Workshop: Brave Spaces for Racial Justice - Navigating Power, Privilege and Decolonisation

Date: 06 November and 18 November, 10.30am-4pm

Location: In person in IDEA offices, 6 Gardiner Row, Dublin 1 

 

Following the overwhelmingly positive response from the workshop on Decolonising Justice at the IDEA annual conference in September 2024, we are delighted to welcome back the same trainers to offer a two- day interactive and in person workshop on promoting racial justice in our Global Citizenship Education work." 


Led by facilitators Bronwyn April and Mdahyelya Bassi, this workshop will provide a deep dive into the intersections of racial equity, philanthropy, migration, and decolonisation, framed within both global and Irish contexts. 


Participants will engage in critical discussions on how colonial legacies continue to shape social justice and explore tools like the "Quadrant of Oppression" to challenge internalised power structures. With an emphasis on self-reflection, positionality, and fostering brave spaces, this two-day workshop aims to equip participants with the knowledge and language to address racial justice in their work.


Please note that there is a fee to attend this event.

  • Fees for members of IDEA is €50
  • Fees for non-members of IDEA is €100.00.
  • Fee for unwaged (refugees, asylum seekers, students, others) is €3.00 - this can be paid in person. 


Registration for this event is closed. Please email events@ideaonline.ie for requests to be added to the waiting list.



Biographies

Bronwyn April is originally from South Africa, Bronwyn has carved her career in social development and social justice, over the last 19 years - from working in community and social development in South Africa, to now carving her space within the social development/social justice landscape in Ireland. Bronwyn currently works as the Strength-in-Diversity Project Coordinator at the Dublin City Community Co-Op, a project that focuses on social cohesion and inclusion in the North East Inner City of Dublin. Focus areas include: creating pathways to employment, skills-based training initiatives, as well as access to social services and information, while also focusing on issues affecting migrants, such as discrimination and racism. Bronwyn also forms part of various anti-racism spaces, namely being a member of the Canal Communities Against Racism (CCAR), is one of ten Racial Justice Trainers in Ireland, and completed anti-racism training with the Irish Network Against Racism (INAR) and STAND, a programme specifically training individuals from ethnic minority backgrounds, to facilitate Anti-Racism training and education, in various places and spaces in Ireland. She is also a member of the iReport Peer Review Panel (INAR), where collaboratively the panel looks at how to better improve Ireland's national, confidential, easy-to-use Racist Incident Reporting System for people who experience or witness racism in Ireland". Values that underpin Bronwyn's work are: Passion, Purpose, Freedom, Choice, Belonging, Justice, Fairness (Equity), Community and Connection

Mdahyelya Bassi is a Dublin based anti-racism facilitator and educator of Nigerian origin. He provides workshops across Ireland and is committed to create positive change that extends beyond the classroom. With practices that are ground in transformative and compassionate justice, Mdahyelya is dedicated to dismantle systemic injustices and foster inclusive communities. He actively engages with civil society partners to build and nurture relationships that amplify the impact of his work by empowering marginalised voices. Mdahyelya believes in the importance of creating and holding spaces for radical transformation and healing to ensure that those harmed by oppressive systems can find strength in their journey toward equality and inclusion.

Launch of IDEA's Theory of Impact for GCE

September 26, 2025
Date: Tuesday, 04 November, from 3.30–4.30pm Location: Online via Zoom IDEA is thrilled to invite members to the online launch of our new “Theory of Impact for Global Citizenship Education” on Tuesday, 04 November, from 3.30–4.30pm, Online via Zoom. During this session, we will present the model, share insights into the process behind its development, and explore how it will be used to strengthen impact across the sector. We will also introduce a new tool in progress, an interactive data visualisation map designed to showcase our collective impact as a network. For many years, IDEA and its members have been grappling with the concept of impact in Development Education/Global Citizenship Education (hereinafter ‘GCE’). As GCE practitioners, tracking impact helps us to identify how, where and with whom our work is creating positive change, as well as investigating areas in which our impact could be stronger. Furthermore, we can also benefit from examining the collective impact of GCE carried out by the wide-ranging work of IDEA members, and from exploring how these impacts contribute to the major social changes to which the GCE community aspires. Driven therefore by the need to understand how projects and programmes are collectively “making a difference” in IDEA we looked at models that could help us visualise and capture GCE “impact networks”. We formulated our vision of impact and then a theory of how we expect this desired impact to be achieved to allow us to map our activities and collect data to corroborate that theory. This Theory of Impact model is how we hope to illustrate this complex GCE impact network. Building on work done by IDEA over many years including building sectoral capacity in using Results Frameworks for GCE, our Quality & Impact working group, engagement with Irish Aid on their Performance Measurement Framework (PMF), and the successful roll-out of a Code of Good Practice for DE/GCE, this Theory of Impact represent the next stage of our effort to ‘develop a consistent approach to measuring impact among the sector’. We are therefore thrilled to invite you to the presentation of our ‘Theory of Impact for GCE’. At this online presentation, we will tell you about the process that led to the creation of this model, how it will be used and what we hope it could bring to the sector. We will also touch on a new tool being developed based on the model, which should allow the creation of an interactive data visualisation map of our collective impact as a network. Join us as we launch into this exciting new phase of our Impact Measurement work. Join us as we begin this exciting new phase of our Impact Measurement work. Register below!

IDEA Advocacy Toolkit and GCE Policy Guide Workshop, November

September 26, 2025
Date: 11 November, 10.30am – 4.30pm. Location: IDEA offices, 6 Gardiner Row IDEA launched its new Advocacy Toolkit and GCE Policy Guide resource pack in early March. The advocacy toolkit and policy guide were developed for IDEA members to strengthen their capacity to effectively advocate with policymakers and to actively engage in policy processes on GCE in Ireland and the wider world. IDEA will facilitate a full-day in-person workshop on these resources in the IDEA offices on Tuesday, 11 November ,10.30am – 4.30pm. Places are limited to 20 participants and will be given on a first come, first served basis. Please note that this is a repeat of the workshop that took place in May and is aimed at members who did not have the opportunity to participate in May. A vegetarian lunch will be provided. Register below!

Racial Justice Training: Exploring Contemporary Crises and Issues through Global Citizenship Education 2025

September 26, 2025
Date: 06 November a nd 18 November from 3.30–4.30pm Location: IDEA offices, 6 Gardiner Row, Dublin 1 Due to positive feedback following a workshop during our annual conference, we are thrilled to invite members to a full 2-part interactive workshop about “Racial Justice” on 06 November and 18 November. This event will take place in-person in Dublin. Our facilitators Bronwyn April and Mdahyelya Bassi will guide participants through a critical exploration of the interconnections between racial justice, philanthropy, migration, and decolonisation within global and Irish contexts. The workshop will delve into how historical and ongoing colonial legacies influence contemporary issues of racial equity and social justice in Ireland and beyond. The dates for this event are fast approaching, so if you have any specific accessibility requirements, please email events@ideaonline.ie as soon as possible. Places for this event are limited, and registration is mandatory. Deadline to register is Monday, 04 November. Register below!