Educational programs

Imagine a place where you can experience community and belonging, strengthen your agency and stimulate your courage to engage in creative activities. At the same time, it builds the foundations for future activities in the fields of education, art and community engagement. It is a space where projects can come to fruition and be realised, even if they did not have a chance to exist before. Here, you can test ideas, exchange experiences, develop talents and build relationships with people from diverse backgrounds, professions and walks of life in Poland.

Community Impact Fellowship is designed for Black, African and Afro-descendant people living in Poland, allowing them to grow in an atmosphere conducive to process and free from pressure.

Participation is free of charge.

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The programme consists of six meetings in Warsaw during which:

• you will acquire practical tools and methods for planning and developing cultural, educational and community projects in Poland;
• You will broaden your awareness and skills in public speaking: strengthen your voice and media presence by working with experts in these fields;
• You will strengthen your leadership and communication competencies in a decolonial approach;
• You will grow facilitation skills by exploring decolonial, somatic and holistic ways of learning and sharing knowledge;
• you will experience a safer space to develop and test your own ideas and projects;
• you will receive strategic action building knowledge from Black experts who are shaping Eastern Europe;
• you will build relationships with an international group of Black people working in the field of social change, culture, art and education throughout Poland.

The in person programme in Warsaw combines practical workshop sessions, lectures and mentoring led by Black experts, people of African descent and people with experience of racialisation, creating a space for developing skills, experimenting and shaping one’s own initiatives.

Who is it for?

We would like to invite Black change makers, artists, culture and NGO workers, international students, community leaders and influencers in all their diversity so that they can grow safely, fulfil their passions and ambitions, and fully realise themselves on their own terms.

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Dates:

• 18–19 April – Opening gathering (attendance mandatory)
• 9–10 May
• 23–24 May
• 13 June–14 June
• 27 June–28 June
• 4 July–5 July – The final gathering (attendance mandatory)

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