Safer Spaces Facilitator

Project Objectives

• Create a learning space for ACIC members (organizations and individuals) and youth to examine solidarity, justice, and power in global cooperation work

• Ground participants in intersectional feminist and anti-racist frameworks

• Facilitate intergenerational learning to support deep reflection and shared transformation

• Equip organizations with approaches for applying feminist and anti-racist principles to their cultures, practices, and structures

Workshop Series Structure

Part 1: Workshop – Understanding Solidarity through an Anti-Racist Lens

A facilitated workshop introducing core concepts of anti-racism and global solidarity. Participants will critically examine how colonialism, race, and whiteness shape international cooperation and explore pathways toward anti-racist practice.

Objectives:

• Build shared language around anti-racism and solidarity

• Reflect on how power operates across global and local contexts

• Establish the foundation for continued intergenerational dialogue

Part 2: Closed Webinar – Feminist and Intergenerational Perspectives on Solidarity

A speaker session curated in collaboration with ACIC, featuring voices from youth, feminist, racialized, and 2SLGBTQ+ communities. This session will center lived experience and community-rooted knowledge.

Objectives:

• Developed in collaboration with ACIC staff, this webinar will bring together diverse voices from Canada and the world to understand global solidarity through a feminist, Indigenous, youth, anti-racist perspective.

• Open only to workshop series participants

• Format may include panel, storytelling, or moderated discussion

  
  

Part 3: Facilitated Session – Reflection and Application

A final interactive session where participants reflect on what they’ve learned and explore how to translate this into personal and organizational change. The consultant is encouraged to propose approaches (e.g., breakout discussions, action planning, guided journaling) that foster accountability and transformation.

Objectives:

• Encourage individual and collective reflection

• Explore opportunities for change in organizational and personal contexts

• Build momentum for sustained engagement in anti-racist and feminist practice

  
  

Target Participants

• ACIC Organizational and Individual Members, and youth connected to ACIC or its member organizations

• Staff, volunteers, and leadership from ACIC member organizations

• The series is designed as a shared intergenerational learning space, with no separation between age groups or organizational roles

  
  

Deliverables

• Design and delivery of one workshop, one facilitated group session, and one curated webinar

• Collaboration with ACIC staff on guest speaker curation and planning for the webinar

• Development of any materials, facilitation guides, or tools needed for all three sessions

• Final summary report outlining process, learning outcomes, and recommendations

Timeline

• Project launch: October 2025

• Workshop delivery: Between November 2025 and March 2026, to be discussed with the consultant

• Final report submission: March 2026

Budget

Consultants should include time and coordination costs related to guest speaker collaboration, though ACIC will take a lead role in identifying and inviting speakers for the webinar session. Budget proposals should reflect the total scope of facilitation and design, but do not need to account for speaker honoraria unless otherwise discussed.

ACIC is committed to fair and transparent compensation. Consultants are encouraged to propose a budget that reflects the values and scope of the work.