Keeping the anti racism work real, humble and staying accountable

 



Although I feel very honoured to be a winner and lead the Collaborative Award for Team Excellence (a prestigious national award that recognises and rewards collaborative work that has had a demonstrable impact on teaching and learning -Advance HE) for the anti-racism work.

https://www.brookes.ac.uk/Research/Units/HLS/Projects/anti-racist-university-experience/Awards

My feel are firmly planted on the ground as I continue my reverse mentoring. I am so privileged and grateful for this experience, it helps to keep the anti-racism work real, keeps me humble and vitally makes me stay accountable in my leadership. Thank you to the amazing Brookes student Global Majority Collective student group for listening, supporting and shaping the work as we move forward into our next phases.

After receiving the Advance HE CATE award in Liverpool, we visited the international slavery museum.https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/international-slavery-museum The legacy of slavery helps us so much to inform our work on decolonisation. As an evolving anti-racist accomplice staying centred, humble, acknowledging, using and accepting privilege are all the things that help to continue to guide me on this unique, inspiring journey. Remembering the legacy of slavery helps me to remember that action now helps us to honour those through history who were are enslaved and thinking about modern slavery, and the legacy of slavery, helps to shape our work as we move forwards.









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