Centering Black Youth Well-Being: A Curriculum on Combatting Anti-Black Racism for the Youth Sector (67401)
Session Chair: Shannon Dermer
Friday, January 6, 2023 (16:40)
Session: Session 5
Room: 317B
Presentation Type:Oral Presentation
With the 2020 murder of George Floyd, demand for Anti-Black Racism (ABR) training has exponentially grown across multiple sectors including the youth-serving and education sectors. To respond to this demand, the Youth Research and Evaluation eXchange (YouthREX), a province-wide initiative based at the School of Social Work at York University in Canada launched a comprehensive and multi-modal online certificate titled Centering Black Youth Wellbeing: A Certificate on Combatting Anti-Black Racism. This certificate was designed to provide the youth sector with the foundational knowledge, resources, and tools to cultivate practices, policies and alliances that challenge, disrupt and combat systematic anti-Black racism. The certificate is grounded on five understandings including that the experiences of Black youth are multi-layered and class, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, and other social identities are intersectional and therefore cannot be separated from one another. Since launching the certificate in February 2021, over 3000 participants have registered for the certificate. Findings from an evaluation model that provides a "panoramic view" of a training program by evaluating four levels of program effects (including participant reactions; learning and transfer of learning; as well as the organizational impact of the program), indicate that the certificate is effective in building the capacity of participants. We discuss pedagogical approaches of the certificate such as the weaving of artistic content into the curriculum and a virtual Community of Practice for participants to share.
Authors:
Uzo Anucha, York University, Canada
Sinthu Srikanthan, The Youth Research and Evaluation eXchange (YouthREX), Canada
Cyril Cromwell, The Youth Research and Evaluation eXchange, Canada
Rahma Said-Togane, York University, Canada
Carol Wade, The Youth Research and Evaluation eXchange, Canada
Chanel Herbert, The Youth Research and Evaluation eXchange, Canada
About the Presenter(s)
Dr Uzo Anucha is a University Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer at York University in Canada
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