Culturally sensitive home | workshops

If you work at a cultural institution in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Province and are involved in designing and organizing events and workshops, this project is for you!

The Grzybnia Association and the Provincial Center for Cultural Animation invite you to participate in the “Culturally Sensitive Home” development program.

What is a culturally sensitive home?

• One that is open to all residents, including people with experience of migration and refugee status.
• One that does not perpetuate stereotypes about cultures in its activities.
• One where the staff are familiar with global education and know how to educate about contemporary global challenges.
• One that does not perpetuate a Eurocentric perspective.
• One in which employees are familiar with the basics of anti-discrimination education and are able to respond to discriminatory situations.

The program consists of four 6-hour workshops during which you will gain knowledge, skills, and practical tools to use in your work.

The training sessions will take place on:

September 16 (Tuesday),

October 2 (Thursday),

October 28 (Tuesday),

November 20 (Thursday),

from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Provincial Center for Cultural Animation in Toruń.

We do not reimburse travel expenses. Lunch and a coffee break will be provided during each meeting.

Who is it for?

The project is aimed at employees of cultural institutions. We especially invite people living in towns with up to 50,000 inhabitants – they will be given priority during recruitment. In the event of high interest in the project, we will invite one person from each institution.

Application form: https://forms.gle/v6xLyH2NHDxXPUws7

We are waiting for applications until September 5, 23:59. Those who qualify for the project will receive an email on September 8, 2025.

The training will be conducted by:

Joanna Pankowska – educator, trainer, and facilitator. She specializes in anti-discrimination, civic, and global education. Co-author of the podcast “Tolerance is not enough.” She collaborates with, among others, Polska Akcja Humanitarna (Polish Humanitarian Action), Fundacja Emic (Emic Foundation) and Stowarzyszenie Grzybnia (Grzybnia Association). Author of the school program “Godziny wychowawcze ze światem” (Form periods with the world) and training courses for library staff “Otwarte książki, otwarty świat” (Open books, open world), as well as numerous publications on global education.

Paula Rudź – coordinator and author of social, educational, artistic, and cultural projects. She is a theater scholar and cultural animator by education. She graduated from the Strefy WolnoSłowa School on Migration, the Polish Humanitarian Action course “New Narratives about the World,” and the Realistic Theater’s “Theater-Social Art” program. Formerly an employee of WOAK, she is currently associated with the Kobietostan Collective, the Grzybnia Association, and the Kana Theater in Szczecin.

You can contact us by email: stowarzyszeniegrzybnia@gmail.com

The project is co-financed as part of the Polish development cooperation program of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland.