“My mother did an amazing job balancing the reality of our racial difference while shielding us from the associated bigotry. But that day, she explained that just because we thought race did not matter in our family, that didn’t protect us from how much it mattered in the world around us.”
~ Nathaniel K. Jones MD

Consulting

For Schools

Sharita is a trained Human Rights Friendly School (HRFS) facilitator and consultant and administers a DEI program underpinned by the HRFS toolkits developed by the HRC and Amnesty International. A whole community and whole school approach is adopted to interrogate areas of school governance, learning environment, curriculum and community relationships.

Governance

The way the school is run, including both formal and informal decision-making systems

Environment

Setting in which people learn and contribute

Governance

The way the school is run, including both formal and informal decision-making systems

Environment

Setting in which people learn and contribute

Curriculum

How diversity and inclusion is taught and learned

Relationships

How members of the school community participate and interact

Curriculum

How diversity and inclusion is taught and learned

Relationships

How members of the school community participate and interact

At schools further along in their DEI journeys, Sharita employs the Inclusive Behaviours and Leaderships model to achieve accelerated outcomes.

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Assess schools’ staff and management teams’ inclusive styles

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Offer one-on-one and team Inclusive Leadership and Behaviours training

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Diversity and Inclusion workshops for students and teachers on Implicit Bias, Microaggressions, Subtle acts of Exclusion, reframing harmful stereotypes and adopting Inclusive Behaviours

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Ongoing support in DEI strategy development and Cultural Transformation

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Identification and training of DEI champions

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Ongoing DEI initiative effectiveness tracking