Divest Whiteness

Racism is the symptom, whiteness is the cause

Racism is a permanent mechanism in our society. It requires group efforts to keep it going, but also to eradicate it.

Our Divest Whiteness course aims to create a space for you to process the challenges of living in a white supremacist world, and think strategically about what you need to do in order to divest from it.

I’ve done the anti-racism course. I've read the books... Where is my community of people committed to divesting from whiteness?

When you realise you can no longer be complicit in racist systems, when you need strategies and an active community to work against them, you can come here.

Space to think. Space to learn.

Researchers have found that socialisation in the UK has often involved avoidance of race talk and ‘not noticing’ ourselves as racialised beings. It leaves us ill-equipped to hold our feelings about race and engage strategically in challenging the idea of whiteness.

Divest Whiteness will give you the chance to:

What happens when I talk about whiteness?

I ground myself
I stop gaslighting myself
I understand what I am dealing with
I question
I align action to beliefs
I respond to feedback about my internalised superiorities and inferiorities

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Divest Whiteness UK

An accredited anti-racist programme to deepen knowledge and skills

starting in Autumn 2026

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I am really benefitting from having this space and guidance from you, and the excellent speakers/coaches you have included in the process.

There has been a clear focus, flow and ethos; I've appreciated the insightful prompts for reflection, and your generosity around sharing your own personal experiences within anti-racism work. It has felt like a genuine 'invitation' to evolve rather than a game of 'cat and mouse'.

You've helped to foster positive bonds between group members and ensured that everyone's voice is valued. All in all, it feels like it has been a very good way to spend my time and I am committed to continue being as respectfully curious as I can about the very necessary tasks that we need to engage in as white people.

Jessica

It is hard to put into words how valuable I found the Divest Whiteness programme with Dr Claire Stewart-Hall. It is hard to put into words how valuable I found the Divest Whiteness programme with Dr Claire Stewart-Hall. Over the course of half a year, our cohort met once per month, and additionally to hear from or workshop with guest speakers an evening every other month. The programme is expertly put together and facilitated in a way that takes into account various individual thought processes, emotional load, and work between sessions. Claire held our group gently in these spaces, whilst bringing vast amounts of knowledge and expertise, thought provoking exercises and a number of ways to work which suited us individually and as a group. She also challenged our thinking and responses to help us move forward in being truly anti racist. I valued the other cohort members so much too, and as a community I hope we can continue to support each other in continuing this vital work. I’ll never be able to thank you enough, Claire!

Hannah