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WHY SAK'IZWE NOW?
Sak'izwe meaning 'We build the nation', is an engagement opportunity builder. Our mission is to inspire and promote impactful conversations between people from different races, ethnicities and nationalities. Through engaging in tough, sometimes uncomfortable conversations we seek solutions to some of the most critical issues we face. Our concern is access to education, wealth, health and equal opportunities for all people. Through the lens of Anti-racism we analyse language, institutions, policies and symbols with the intention to build a better and more just world.
ABOUT SAK'IZWE NOW
Dignified Living
Inspired by a world of inequalities, Sak'izwe Now was started with the intention to discomfort the status quo of white privilege, to disrupt the unfair power dynamics between races and redefine our present as well as our future from a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion paradigm.
MKIZE AND SAK'IZWE NOW
Founded in 2021
Njabulo Mkize, the founder of Sak'izwe Now, shares a similarity with this organisation in that both are missing an "h". Mkize should be Mkhize and Sak'izwe should be Sakh'izwe. However, this "h" represents more than just an alphabet.
The Mkize family lost their heritage and inheritance, their land, livelihood and lives all due to the racist apartheid systematic dispossession.
While Sak'izwe Now was established in 2021, the story of pain and the journey of awareness of the reality of being black in South Africa began for Njabulo Mkize at the tender age of 15. "This realization began when there was a school trip to the apartheid museum whereby the reality of death by hanging of our father, my grandfather, at the hands of the apartheid system became even more real and personal."
We need to build our nation now, as the name of our organisation states: Sak'izwe Now!
Reconciliation was good but not sufficient to correct the wrongs done nor to bring justice for the future of the previously oppressed and disadvantaged.
Scars of the Past
Colonial and Apartheid systems in 2021!
EVENTS
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE AN ANTI-RACIST TEACHER/PRINCIPAL IN SOUTH AFRICA?
FOUR PART WEBINAR
20 October 2021
Wednesday 3:00pm to 4:30pm
Session 1- Introduction to Anti-Racist Teaching and Learning.
Learn the basic language and principles of anti-racist teaching and learning.
27 October 2021
Wednesday 3:00pm to 4:30pm
Session 2- How to Have Conversations About Race with Students, Colleagues and Parents.
Learn how to effectively engage learners and students in brave conversations about race and racism in the school context.
3 November 2021
Wednesday 3:00pm to 4:30pm
Session 3- Equity Approaches to Knowledge and Lesson Preparation.
Walk through the basic steps to plan effective anti-racist lessons using the workbook.
10 November 2021
Wednesday 3:00pm to 4:30pm
Session 4- Classroom Management Teaching Strategies and Assessment.
Learn how to manage the classroom through an anti-racist lens and adopt inclusive assessment techniques.
The cost is R1,200 per person or R10,000 per school. School registrations will receive additional information about how to register staff members upon completing the ticket purchase.
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