we are at our strongest when we are a diverse school, representing talent from many different backgrounds – ensuring that an OA is someone who neither defers nor condescends to anyone, but meets all as equals. ‘Adding to History’, our Dulwich College Black History Month programme, was an opportunity for our pupils to renew their collective commitments to social justice and to celebrate those black pioneers who otherwise might have been forgotten or hidden. Find out more at: www.dulwich.org.uk/senior-school/news/ news/~board/news-20-21/post/adding-to-history- dulwich-college-black-history-month
Diversity and Inclusion Alliance One of the key developments of this year has been the formation of a Diversity & Inclusion Alliance, led by Dr Malcolm Cocks, a member of our English Department, in answer to the tragic death of George Floyd in May and the subsequent protests around the world. This group consists of pupils, teachers, OAs and others, and is intended to be a group to work together to ensure that no one in the College feels undermined on account of difference or perceived difference. It has already identified four key areas of action: increasing the diversity of the teaching body, introducing unconscious bias training, tackling casual racism more explicitly and auditing the curriculum. We are now laying down plans to try and make more rapid progress in these areas. Like many institutions we have long regarded ourselves as being non-racist – we see now that more is needed from us, and we are determined to become a school that is actively anti-racist. Dulwich’s history shows that
“The last five months have been both a stark reminder of how far we seem from that world of social justice, but also of how communities have come together, how individuals have supported each other from across the racial spectrum. It’s made me think and hope that we’re really poised to achieve that world of social justice and for that to be soon, and I think that begins with us, with the youth, in the school and our community, and the teachers.”
Dr Malcolm Cocks Director of Diversity and Inclusion
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