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"author_name": "Sunshine Coast Reconciliation Group",
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"title": "Standing Together: Active Bystander & Anti-Racism Workshop",
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"description": "Standing Together: Active Bystander & Anti-Racism Workshop - First Nations Allies Day 2026 You care deeply about First Nations justice yet wonder: How do I speak up without causing harm? How do I respond when racism occurs? What does effective intervention actually look like in real life—not just in theory? How do I hold both accountability and compassion—for myself and others? How do I move beyond good intentions into meaningful action? This workshop recognises that allyship can be both meaningful and challenging work. Rather than asking participants to arrive with all the answers, it creates a respectful, supportive space for learning, reflection and practical skill-building. Active bystander & anti-racism work is not just behavioural—it is nervous system training in service of ethical action, where awareness, regulation, and relational skill gradually expand together. This workshop is co-facilitated by Christine Thomas, a proud Wakka Wakka woman and Richard Hood an experienced non-Indigenous facilitator providing cultural authority and relational accountability throughout the day. What makes this workshop different? This is not simply information delivery. This is experiential. Participants engage through: • Yarning circle processes • Reflective and deep listening practices • Scenario-based learning • Participatory agreement-making • Visioning exercises • Practical skill development Limited to 30 participants. What you will gain: KNOWING — Understanding Gain deeper understanding of: colonial history and systemic racism institutional privilege and in equity unconscious bias and how the brain processes threat and empathy understanding unconscious bias as a neurological process, not a character flaw the measurable impacts of racism on individuals and communities BEING — Reflecting Explore: how the above understandings shape how I show up personal attitudes, assumptions and language nervous system responses and the window of tolerance empathy and relational accountability across difference how to remain grounded through discomfort how to develop empathy and accountability across difference DOING — Acting Build confidence to: recognise harmful situations intervene safely and effectively respond as a trauma-informed Active Bystander support advocacy and structural change in your own context BECOMING — Transforming Leave with: a personal and a group action plan practical next steps stronger confidence in your allyship practice tools to sustain ongoing learning and solidarity Venue and Catering: Creating a safe and welcoming learning environment is central to the design of this workshop. Participants will enjoy a thoughtfully curated venue at the Baringa Community Centre and nourishing catering throughout the day including morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea. Supporting dietary needs, wellbeing, connection and engagement. Allyship isn't a destination — it's an ongoing practice. A partnership between Sunshine Coast Reconciliation Group and Cygnet Centre for Peacebuilding & Transformation",
"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/ticketed_events/standing-together-active-bystander-anti-racism-workshop"
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