisite.
Workshop Description
This workshop, facilitated by Rania El Mugammar, explores solidarity through power sharing, mutual aid, and risk taking through the lens of anti-racism. Situated within a collective and care-based praxis, the session challenges the mainstream understandings of “allyship” and dares to imagine an intersectional approach towards a collective future. Healing centred engagement, collaborative design, grassroots interventions and transformative justice are explored as critical elements of radical solidarity.
Learning Outcomes
- develop a practical understanding of solidarity
- critique allyship as a model and explore collaboration community building
- gain an in depth understanding of power dynamics
- explore concepts such as mutual aid, reparations, care labour and liberation
Participant Expectations
Participants can expect to engage in small breakout discussions as well as lecture style presentation. Participants can keep cameras on/off and engage as desired for the lecture part of the session and are encouraged to actively participate in the breakout rooms. Participants will have a break in the middle of the session.
About the Facilitator
Rania El Mugammar is a Sudanese artist, anti-oppression consultant, and liberation educator based in Toronto. Rania's artistic and community work is deeply rooted in Black Liberation,Rania is a published writer, award winning organizer, speaker, arts educator, and multidisciplinary performer.
www.raniawrites.com
Facebook: /raniaelmugammar
Twitter: @raniawrites
Instagram: @rania.writes
Rania El Mugammar
Cancellations
Our workshops are in high demand and have limited capacity, often with waiting lists. We kindly ask that if you can no longer attend, you cancel your registration by contacting hrei.trainings@uwaterloo.ca no later than 24 hours prior to the workshop to make room for those on the waitlist. We acknowledge and understand that things happen, so even if it is a late cancellation (within 24 hours), please still let us know. Others may be able to join in your place. Thank you for accommodating this request.