CICS Anti-Racism Statement

The Contemporary Institute of Clinical Sexology (CICS) affirm explicitly our commitment to being an anti-racism organisation. We acknowledge that racism causes significant harm and can be both conscious and unintentional. As an anti-racism organisation we challenge ourselves to understand and correct any inequities we may discover and gain a better understanding of ourselves during this purposeful process. Addressing racism requires courage, respect and compassion and may not always be or seek to be comfortable.

We resolve:

• To explicitly and publicly affirm our identity as an anti-racism organisation.
• To employ individual and organisational exploration and examination of bias, advantage and oppression to continually learn about and dismantle racism and all its impacts.
• To reflect our anti-racism in the culture of our organisation through our policies, programs and practices.

We are active members of the Coalition for Inclusion and Anti-Oppressive Practice.