Workshops

Gender Diversity in the Classroom

How do you address gender as a teacher?

Identity consists of many different aspects, including gender and sexuality. As a teacher, how do you make these themes approachable and addressable in the classroom? In this workshop, we examine the differences between gender, sex, and sexuality. Participants learn how these topics are linked to anti-discrimination legislation and what responsibility schools have in creating a learning environment free from discrimination. Using case studies, participants work together to explore how gender diversity can be addressed in a positive and safe way.

• Gaining insight into the differences between sex, gender, and sexuality.
• Creating a safe classroom environment in which gender diversity can be addressed safely and respectfully.

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Mystery Guest or Fled!

What's your story?

Discrimination is sometimes intangible; you hear and read a lot about it, but what does it really look like? In this workshop, someone with a personal story about exclusion visits. The students ask questions and engage in conversation. This increases empathy for people who are discriminated against. Various volunteers are used. Fled has the same format but is about the story of a refugee. 

• Creating a meeting between different people.
• Learning from others but also seeing similarities.

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‘Pub’ Quiz: Diversity & Inclusion

An accessible introduction to diversity & inclusion.

Many organisations want to make diversity and inclusion approachable and addressable, but are still searching for an accessible format. The ‘pub’ quiz offers an interactive and relaxed setting in which employees engage with one another around diversity and inclusion.

Working in teams, participants answer questions on topics such as history, geography, and music, all linked to the central theme of diversity and inclusion. The traditional pub quiz format encourages engagement and collaboration. Naturally, the winning team goes home with a fun prize.

• An accessible first step in making diversity and inclusion addressable within an organisation.
• Gaining insight into the breadth of topics covered by diversity, inclusion, and anti-discrimination legislation.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Searching for differences and similarities.

Many organisations see the importance of diversity and want to promote and discuss it. While diversity is very measurable, inclusion is harder to define. However, one cannot exist without the other to achieve a good working environment. Different things play out in every organisation, but the process of becoming an inclusive organisation is often the same.

• Discussing diversity and inclusion, why do you want to address it?
• Addressing undesirable behaviour that can arise from diversity.
• Working with case studies on discrimination and micro-aggressions.
• Thinking and reflecting on your own actions in specific situations.

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Traces of slavery

What the WIC did in Groningen.

• 1,5 to 2 hours

A city walk that opens many participants' eyes. The slavery past long seemed a story of the Randstad. Until a few years ago, research was done on Groningen's involvement in the West India Company. Many wealthy families had an interest in this and took pride in it. Many people benefited from the trade, but there was also a dark side: slavery.

• Discovering what is still visible from the time of the WIC in the city and which people from that time were involved.
• Discussing racism from that time (1622-1873) and extending it to the present.

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