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Anti-racism and decolonial perspectives

Topic designed by Rioko and Melaza.  This theme aims to to make visible the colonial and racist matrices that run through CSOs, The aim is to problematise unequal power relations and generate concrete tools for transformation based on anti-racism.

The approach puts the embodied knowledges of racialised, trans, migrant and discriminative people at the centre., recognising their centrality in the construction of fairer and more sustainable alternatives.

The themes of the school are developed in the virtual classroom of Otro Tiempo through participatory dynamics, accessible theoretical resources and artistic practices and through online and face-to-face meetings.

Registrations open! Registrations open on 22 December, you can send the form and you will receive a reply between 7 and 9 January.

January 2026 to March 2026

The subject matter is structured in four content modules through the virtual classroom of Otro Tiempo. The materials in the classroom are videos and original manuals developed by Rioko and Melaza. In addition, on an optional and voluntary basis, the learning proposal is completed with individual and group tutorials and online and face-to-face meetings with the trainers.

  • Module 1. Power mapping: understanding structural racism in the organisation.
    This first module will provide tools to analyse how structural racism and colonial matrices permeate organisational life. The aim is to generate a visual and sensitive diagnosis of internal power as a starting point for the following modules, encouraging courageous and shared reflection.
  • Module 2. Radical listening culture and redistribution of speech.
    This module focuses on transforming everyday ways of relating and making decisions. In the practice of this module, we will seek to rethink the way in which the space for sharing voice is structured.
  • Module 3. Reparation in the present: living liability agreements.
    Recognising inequalities is not enough: it is necessary to repair the damage in an immediate and sustainable way, taking into account the different factors that made the conflict possible. In the practical part of the module, a simple and direct exercise will be proposed, designed to ground reparation in everyday life without falling into accusatory or punitive dynamics.
  • Module 4. Radical imagination: redesigning organisational structures.
    The last module invites you to integrate what you have learnt so far, going further, daring to imagine new forms of organisation. The practical activity will be a creative laboratory.

At the end of the training, people in the organisations will have undergone a collective and transformative learning process with the following results:

  • Participating organisations will develop collective diagnoses of the dynamics of power, racism and coloniality in their internal structures, which will enable them to recognise privileges and inequalities in a situated manner.
  • Each CSO will have living agreements on reparations and redistribution of power, constructed in a participatory manner to address conflicts and prevent the repetition of harm, strengthening the coherence between discourse and practice.
  • Resources will be made available that are accessible, practical and replicable in the future by other organisations.
  • Through individual and group mentoring, CSOs will have received critical and creative accompaniment, integrating anti-racist, transfeminist and intersectional methodologies into their daily dynamics.
  • Inter-organisational networks will be promoted in online and face-to-face encounters, fostering anti-racist cooperation and the sustainability of processes beyond the project.

Rioko and Melaza.

Rioko Fotabon is a teacher, poet, researcher, anti-racist activist and trainer with more than ten years of experience in processes related to the rights of migrants, racialised people and dissidents. African child from the diaspora and part of the Black Dignity collective.

Melaza is a visual artist, researcher, critical cultural manager and trainer, she has a trajectory traversed by her experience as a bisexual, neurodivergent, migrant and Afro-descendant woman. Her practice combines artistic creation and decolonial pedagogy, integrating historical memory, black identities and social transformation. She is the founder of Afroculto Caribe.

The school offers a variety of activities:

  • Training through the virtual classroom from January to March.
    We open the virtual classroom on 14 January and the first module starts on 21 January. 
  • Individual tutoring and counselling by the training teams from the end of January.
  • As a novelty, we will have fortnightly group tutorials from 28 January in live online format with Melaza and Rioko in the afternoon.
  • Fechas de las tutorías grupales:

    Tutoría grupal módulo 1: 28/01 miércoles por la tarde
    Tutoría grupal módulo 2: 11/02 miércoles por la tarde
    Tutoría grupal módulo 3: 23/02 lunes por la tarde
    Tutoría grupal módulo 4: 11/03 miércoles por la tarde

  • Meeting and networking activities both online and in person. Specific dates and venues will be published very soon.

Manifesto

They call us to action. Those who fought before for us and those who couldn't because their voices were silenced. Those who today are united in the face of growing social and political threats. Those who they are still to come and deserve an exciting future, full of possibilities. They call us to action. Those that care and strive to strengthen and protect the rights of women and LGBTIAQ+ communities.. Those who resist because they believe in a common feminist, anti-racist, decolonial and transgressive horizon. Those who trust in all that we are able when we get together. They call us to action. Those who know that only one diverse and democratic community is capable of building the world we fight for. Those who daily transform reality into for equality, justice and diversity. Those who dare to change everything from the roots up with the radical conviction that another world is possible.

Radix Project. Because they call us to action.