Wherever the waters of transformation flow, real progress takes place: knowledge is created, educators are developed, alliances are strengthened, and concrete change is driven.
Our commitment is to build an antiracist public education system where no one is left behind.
Mobilizations of the black movement for access to education for the black population. Black movement and allies win legislation that establishes mandatory teaching of African, Afro-Brazilian and indigenous history and adequate curricula in Brazilian education (law 10.639/03 and law 11.645/08)
ActionAid, Ação Educativa, National Campaign for the Right to Education, CONAQ, Geledés, Makira-E’ta and UNEafro join forces in the SETA Project, which is chosen as one of the five finalists in the 2030 global racial equity challenge launched by the Foundation W.K. Kellogg. Beginning of the project with its articulation, training and research axes generates strategic partnerships with education departments, establishes an Advisory Board, carries out a bibliographic review on research in the area of education and race, and launches the audiovisual series “SETA: possible paths for anti-racist education” in partnership with Canal Futura and airing on Globoplay.
SETA launches research on student unions and deepening inequalities for black girls during the pandemic, begins training of educators in Rio de Janeiro, establishes partnership with the University of Bristol in the UK for international mapping of anti-racist educational methodologies, and participates in sessions of the UN Permanent Forum of People of African Descent.
SETA launches public opinion survey “Perceptions about racism in Brazil” in partnership with Instituto Peregum, publishes commemorative stamp for the 20th anniversary of law 10.639/03, conducts workshops with young people to prepare anti-racist glossary and builds its monitoring and evaluation system.
Mobilize the international agenda around the importance of racial and gender equity in education, through participation in UN meetings and thematic reports; expose the racial, gender, and territorial inequalities experienced by Black, Indigenous, and Quilombola peoples; produce reference materials to support the implementation of the theme; train educators and young people on the subject; and develop ongoing communication initiatives to engage in dialogue with society.
Institutional strengthening and expansion year for SETA
As detailed in the Year 3 Report, the project carried out its largest training cycle, engaging more than 5,800 educators, expanded its actions to 42 cities — including quilombola, riverside, and Indigenous territories — and consolidated youth networks and popular preparatory courses. In the political arena, SETA intensified its advocacy for an Anti-Racist National Education Plan (PNE) and expanded its agenda to 12 countries, strengthening its international dimension. The year also marked the implementation of the new collective governance model of the SETA project, reaffirming its coalition-based approach.
It is one of five awardees of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Racial Equity Challenge 2030 – an open call aimed at driving an equitable future for children, families and communities around the world. SETA was granted funds for eight years of work to consolidate the pioneering mission of developing the first anti-racist public education system in the country.
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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.
