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This course offers an opportunity to reflect on, explore, and actively develop anti-racist practices in all aspects of your role within the museum.  

While focusing on objects and collections, as well as the audiences and communities you engage with, you will build skills, expand capacity, and deepen your commitment to anti-racism. These workshops create a dedicated space for thoughtful discussion, critical reflection, and meaningful dialogue on the complex, interwoven themes that shape anti-racist practice across all areas of our work. 

We address the following questions

• What are the gaps in our understanding, knowledge, and skills related to Anti-racism practice?  

• How can we build knowledge and awareness of the language and terminology associated with Anti-racism?  

• How can we deepen our understanding of Britain’s history of enslavement, empire, colonialism, and its lasting legacies, and how does the past influence the present?  

• How do the relationships between people, objects, stories, and spaces shape the work we do in museums?  

• How can we build our capacity and confidence to have challenging conversations about race, decolonisation, and museum practices with colleagues, audiences, and learners?  

The workshops will help you identify and shape actions and initiatives that create personal, professional, and organisational change.  

This online course includes two 3-hour interactive workshops, featuring creative reflection exercises, group activities, shared experiences, slide presentations, discussions, breakout sessions, and case studies, all aimed at critically examining our work. 

This programme offers a unique opportunity to learn within a supportive peer network, drawing on a rich diversity of experiences and backgrounds to help develop and enhance your Anti-racist practice. 

We create training with moving and memorable learning experiences which you can share with your organisations and colleagues.

Feedback from previous students

I really enjoyed it. The trainers were great and thought provoking. Thank you!

This was a very informative and interactive course. Loved the class participation.

I appreciated the chance to think more deeply about the language and concepts around this area. I feel I have grown from doing this course.

Who is it for?

This course is designed for individuals involved in delivering learning and engagement at museums, heritage, and cultural sites. The course is intended for participants who have already engaged with reading or studying Anti-Racism.  

An extensive list of valuable resources will be shared following the final session. 

Who runs the course?

Meera Chauda

Meera is a Creative facilitator and Consultant. She has worked in Learning and Interpretation in the Museums and the cultural sector for over 25 years. She has worked with Museums, Galleries, Schools, and other Cultural organisations to devise and deliver projects, workshops, training, resources, and evaluation. She is currently a critical friend for Tate Schools and Teachers.

Remiiya Badru

Remiiya is a multi-interdisciplinary Artist, Walker, Creative Learning Practitioner and Consultant, who channels her artistry through drawing, designing, writing and making. Her Creative Learning Practitioner portfolio of skills and experiences embodies research, facilitation and teaching. Throughout her creative leadership experiences, she has designed, led and implemented a diverse range of arts-based classes, workshops, including CPD and projects. Her client groups and audiences have included families, young people, older adults, including SEND, adults with learning difficulties and disabilities. She has worked collaboratively with a range of organisations, within the public and private sectors including museums, galleries, schools and colleges.

When & where is it?

This online course will take place over two sessions and will be run through a series of interactive workshops.

Dates:  4 & 11 June 2025.

10-1pm – 3-hour sessions. Participants must be able to attend all sessions (the course sessions will not be recorded to ensure a safe space can be maintained for all involved).

Course fee

GEM Members £120

Non-Members £150

Bursaries to help with course fees are available on request – please contact [email protected] to discuss this further.

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