The Anti-Racism Project: Building Awareness and Changing Practices is a cross-sectional initiative launched in mid-2021. We aim to tackle structural racism in MSF by equipping staff with tools to deepen understanding, spark personal transformation, and take concrete steps toward intersectional, organization-wide change. The project recognizes that lasting organizational impact begins with individual and collective awareness, but awareness isn't enough, we need real change.
Methodology
We use an embodied methodology grounded in change management, decolonial theory, and intersectionality*—as defined by legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw. This means we recognize that sustainable transformation requires working at both personal and organizational levels, while addressing how different forms of oppression intersect—and how proximity to power can shape privilege. For example, gender-based discrimination is deeply connected to systems of racism, classism, ableism, and other structures of exclusion.
*For further information about intersectionality we recommend this short video:
Increase awareness and understanding
I understand
Foster safe/brave spaces
I reflect and navigate emotions
Engage different stakeholders and move towards actions
I put into practice
Anti-racism embedded into praxis ensuring sustainability
We embed anti-racism into our work
Phase 1
Phase 2
To read more about the project's results and lessons learnt please visit: Evaluation and Reporting