Equity Centred Research and Action
Happy 2022!
For those of us working in the social impact space, the new year is an opportunity to reflect and take action on what we would like to change in our organisations, institutions and networks. At Equity-Based Consulting, we are excited about several courses launching in 2022 to stretch the imagination further, and support practitioners, students and inquisitive minds redesign and reorient our work towards more equitable and socially just ways of working.
Our reflective question for our readers this month is to consider who is at your table? Who are you in the community with? What are the things that you want to do differently? What are the opportunities or cracks to push for change?
Five Things to Do in January
Sign Up: Shifting The Power: A Learning Lab For Anyone Who Wants to Redesign Aid
The call to change aid and social impact work has been loud, clear and consistent in 2021.
Whether you work for a big INGO, a small grassroots organisation, a researcher or a recipient of aid, I am sure that you are all in agreement that there are better ways of doing this work. For that reason, Equity-Based Consulting is excited to launch our learning lab, kicking off in April 2022.
Sign up if you would like to start 2022 in community with folks dedicated to embedding more equitable practices in their work! We have an AMAZING course kicking off in 2022, with guest lecturers from multiple organisations, places and perspectives!
Sign up to get added to the waiting list, freebies and early-bird discounts!
Attend: Leveraging Data and Partnerships with women’s rights organisations (WROs), 20th of January 13:00 GMT
I am really looking forward to joining a fantastic panel discussing Equal Measures 2030 new report on Women’s Rights Organisations and the critical role in supporting educational access. Register for the @Equal2030, @UNESCO and @EiEGenevaHub events to learn how data-driven local women’s rights organisations can strengthen girls education. We will also be talking about power dynamics in data and evidence, the need for more inclusive and participatory networks, forums, advocacy and coordination mechanisms to address colonial legacies in education.
Link to registration: https://bit.ly/3zKzEsw
Link to report: Girls’ Education — Equal Measures 2030
Attend: Building Capacity for Mutual Aid, 20th of January
The Barnard Center for Research on Women has hosted a series of workshops on Mutual Aid. Building Capacity for Mutual Aid is coming up on 1/20 with Dean Spade facilitating: How do we bring new people into our mutual aid groups, plug them in meaningfully, and help them feel co-stewardship of the work? These workshops and Dean’s book on ‘Mutual Aid’ are fantastic resources for anyone thinking about different ways of doing social impact work.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/building-capacity-for-mutual-aid-groups-workshop-4-bringing-new-people-in-tickets-170388416340
Juhi Sonrexa paper provides an argument that stresses the need for a seismic shift in aid from the still dominant underpinnings of modernism mindsets and patriarchal thought-forms towards a relational or participative consciousness that reflects feminist values and the deeply interconnected world that we live within. A great and insightful read!
Listen: Laura Connelly and Remi Joseph Salisbury discuss their new book on Anti- Racist Scholar-Activism.
Surviving Society is a fantastic podcast. This week’s episode on Anti- Racist Scholar- Activism is an essential listen for anyone working in academia or the non-profit sector and grappling with using their positionality within institutions for greater impact and social change.
