ARAG: ‘Anti-Racism: Towards a Mosaic of Practice’ Workshop - Resources

Resources from our Anti-Racist Action in Arts & Wellbeing: ‘Anti-Racism: Towards a Mosaic of Practice’ Workshop

Delivered in partnership with Jemilea Wisdom-Baako (Writerz & Scribez CIC), Flourishing Lives, and the Anti-Racist Action Group (ARAG) in Arts & Wellbeing, the workshop explored Cultural humility as a building block and developing ‘A Mosaic of Practice’ in Anti-Racist Action.

Here are the resources that were shared during the session:

  • Anti-Racist Action in Arts & Wellbeing: ‘Anti-Racism: Towards a Mosaic of Practice’ – Resource Sheet.
  • The Resource Sheet has kindly been created and collated by Jemilea and includes links to: the Slides from the workshop; the Race Equity Maturity Index (REMI); the Race Equity Principles; Jemilea’s ‘Anti-Racism in Creative Health: Beyond the Optics’ Blog; CHWA’s Equality Action Plan & Blog; National Centre for Creative Health’s ‘Anti-Racism & Ethnic Diversity in Creative Health’ Webinar; and Inc Arts’ ‘Unlock – Anti-Racism Toolkit’.    

Many thanks again to Jemilea Wisdom-Baako (Director) from Writerz & Scribez CIC for designing and facilitating the session.

Many thanks also to the members of our Anti-Racist Action Group (ARAG) in Arts & Wellbeing Services for their help and guidance in the strategic planning and implementation of our inclusive practice workshops, training and roundtables: Leandra Box (Programme Manager at The Race Equality Foundation), Connie Bell (Cultural Producer, Theatre Director & Founding Member of Decolonising the Archive), Christine Goodall (Network Coordinator at the HEAR Network), and Will Nicholson (Co-Founder and co-facilitator of the Southwark Culture Health and Wellbeing Partnership).

About Jemilea Wisdom-Baako
Jemilea Wisdom-Baako is a poet, creative health practitioner and cultural disruptor whose work sits at the intersection of arts, health and racial equity. She is the Founder and Creative Director of Writerz & Scribez CIC, a Black-led organisation using creativity to dismantle barriers and co-create spaces of healing, connection and systemic change.

About The Anti-Racist Action Group in Arts & Wellbeing:
The Anti-Racist Action Group in Arts & Wellbeing is a group of representatives from arts, wellbeing and race equality charities – including Flourishing Lives, HEAR Network, Race Equality Foundation, Decolonising the Archive, and Southwark Culture Health and Wellbeing Partnership – who partner with ethnically and culturally diverse organisations, facilitators, community groups, participants and people to share their knowledge, expertise, learning and lived experience to support the wider arts and wellbeing sector to explore anti-racist action, and develop wider engagement in the arts and mental health. The aim is to facilitate conversations, deepen understanding and identify opportunities for change.

This discussion is part of an ongoing series of workshops and roundtables kindly funded by The National Lottery Community Fund which support Flourishing Lives and the Anti-Racist Action Group to explore a range of topics, issues and anti-racist actions to help advocate for inclusive practice across the arts and wellbeing sector.