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To move towards transformation, we posit that an intersectional anti-racist education is critical for any participatory policymaking process, so that you do not replicate the harms of our current economy and society. It is vital to understand how anti-Blackness — interwoven with class, gender, and ability — shapes historical and current policies and influences who has the power to govern. Whether it be local or national policy, anti-Blackness and white supremacy are at the root of most policy formations and campaigns.

Building a shared political education should be done throughout the entire process. You can take steps to foster this collective education by:

  • Identifying the collective vision, challenges, and problems facing the community.

  • Working with your leadership team to build out a root-cause analysis of the problems and challenges, with a clear anti-racist framework.

  • Creating an open-curriculum process for bringing in voices, experiences, and wisdom of the collective community.

    • tools

    Click to listen: Did we go too far podcast by Movement Generation. Image description: vector graphic of two men with animated splash behind them and the title of the podcast above them

    Did We Go Too Far?

    Movement Generation Podcast

    8.jpgClick to read: Just Transition Zine. Image description: back view of an indigenous person with a braid down their back wearing a shirt that reads "no more stolen relatives"

    Just Transition Zine

    Movement Generation

    Click to read: Classes at the Peoples Forum. Image description: Black man with locs writing on a large piece of sticky paper in a church. There is a crowd behind him sitting and listening to something in the other direction.

    Classes at the People’s Forum

    Reflection

      
  • Which opportunities/issues excite your community and create ways for you to explore the intersections of race, class, gender, culture, and other intersectional lenses of oppression and privilege?

  • How are you creating shared opportunities for “each to teach” and “each to learn”?

    • Next Steps!

    Examine the levels of governance where problems persist. This is helpful to best understand and know what entry points exist and are possible. The socio-ecological model of health is helpful.

    Assess. Assess practices, solutions, and models of governance that the group can build upon in the next phase.