Rooted in Religion Campaign
Aims and Objectives
Empower the isoc voice - Mobilise Muslim students, Isocs + elements of the Muslim community
Shift current discourse around what is understood by islamophobia
Collect data reflective of muslim student experience of islamophobia
Shift current discourse around what is understood by islamophobia
Utilise data to form policies, processes and frameworks to tackle Islamophobia in education sector
Provide resource and tool for ISocs in conceptualising and campaigning against Islamophobia on campus
Provide and advocate for policy recommendations and changes to governmental, non-governmental and civil society organisations regarding Islamophobia
University and Students Union Islamophobia Training
As part of our commitment to representing and supporting Muslim students, FOSIS has developed a comprehensive and interactive Islamophobia Awareness Training session for Student Union leaders and staff.
We strongly encourage both sabbatical officers and staff to take part in this training. The Muslim Student Experience Report 2018 published by NUS found that an overwhelming 1 in 3 Muslim students experience abuse during their time in study. We firmly believe that when Student Unions are formally trained in understanding Islamophobia and the experiences of Muslim students, it makes them feel safer, heard, and represented. Each session is £350 and is expected to last 2 hours. Given the interactive nature of the sessions, we recommend no more than 25 participants per session. Click here to register your SU for the Islamophobia Awareness training.
Speaker Tour
FOSIS is pleased to announce our speaker tour for Islamophobia awareness month this year as part of our Rooted in Religion campaign.
We have partnered up with CAGE to bring you over 10 speakers, all from different areas of work and experiences.
The speakers are equipped to talk about various topics ranging from War on Terror, defining and tackling Islamophobia, the Muslim student experience in Education to Gendered Islamophobia.
We strongly encourage our membership and beyond to plan your own events about Islamophobia to better educate your campus and other key stakeholders on the oppression our community faces so that it can be tackled effectively.
We look forward to working closely with our speakers and anyone interested in hosting an event to ensure each talk and event runs smoothly to deliver talks and workshops of the best quality to the ISocs and beyond.
This Speaker Tour is set to run until mid-December.
Please make sure you submit your bookings with enough time to process them as we will be liaising with you and the speaker to ensure your
event runs smoothly.
For any questions or requests please get in touch with us at [email protected].