TOY - Trainers Online for Youth
This is a reference for Andre Ebouaney
- Aim of the seminar
To develop professionals 'diversity management skills to create better opportunities for young people faced with or at risk of discrimination and racism.
-Objectives :
To gain a better understanding of what is racism, its mechanisms, and effects
To reflect on our own biases, structural issues, and organisational practices
To raise awareness on why anti-racism is important and how to promote antiracist behaviours
To exchange strategies and a variety of ways of combating racism and discrimination.
To strengthen anti-racist and anti-discriminatory behaviours and practices among youth professionals
Twenty-six professionals work directly with young people on a regular basis. This includes youth workers, youth leaders, teachers, coaches, social and health workers, employment officers, local authorities, policy makers, researchers…
The seminar team put a significant effort into making sure that the principles of non-formal education and learning were applied in the activity implementation; active participation & collaboration, shared responsibility, commitment & self-directedness, and learner-centeredness were the ‘lighthouse’ in developing content and activities.
Methods used during the seminar include presentation, guest speaker, group activities, workshop, sharing experiences, getting to know each other, padlet, and reflection moments.
The outcome of the seminar was to create space for reflection and put our own, social, and organizational attitudes, beliefs, and practices under the magnifying glass. To be able to better understand the power structures and dynamics, analyze the roots and mechanisms of racial discrimination, and have the chance to examine our own biases and powers too.
During the seminar, I was one of the trainers in a team composed of three trainers, two representatives of the Romanian NA and one from Salto Inclusion and Diversity. Our task was to design, creating, delivering, and evaluate the seminar.