What is Indaba?
Indaba was born out of a desire to provide an opportunity for the shoreline community to explore topics related to race and racism. As a result, a series of 8 sessions were designed to help participants answer the question, “But, what can I do about racism?” This workshop series was named Indaba.
The word Indaba is from the Zulu and Xhosa languages. It means, “a council to discuss a very important topic.” An apt name for our vision.
At this time there have been two cohorts of community members who have participated in the Indaba Workshop Series By the learning which comes from these workshops, the hope is to share and expand this knowledge and it has resulted in the creation of several activities for the community.
The participants of the Indaba Workshop Series have become the Indaba Action Team providing activities for the shoreline community to share information about issues related to racism and provide opportunity for discussion to support greater knowledge and deeper understanding of this important topic.