Launched in 2021 under the Transformational Investment Capacity (TIC), the Anti-Racism Project was initiated by MSF Canada in collaboration with seven co-sponsoring entities*. It emerged in response to the recognition that structural racism exists within our practices, culture, and systems.
Among the key catalysts for this project were the global impact of the Black Lives Matter movement and the 2020 Open Letter, signed by over 1,000 MSF staff, which called out institutional racism and demanded greater accountability and commitment from leadership. link a página: 2020 Open Letter - Decolonise MSF
In this context, the Anti-Racism Project was created to offer tools, spaces, and guidance to all MSF staff—without placing the burden of education or emotional labor on racialized colleagues. Our goal is to support everyone in the movement from being passively non-racist to actively anti-racist.
*MSF Canada, MSF Central America and Mexico Integrated Office (CAMINO), MSF Brazil, MSF OCB, MSF OCBA, MSF WaCa, MSF Eastern Africa Section MSF South Asia Regional Association (SARA) and MSF Southern Africa.
What We Aim to Do
- Provide clear guidance for an anti-racism journey across all MSF sections and contexts
- Strengthen capacity to engage in conversations about racism and anti-racism
- Support staff to develop and follow up on action plans rooted in their local realities
- Embed a sustainable, intersectional anti-racism praxis into MSF’s culture, policies, and daily work
Project documents
Concept note overview
Slides used in the project launch meeting
Terms of Reference
Draft ToR of the content team