Breakfast Clubs Against Racism is an anti racism charity launching a series of free Breakfast clubs for children aged 10-12. Starting in September 2021 with the goal of combatting racial discrimination. We are targeting this age as this is young enough so the students are aware of the topic of race but have not yet developed fully instilled biases.
Founded by Lara Sengupta, we have developed Breakfast Clubs Against Racism to deliver anti-racism and leadership skills to young people.
Our mission is to permanently and ultimately create racial equality in the UK and worldwide. We have asked for equality along with many, many generations and the world is not hearing us. In order to bring about lasting, permanent racial equality, we must create a new generation of leaders that can lead us to change. Our Breakfast Clubs will give children a solid foundation of education on race and equality combined with leadership skills and self-belief to trust that they can be “the change they want to see in the world”.
We will launch our first Breakfast Clubs in 3 groups across South and East London in September 2021. We are a new charity so are looking for our first 3 trustees to make the charity official.
These Breakfast Clubs are for everyone aged 10-12. We will be inviting children from all the neighbouring schools to apply. This is a FREE project to attend.
The clubs will run as a 10-week Saturday Club to educate children on institutional racism in the UK, teach them about anti-racism and give them leadership skills so they are able to make positive steps towards equality for themselves and the next generation.
The Details:
Each breakfast club will include the following in each session:
1) Breakfast - A healthy, sustainable breakfast for everyone
2) Education - A gentle education on teaching children about racism that will challenge our students and create new habits of thinking.
3) Discussion - We encourage discussions throughout the sessions and conversations about processing feelings that topics may have brought up.
4) Self-Belief - Self-belief is at the heart of everything we do. We believe a nurtured soul is a power soul.
5) Family Involvement - We would love the whole family to be involved in the students journey, so each week we will provide a home activity that the whole family can do together.
Breakfast Club Topics Include:
- How to recognise institutional racism and how to combat it
- Stereotyping and why its so harmful
- Breaking the cycle of oppression
- How to stand up against racial discrimination
- How to be a leader and create change for the next generation
