Burn the Bias

Aims & objectives

This training course cultivated a safe and supportive environment where youth workers could embark on a journey of self-awareness and critical reflection. Participants have explored their own biases, examining the images they hold of themselves and others. By confronting complex identities and recognizing the impact of unconscious bias, youth workers gained the tools to proactively foster inclusivity within their work and across society.

Objectives
1. Foster peer-to-peer learning, and create a secure learning environment to support YWs in their personal and professional development.

2. Explore the concept of biases and reflect on their impact on exclusion and discrimination in the youthwork field

3. Encourage empathy with different aspects of discrimination/exclusion and facilitate the exchange on challenging situations

4. Support YWs in the process of uncovering personal biases through self-analysis.

5. Enable them to deconstruct and overcome those biases, by translating personal learnings into professional growth.

6. Empower YW to create actionable change in youth work, developing specific inclusion strategies and action plans. This includes sharing available European resources (ex. SALTO’s inclusion and diversity strategy, EU and CoE inclusion policies).

Target group & international/intercultural composition of the group & team

17 participants from different countries. Youth Workers willing to work on the identification of their biases in working with youth.

The team was composed by 4 trainers from different countries

Training methods used & main activities

Through non-formal education methods, this course aimed to empower them to shape inclusive environments that value diversity, respect individuality, and promote equality for all young people.

Outcomes of the activity

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Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

Co-trainer

I worked on this training for 5 days as a full time trainer.

Testimonial of the reference person

es, I co-facilitated this training with Clara. It was an international training in which Clara was part of the team, highly contributing to the conception, design, implementation, evaluation, and follow-up of the activity. She worked in a very professional, dynamic, and creative way, providing strong support throughout the process.