SW Museum Skills Online: Introduction to EDI Foundations

Foundations of EDI: Bias, Privilege, Microaggressions is an opportunity to explore how, as individuals, we show up in the workplace and impact on wider society through our own lens of bias, privilege, microaggressions and belonging. We explore these subjects over a three hour session and the delegates will leave the workshop understanding their own lived experience and how this will impact on others around them. This workshop will empower team members and people leaders to build awareness for better inclusion by understanding their own privilege and biases and build sustainable change into their everyday responsibilities, in and outside of the workplace. This will enable delegates to become better allies within a diverse and inclusive organisation.

Who should attend?

This session is an introduction to EDI (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) and is therefore suitable for beginners to achieve a core foundational understanding of EDI. It is a good place to start for people working or volunteering in museums, whether in a front-facing or a behind the scenes role. It could also serve as an introduction or refresher in foundational EDI awareness for anyone involved in driving a museum’s plans to deliver a more inclusive museum service, (via access policies and plans, workforce plans or through engagement and programming).

What will you learn?

By the end of the session, delegates will have:

• A thorough understanding of why EDI is and will continue to be part of the conversations in society and the workplace.
• An understanding of privilege and how to use it to power up others.
• An understanding of bias, their blind spot areas and an exploration of how to manage bias.
• Understanding microaggressions and stopping them from happening.

How does this meet the Accreditation standard?

8. Understand and develop your audiences

About the trainer

Sarah Greaves, EDI Facilitator, will be our main workshop facilitator. She has successfully delivered workshops for Inclusive Recruiting on a number of topics, including EDI Foundations, Microaggressions, Bias, Privilege, Inclusive Leadership, and Inclusive Recruitment. Prior to joining Inclusive Recruiting, Sarah spent 20 years working in the public sector where she delivered workshops and programmes on youth services, mental health, and advocacy.

Contact details

Email: museum.development@bristol.gov.uk

Phone: Jenni Orme, Senior Museum Development Programme Officer - 07824 165063

How will this session be delivered and what equipment do I need?

This session will be delivered online using Zoom a cloud based video conferencing service. The service is free to use, all you need is either a laptop, tablet/ iPad or phone. Your device will need to be able to stream video and sound. If you are using a laptop you can simply connect via your web browser. If using a tablet/ iPad or phone you will need to download the app (free to download) to connect to the session. Full instructions on how to join the session will be issued direct to the email address provided at the point of booking before the session takes place.

How do we use the data you supply us?

* For full details on how the information supplied to us as part of the booking process is used please see our Privacy Policy here: https://southwestmuseums.org.uk/privacy-policy/ By booking on you agree to have your data stored and used by us in accordance with this policy.