The ACEN annual Anti-Racism Conference is the only school-focused anti-racism event designed and delivered by students and teaching staff.

Date: Friday 17th November 2023
Location: City of London School, 107 Queen Victoria St, London EC4V 3AL

Times:
09:00 – 16:00 – Teaching Staff & Heads
16:00 – 20:00 – Students (Y10-13)

Three years on, since our initial anti-racism conference held at Dulwich College, and St Paul’s School in the following year, we have taught tens of thousands of teachers and students and collaborated with schools on a large number of anti-racism/EDI initiatives. Whilst our expertise is in anti-racist strategy, our learning journey has been getting to know you, the schools structurally. As such, we want to use this year’s conference as an opportunity to share what we have found to be the largest strategic omissions and revisit the fundamentals by re-centering student and teacher voices of lived experience. Our aim is to encourage attendees to think about the work they have undertaken to date, the order in which they have prioritised this work, explore where some students feel they have been forgotten in these efforts, and examine why some EDI efforts have seen little to no progress.

Event address:

City of London School
107 Queen Victoria St
London
EC4V 3AL

As ever, our conference is tailored to EDI leads and those with safeguarding responsibilities. However, time and time again we find ourselves engaging with dedicated staff members who, unfortunately, have limited ability to impact these issues structurally. As such, we are offering discounted registration to multi-ticket registrations that include Heads. Repeatedly, we receive feedback highlighting the authenticity and unique voice we bring to this space so we really want to encourage those in power to engage with a perspective that they may not otherwise get the chance to, for the benefit of all students.

Similarly, with students being the focus of the conference, we will also be running an evening component for them. The aim is for them to be inspired, share, network and interact with corporate partners offering world experience, graduate schemes, and other initiatives specifically for African Caribbean heritage students, in acknowledgment that these students are underrepresented in these spaces. We are asking schools to cover the cost of attendance for these students, and we are capping attendance at 6 students per school in years 10-13.

For more information contact aisha@aceducationnetwork.com

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Timetable – TEACHING STAFF

Timetable – STUDENTS