Co-ops Anti-Racism (CAR) is a small group of volunteers working to identify and remove obstacles that could prevent Black people and POC from establishing, or joining, or staying in UK worker co-ops.
We have run workshops and commissioned training for workers.coop . Our latest initiative is to build a collection of anti-racism guides and policies that can help worker co-ops in a practical way, to identify barriers to membership and reasons why Black people and POC may not wish to stay in a co-op once recruited.
This work is ongoing, we have to date identified a handful of guides and policies and we are grateful to RadHR for their work in this field.
So if you are aware of any resources which you think could be useful additions to this work, please let us know. I can be contacted at: kate@cooperantics.co.uk
The resources:
Equitable-recruitment-policy (with thanks to RadHR)
Equity-and-Inclusion-Policy-Ort-Gallery (with thanks to Ort Gallery)
5 Actions for Allies (adapted from BITC ‘Racism and Inappropriate Behaviours – 5 Actions for Allies’)
bitc-factsheet-wellbeing-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-january2023(with thanks to BITC)
bitc-toolkit-race-allyshipguide-august20 (with thanks to BITC)
Continuum-of-Transformation(with thanks to AORTA)
Frequently Asked Questions about Recruitment (with thanks to People Support Co-op)
Inclusive events guide (with thanks to Hope not Hate Trust)
Proposal on Use of Terminology (with thanks to workers.coop)
Supporting the wellbeing and mental health of People of Colour and Black people in the workplace (with thanks to MHFAEngland)
UnLearning Racism Report RJN (with thanks to Racial Justice Network)