Students Against Racism offers impactful inclusion programs aimed at fostering diversity and combating racism. Led by English language teacher Gini Ennals, Students Against Racism comprises a diverse group of students dedicated to promoting inclusivity.
Teaming up with A Fairer World, Students Against Racism delivers the acclaimed Living in Between workshop series, which has received multiple awards for its effectiveness. This workshop, aimed at promoting anti-racism, has engaged over 10,000 participants since its inception in 2008.
For further details, please reach out to Gini Ennals at 0428 642 506 or gini.ennals@tastafe.tas.edu.au.
Students Against Racism was formed in 2008 by a group of students who came to Tasmania as refugees and migrants from a diversity of countries and personal circumstances. Working with their teacher, Gini Ennals, the students developed a dramatic presentation, Living in Between, to explain why they left their homelands, the journey that brought them to Australia, and their lives now.
Their aim in developing the presentation was to be proactive in the face of the racism they encountered, which they felt came from a lack of understanding about why asylum seekers, refugees and migrants leave their home countries and settle in Tasmania.
Founders of the Students Against Racism believe that in diversity lies strength and by sharing stories and addressing misconceptions, we can build a stronger, more harmonious, community.
Students Against Racism, now based at TasTAFE, has delivered workshops to over 10,000 people in schools, workplaces, universities and TAFE classes, at conferences and with community groups across Tasmania and in other states.
Since 2015, Students Against Racism has also presented workshops as a part of the Tasmanian Police Recruit Training course. Over 220 young people from countries including Sudan, Congo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Bhutan, Burma, Ethiopia, Egypt, China, Thailand, Iran, Pakistan, India, Chile, Poland, Italy, Vietnam, Uganda, Burundi, Kuwait and Timor, have joined Students Against Racism and trained as presenters.
This group not only benefits the wider community through promoting cross-cultural understanding, it also has huge benefits for the participants, who are able to feel connected and welcome in their new home.
For more information visit the Students Against Racism Facebook page.