Purpose

The SETA Project is based on participatory research, advocacy, training and mobilization campaigns led by black, quilombola and indigenous education networks over decades.

The work focuses mainly on school-aged children between 11 and 17 years old. The transition from elementary school to high school represents a moment of risk for black, quilombola and indigenous children, who are particularly vulnerable to external social and economic pressures as they transition from childhood to adolescence on their path to youth.

Targeted engagement by government officials at the state and local levels will create a replicable model for institutionalizing antiracist education into national policy and practice.

Our mission is to transform the public education ecosystem in Brazil and institutionalize a racial equality approach in policy and practice. We will work to achieve six key outcomes:

Intergenerational dialogue on racism and education is created in homes, school, workplaces, and the media

An intersectional approach to monitoring and evaluating racism in education is embedded

Public education policies that guarantee quality, equity and contextualised provision are improved and implemented

Educators are trained and supported by resources and education managers and have the autonomy to embed antiracist education practices

Youth and students transform school communities and culture to become anti-racist

A global network on racial justice in education is mobilised and racial equality is a priority in global education frameworks

The Theory of Change from the perspective of the SETA Project is represented through a Baobab, which symbolizes racial equity in education, shows the proposal and the path to follow over the eight years of the initiative.

A Brazilian public education system built based on the principles of justice in which all people can have access to their right to quality education.

SETA’s target audience includes:

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Improvement and implementation of public education policies that guarantee quality, equity and contextualized provision, through influence and/or support for policy makers and educational authorities at all levels, thus ensuring the implementation of anti-racist and sensitive public educational policies to gender. These policies must consider the axes of strengthening the legal frameworks of anti-racist education, training programs for education professionals, production of teaching and para-teaching material, democratic management and social participation, monitoring and evaluation of equity indicators and institutional conditions with financial investments , human and material.

Intergenerational dialogue about racism, gender and education is developed in homes, schools, workplaces and in the media through national dialogue and advocacy on issues in education and society. Thus, intolerance to racism, gender-based violence, inequalities and rights violations will be built and the defense of the promotion of social, racial and gender justice in Brazilian society will be built.

Black, quilombola and indigenous children, young people and students involved in transforming communities and school culture, so that they are anti-racist and equitable, ensuring the recognition of their knowledge and protagonism as essential elements to achieve the expected changes.

THE SETA PROJECT – EDUCATION SYSTEM FOR AN ANTI-RACIST TRANSFORMATION IS A PROJECT SUPPORTED BY THE W. K. KELLOGG FOUNDATION, SINCE 2021, WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ACTING TOGETHER FOR AN ANTI-RACIST AND QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION.