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Decolonizing Research Language: The Self-Directed Workbook
A structured companion to the Language Audit for Solidarity Work
Featured Photo: By Sahra
You read the Language Audit. { Read it here! }
Something landed. Maybe it was the rewrite. Maybe it was the questions. Maybe it was just finally seeing in plain language what you've been feeling for years about the words your institution requires you to use. This workbook is where you go next.
It is designed for researchers who are self-directed, serious, and ready to do the uncomfortable work of auditing their own practice — not just their language, but the assumptions, power dynamics, and inherited frameworks underneath it.
This is neither a course or a certificate program. It is a methodical, structured process that takes you from awareness to accountability — at your own pace, in your own context, with direct guidance from me on your work.
The Framework
The workbook is built on the Activated Solidarity framework and its three interlocking rigors:
Material Rigor Resources flow toward communities, not just awareness. Not "I amplified voices" but "I paid for expertise. I directed funding. I ensured material benefit."
Positional Rigor Honest about where you stand. Not "I'm an ally" but "I have passport, salary, platform, ability to leave. I benefit through publications, credibility, and career."
Relational Rigor Building actual relationships, not extracting. Not "I interviewed 50 people" but "I've been in conversation for years. They can say no. They know my limitations. We negotiate what gets shared."
What You Receive
The Scored Self-Assessment A structured assessment across all three rigors — fifteen questions that map where your research practice actually sits versus where you believe it sits. These questions require radical honesty but are fruitful in navigating the emotional landscape of solidarity work. in a healthy and regenerative way.
The Guided Language Audit A step-by-step process for auditing one live document from your own work — a grant proposal, research abstract, IRB protocol, program description, or institutional communication. You will rewrite it using accountable language with structured guidance at each stage.
The Personal Accountability Action Plan Based on your assessment results, a framework for identifying your three highest-leverage changes — the specific shifts in language, practice, and relationship that will move your work from performative to structural.
A Video Walkthrough A recorded session from me walking you through the framework, the assessment, and the rewrite process before you begin.
Remote Guidance from Sahra Once you complete your assessment and document rewrite, submit your work and receive written feedback from me directly. Not automated. Not templated. My eyes on your specific work, your specific gaps, and your specific context.
Who This Is For
Independent researchers and scholars
Graduate students and early career academics
Researchers working without institutional training budgets
Practitioners in Global Majority regions navigating Western research frameworks
Anyone who completed the Language Audit and wants structured accountability for what comes next
Who This Is NOT For
Those looking for validation of existing practice
Researchers not prepared to examine their own positionality
Anyone who needs a certificate rather than a practice shift
Investment
$295
If you are a researcher based in a Global Majority country and this price is a barrier, contact me before assuming it isn't accessible. Material rigor applies to how I price my own work.
Logistics
Workbook materials delivered within two weeks of purchase. Remote guidance returned within 10 business days of submission. All communication via email and or Zoom.
Questions?
A structured companion to the Language Audit for Solidarity Work
Featured Photo: By Sahra
You read the Language Audit. { Read it here! }
Something landed. Maybe it was the rewrite. Maybe it was the questions. Maybe it was just finally seeing in plain language what you've been feeling for years about the words your institution requires you to use. This workbook is where you go next.
It is designed for researchers who are self-directed, serious, and ready to do the uncomfortable work of auditing their own practice — not just their language, but the assumptions, power dynamics, and inherited frameworks underneath it.
This is neither a course or a certificate program. It is a methodical, structured process that takes you from awareness to accountability — at your own pace, in your own context, with direct guidance from me on your work.
The Framework
The workbook is built on the Activated Solidarity framework and its three interlocking rigors:
Material Rigor Resources flow toward communities, not just awareness. Not "I amplified voices" but "I paid for expertise. I directed funding. I ensured material benefit."
Positional Rigor Honest about where you stand. Not "I'm an ally" but "I have passport, salary, platform, ability to leave. I benefit through publications, credibility, and career."
Relational Rigor Building actual relationships, not extracting. Not "I interviewed 50 people" but "I've been in conversation for years. They can say no. They know my limitations. We negotiate what gets shared."
What You Receive
The Scored Self-Assessment A structured assessment across all three rigors — fifteen questions that map where your research practice actually sits versus where you believe it sits. These questions require radical honesty but are fruitful in navigating the emotional landscape of solidarity work. in a healthy and regenerative way.
The Guided Language Audit A step-by-step process for auditing one live document from your own work — a grant proposal, research abstract, IRB protocol, program description, or institutional communication. You will rewrite it using accountable language with structured guidance at each stage.
The Personal Accountability Action Plan Based on your assessment results, a framework for identifying your three highest-leverage changes — the specific shifts in language, practice, and relationship that will move your work from performative to structural.
A Video Walkthrough A recorded session from me walking you through the framework, the assessment, and the rewrite process before you begin.
Remote Guidance from Sahra Once you complete your assessment and document rewrite, submit your work and receive written feedback from me directly. Not automated. Not templated. My eyes on your specific work, your specific gaps, and your specific context.
Who This Is For
Independent researchers and scholars
Graduate students and early career academics
Researchers working without institutional training budgets
Practitioners in Global Majority regions navigating Western research frameworks
Anyone who completed the Language Audit and wants structured accountability for what comes next
Who This Is NOT For
Those looking for validation of existing practice
Researchers not prepared to examine their own positionality
Anyone who needs a certificate rather than a practice shift
Investment
$295
If you are a researcher based in a Global Majority country and this price is a barrier, contact me before assuming it isn't accessible. Material rigor applies to how I price my own work.
Logistics
Workbook materials delivered within two weeks of purchase. Remote guidance returned within 10 business days of submission. All communication via email and or Zoom.