Anti-oppression, Anti-racism & Equity

With our aim to steer the nation­al dia­logue on dance prac­tices towards anti-oppres­sion, anti-racism, equi­ty, access and the mul­ti­ple facets on cre­at­ing felt belong­ing, you will find use­ful tools in cur­rent anti-oppres­sion tac­tics and the ongo­ing need to be informed and inclu­sive as a net­work of dance com­mu­ni­ties unit­ed across Tur­tle Island.

 

- Based in the Unit­ed States, Race For­ward has devel­oped a toolk­it that brings sys­temic analy­sis and an inno­v­a­tive approach to com­plex race issues to help peo­ple take effec­tive action toward racial equi­ty. 

- Parul Pandya found­ed Com­mu­ni­ty Impact Con­sult­ing want­i­ng to grow the knowl­edge of how to work with racial­ized com­mu­ni­ties in cul­tur­al­ly com­pe­tent & respon­sive ways. Here is the 2024 Com­mu­ni­ty Impact Toolk­it an anti-oppres­sion and equi­ty every­day toolk­it. 

- People’s Insti­tute for Sur­vival and Beyond’s chart of the attrib­ut­es of white orga­ni­za­tion­al cul­ture

- A list of char­ac­ter­is­tics of white suprema­cy cul­ture which show up in orga­ni­za­tions excerpt­ed from Dis­man­tling Racism: A Work­book for Social Change Groups by Ken­neth Jones and Tema Okun at Change­Work

- Anti-racism & orga­ni­za­tion­al change: a guide for employ­ers devel­oped by Charles Smith and Bir­git Rohde for Cana­di­an Human Right Com­mis­sion

- Aor­ta is a work­er-owned coop­er­a­tive of facil­i­ta­tors and strate­gists offer­ing valu­able cross-issue expe­ri­ence see­ing pat­terns and com­mon mis-steps across orga­ni­za­tions whose pur­pose is root­ed in racial, gen­der, eco­nom­ic, envi­ron­men­tal, and dis­abil­i­ty jus­tice; trans and queer lib­er­a­tion; anti-cap­i­tal­ism and anti-impe­ri­al­ism. 

- Guelph Uni­ver­si­ty Anti-Racism & Anti-Oppres­sion Resources Page

- Indige­nous Cana­da, a free online course from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Alberta’s Fac­ul­ty of Native Stud­ies which can be tak­en on one’s own time. It explores key issues fac­ing Indige­nous peo­ples today from a his­tor­i­cal and crit­i­cal per­spec­tive high­light­ing nation­al and local Indige­nous-set­tler rela­tions.

- The Cen­tre for Com­mu­ni­ty Orga­ni­za­tions (COCo)’s mis­sion is to help build a more social­ly just world by sup­port­ing the health and well-being of com­mu­ni­ty orga­ni­za­tions in Québec by pro­mot­ing the vital­i­ty of the com­mu­ni­ty sec­tor in the province.

- RE:Tool Racial Equi­ty in the Pan­el Process report

- Dance Data Project’s resource page on the Gen­der Pay Gap, the dis­par­i­ty between salaries for men and women.

- Cre­dence is an inno­v­a­tive indus­try leader in orga­ni­za­tion­al health, con­flict trans­for­ma­tion, and change man­age­ment. They gath­ered a Resource list on Bias, Equi­ty, Diver­si­ty & Inclu­sion. Find books, pod­casts and online resources.

 

Please send us the tools you lean on to address inequities in our ongo­ing work so we may add to this list and share with­in our net­work.