Workshops Anti-Racism Weeks 31.1.25-16.2.25

Almost half of the people in Germany still believe in the existence of human races.
Racism is pervasive, complicated, contradictory and hurtful.

If we want to understand what is happening and find solutions to the climate crisis, environmental destruction and blatant global injustices, we must try to better understand, recognize and combat racism.

There will be dozens of different online lectures with discussions and workshops in which we can educate ourselves, exchange ideas and organize ourselves.

Activist*People from Congo and Uganda report on their experiences and perspectives, there are intensive workshops with the authors of the brochure “Colonialism and the Climate Crisis“ and also insights into the mindset of right-wing populists and much more 🙂

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Lecture and discussion with Guillaume Kalonji 

Date/Time:
31.1.25 18.30:20.30 pm – XNUMX:XNUMX pm

Number of participants:
unlimited

Language:
English

Online link:
uni-hamburg.zoom.us

The other side of the energy transition

The notion of climate security is not yet a priority in current discussions around the world. Maybe because we don't yet know what it is. Yet we use the products of this insecurity on a daily basis.

The world is using new technology to adapt to the climate crisis, and even to fight against it. This involves modifying modes of transport with electric vehicles, solar kits… and even tools such as new-generation mobile phones and computers.

This progress is made possible by the existence of the DRC on the world map. The world draws from this country 70% of the resources needed to achieve the above. This is not bad, it's international solidarity. But how do they get access to these resources? How do they treat the inhabitants of the Democratic Republic of Congo? What place do they give this country in international affairs?

That's why I've become an activist, and that's what I'll be speaking about during the anti-racism weeks.

Lecture and discussion with Florian Teller (Specialist Office for Radicalization Prevention and Engagement in Nature Conservation – FARN)

Date/Time:
3.2.25 18.00:20.00 pm – XNUMX:XNUMX pm

Number of participants:
unlimited

Language:
German

Online link: us02web.zoom.us

Ecology from the Right: Right-Wing Extremist Ideologies in Nature and Environmental Protection

Democratic actors in nature and environmental protection as well as (organic) farming are repeatedly confronted with requests for cooperation, strategies of appropriation and attempts at infiltration from the right. What are the motives of extreme right-wing actors for getting involved in these areas? What goals are they pursuing? The workshop raises awareness of the historical and current links between German nature and environmental protection and extreme right-wing ideologies. The offer enables participants to identify anti-democratic and inhuman ideologies and thought patterns in nature and environmental protection. Based on this, possible options for action in the sense of prevention and intervention can be developed and discussed.

Lecture and discussion with Florian Teller (Specialist Office for Radicalization Prevention and Engagement in Nature Conservation – FARN)

Date/Time:
4.2.25 18.00:20.00 pm – XNUMX:XNUMX pm

Number of participants:
unlimited

Language:
German

Online link: us02web.zoom.us

The extreme right between climate change denial and climate nationalism

Content: Extreme right-wing actors either deny that climate change is caused by human activity or they see the cause of the climate catastrophe in the population growth of the global south. Depending on the target group, these actors use different strategies. This includes the defamation of activists as well as the anti-Semitic conspiracy narrative of a (Jewish) elite operating in secret. At the same time, the anti-democratic forces are trying to win over opponents of wind power with arguments of nature and species conservation. The workshop introduces (extreme) right-wing actors and their positions in the field of climate and energy policy and shows a solidarity-based counter-perspective of climate justice.

Lecture and discussion with Clarisse Akouala

Date/Time:
5.2.25 18.30:20.30 pm – XNUMX:XNUMX pm

Number of participants:
unlimited

Language:
German

Online link: us02web.zoom.us

“Human Zoos” – a story with Clarisse Akouala

Human zoos. The “human zoos,” forgotten symbols of the colonial era, have been completely repressed from our collective memory. However, these exhibitions of the exotic were an important step in the Western world on the path from scientific racism to popular racism.

Workshop with Jamila

Date/Time:
6.2.25 14.00:19.00 pm – XNUMX:XNUMX pm

Number of participants:
Limited, please arrive early

Language:
German

Online link:
us06web.zoom.us
Meeting ID: 892 1578 6877
Identification code: Ceu7NP

Anti-Racism Workshop

– an error-friendly workshop –

Combating racist power structures is a task for society as a whole and begins with critical self-reflection of one's own positioning and privileges. The aim of this workshop is therefore to use an error-friendly and intersectional approach to bring our unconscious assumptions to the surface and to gain knowledge about concepts and political-historical contexts (e.g. colonial continuities up to the present day).

In the second part, we will gather and reflect in small groups on specific topics and questions that are important for your context, e.g. how to contribute to raising awareness of racism within your own movement/environment and how you as a movement can deal with the electoral successes of the AfD.

Here we can share our experiences and knowledge together in order to develop strategies for action. At the end, we bring these together in order to be able to act more critically against racism in concrete situations in everyday life and in our relationships.

Workshop with Dodo and Nene

Date/Time:
7.2.25 (part 1) and 13.2.25 (part 2) each from 18.00:21.00 p.m. to XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.

Number of participants:
Limited, please arrive early

Language:
German

Online link:
us06web.zoom.us

Climate Movements, Climate (In)Justice and Racism

We want to work together to find out how European colonialism and the climate crisis and climate (in)justice are connected and how colonial thinking and racism are reproduced in German climate movements. Together we will reflect on prevailing discourses and approaches and test strategies and options for action to bring anti-racism and anti-colonialism into movement contexts. There will be individual and group exercises as well as input and discussion phases. We look forward to providing valuable impulses together with you and taking steps in the process of anti-racist work!

Dodo researches and works decolonially as an educational consultant in the field of climate protection, criticism of racism and right-wing extremism. Dodo is politically active and is committed, among other things, to ensuring that the colonial and racist dimension of the climate crisis is the focus of climate issues. Dodo is co-author of the brochure “Colonialism and the Climate Crisis. Over 500 Years of Resistance” and the publication “I will return a million times! In appreciation of the anti-colonial resistance” as part of the KlimaDeSol project, among others.

BiNene (she/her) comes from Berlin Wedding and is part of the Climate Justice Collective Berlin. As an educational consultant, Nene also works in the field of anti-Semitism and racism criticism.

Workshop with Koko and Christina

Date/Time:
February 10.02.2025, 14 00:17 p.m. to 00:1 p.m. (part 13.02.2025) and Thursday, February 16, 00 19:00 p.m. to 2:XNUMX p.m. (part XNUMX)

Number of participants:
Max. 20-25

Language:
German

Online link:
Part 1: uni-augsburg.zoom-x.de
Part 2: uni-augsburg.zoom-x.de

Critical Whiteness and Colonial-Critical Self-Reflection in the Movement

The two workshops are intended to provide an impulse whiteness and coloniality as activists in emancipatory social movements. In the first part, we will look at whiteness in interweaving with social movements and reflect on their own intersectional positioning, as well as the associated privileges and deprivileges in a system of white supremacy. 

Building on this, in the second part we will deal with coloniality (i.e. colonial conditions, relationships and logics that still exist today) and reflect on whether and how political engagement in social movements can reproduce these. Together we will develop ideas and approaches to counteract coloniality, always keeping our own positioning in mind.

Lecture and discussion with Nicholas

Date/Time:
10.2.25 18.00:20.00 pm – XNUMX:XNUMX pm

Number of participants:
unlimited

Language:
English

Online link:
us06web.zoom.us

Racism in Climate Movements and Spaces

Racism is not just about overt actions—it is deeply embedded in the structures and systems that govern our world, including financial and societal systems. While racism manifests in many forms, it disproportionately impacts Black people globally.

In climate movements and spaces, African people often bear the brunt of this systemic racism. They are frequently tokenized, placed on the frontlines of campaigns and crises but neglected when their well-being or voices are at stake. Their stories are often told by others, without their consent or proper representation, perpetuating cycles of oppression and erasure.

To me, this is racism and discrimination. Inclusion cannot come through tokenism or exploitation. If we truly aim to address interconnected crises—climate, social, and economic—then these harmful practices must change.

The fight for climate justice must also be a fight for racial equity. It's only through dismantling these systemic injustices that we can hope to create a fairer, more sustainable future for everyone.

Local Struggles of the Global South

Date/Time:
10.2.25 18.00:20.00 pm – XNUMX:XNUMX pm

Number of participants:
unlimited

Language:
English

Online link:
us06web.zoom.us

Vortrag und Diskussion mit Mirembe Havillah

 â€śLocal Struggles of the Global South” highlights the disproportionate impact of climate change on developing nations in the Global South. Despite contributing the least to global emissions, these regions struggle with limited resources, inadequate infrastructure, and the compounding effects of poverty and inequality.

The discussion will emphasizes the resilience of local populations as they navigate the dual challenge of climate adaptation and global inaction, while advocating for urgent international cooperation and climate justice.

Lecture and discussion with Eden Tadesse 

Date/Time:
11.2.25 18.30:20.30 pm – XNUMX:XNUMX pm

Number of participants:
unlimited

Language:
English

Online link:
us06web.zoom.us

Decolonize Politics – a workshop by Eden Tadesse

You know that feeling when someone makes big decisions about your life without even asking you? Well, for generations, that's been the story for millions of Africans. The heavy hand of colonialism is still leaving its mark on everything from how we run our countries to how we see ourselves.

As an African woman living in Europe, I've often felt the weight of history pressing on my presence. I often think about that infamous Berlin Conference – a room filled with European powers slicing up Africa as if it were a pie, without a single African voice in the room. It wasn't just a division of land; it was the start of a legacy that still haunts us: borders drawn without care for cultures, systems dismantled and nations left in total chaos. But here's the question that drives me: What if we could change this? What if we could rewrite the rules, amplify marginalized voices, and truly build equity where division once ruled?

That's exactly what we'll tackle in this workshop. We'll dig into how we got here and, more importantly, how to create a future where power is shared, and justice isn't just a nice idea – it's reality.

Want to help reshape the future of politics and make it work for all of us? Join me on February 11th. Learn more and get involved https://decolonizepolitics.org

Lecture and discussion with Nicholas

Date/Time:
12.2.25 18.00:20.00 pm – XNUMX:XNUMX pm

Number of participants:
unlimited

Language:
English

Online link:
us06web.zoom.us

Extractivism, Racism, Migration, and the Climate Crisis: Interconnected Realities

We live in a world where the global majority enjoys comfort at the expense of the global minority. These systemic imbalances are deeply rooted in extractivism, racism, migration, and the climate crisis—all interconnected issues perpetuating injustice.

Let's start with extractivism. Many European nations thrive on resources extracted from other continents—coffee, oil, renewables, food, and more—all sourced through practices that often inflict grave injustices. These extractive activities frequently spark conflicts in resource-rich countries, leaving communities devastated. Women face sexual assault, children are exploited as laborers, and entire communities lose their land and livelihoods, all to maintain the comfort of others.

The impacts of extractivism extend far beyond economic exploitation. It destabilizes nations, forcing many to flee their homes in search of safety and a future. Yet, in these consuming nations, the media rarely highlights the exploitation and conflicts underlying their prosperity. Instead, the focus is often on controlling migration, ignoring the root causes.

Now, let's address migration. In Africa, resource-driven conflicts, mounting debts, climate change impacts, and economic crises create unbearable living conditions. People are forced to flee their homes, searching for safety and stability elsewhere. Many migrate to Europe, the US, and other countries, fleeing crises they did not cause.

However, instead of accountability, these host nations often deny their role in escalating these crises. They spread misinformation and propaganda to turn their populations against migrants. They dismiss the stories these people have to share about the governments and systems that uprooted their lives, perpetuating cycles of neglect and hostility.

The Interconnection
Extractivism fuels conflicts, economic instability, and environmental degradation, which drive forced migration. Racism exacerbates this by dehumanizing those fleeing and justifying the exploitation of their homelands. The climate crisis further compounds these issues, disproportionately impacting those who contributed the least to its causes.

Lecture and discussion with Isaac Mark TSONGO MALESE, journalist, researcher and human rights activist in AFRIKA GLOBAL VIEW/A-GV! (via Francois)

Date/Time:
13.2.25 18.30:20.30 pm – XNUMX:XNUMX pm

Number of participants:
unlimited

Language:
English

Online link:
us06web.zoom.us

Global view on racism – which color has more value than another one

Coming across this issue, no matter how and when people can describe racism, let me state something that can seem to harm but which is totally real; Africans, victims of different anti-values ​​for more than fifteen centuries had never heard about one color or another and none could imagine that something simple like “color” could make a certain difference into God's creatures, 'cause from their essence they knew that human -being is one and absolutely one; but something that is astounding is that Westerners, once when they landed on the African soil, they seemed to minimize the inhabitants of the ground simply because they are black, something which prejudiced to the Africans and opened the way to hatred. In fact, after deepening my researches based on _Black Africans dignity, remembering the _Transatlantic Slave Trade_ that dishonored the Africans, I concluded that Africans are more peaceful because they even do not care about what can be the outcomings of being marginalized in one way or another because of racism or any other form of discrimination! In case, racial discrimination could have been abolished since the era of the relevant Afro-american black freedom fighters such as Marcus Garvey, Claude Mackey, Langston Hughes and other Africans like Cinua Achebe. Taking the example of the huge legends of African Reggae music, LUCKY DUBE Philip, you'll realize with me that, although his friends and membership of the black color were wildly treated during the apartheid, he didn't get hatred from white people, he carried on sensitizing people that we are different colors of course but one people! The same fight has been conducted by Martin Luther king whose dream seems to come true.

Lecture and discussion with Parfait Mushanganya from Rise up Congo

Date/Time:
14.02.2025 18:30-20:30 Uhr

Number of participants:
unlimited

Language:
English

Online link:
us06web.zoom.us

Deforestation – a workshop with 

Over the last 10 years, the DRC has been one of the most polluting countries on the planet, not by its greenhouse gas emissions because it does not have any, but by its deforestation which has increased exponentially and which contributes to the release of large quantities of CO2 emitted into the atmosphere and destroys the environment.

This put the country among one of the ten highest deforestation rates in the world, the country has the 2nd largest area of ​​primary forest destroyed in 2020, after Brazil. The destruction of forests, particularly in the event of clearing by fire or by felling trees, causes the formation of greenhouse gases, which are very harmful to the climate, the loss of biodiversity, the appearance of harmful diseases and the health of women and children when cooking with firewood remains in danger.

Despite all this, we also note that the Congo Basin forest is currently under threat, while it is an unrivaled rainfall regulator in the Central African region, while the indigenous peoples who live there suffer human rights abuses and their inhabitants are destroyed every year. Deforestation is one of the major problems threatening not only the planet, but also the Pygmy race.

Lecture and discussion with Mellia Katavali Assy

Date/Time:
15.2.25 15.30:17.30 pm – XNUMX:XNUMX pm

Number of participants:
unlimited

Language:
French with translation into German or English

Online link:
uni-hamburg.zoom.us

RACISM AS A TOOL FOR THE UNDERDEVELOPMENT OF SOUTHERN COUNTRIES

Before going into detail on this subject, let me say that I'm excited to be talking about racism today. For I believe that in the 21st century, we will no longer talk about the concept of racism.

I think people should understand that racism has held back the development of countries around the world, and in this case the countries of the global South, whose development is still lagging behind because of the myth built around white supremacy. For example, Africa is paying for the pollution caused by Western industries, and we think this is normal, but it's not.

Racism has meant that black ideas continue to be nipped in the bud, and yet black innovations should be promoted and encouraged for the development of Africa and the whole world.

The question every person would ask themselves today would be, is what I'm doing today useful for myself and for others?

It is on this basis that we can together eliminate racism, which has become an inescapable scourge for the development of Africa.

This question should be asked in all areas of life (political, economic, environmental, social, etc.).

During this anti-racism week, we should pay tribute to those who gave their youth and even their lives in the fight against racism. These are people like Martin Luther, Bob Maley, Marcus Garvey, Web du Bois etc,,, As activists we must embody the ideology of these people to develop Africa, which continues to be systematically plundered by the white man on the grounds that he is seeking to develop it.

Lecture and discussion with Francois Kamate

Date/Time:
15.02.2025 18:30-20:30 Uhr

Number of participants:
unlimited

Language:
English

Online link:
us06web.zoom.us

RACISM AS A MEANS OF PERPETUATING COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM IN AFRICA

Racism is a form of discrimination, a violent hostility towards a human group, which both incites hatred and encourages verbal or physical violence.

For several decades now, racist practices have been observed within our communities, aimed at excluding one category of people to the detriment of others on the grounds of race, etc. Before the independence of African countries, the black man lived through the worst moments of his life on this earth. All forms of unprecedented violence were inflicted on him. And in the event of the least resistance, he would suffer a great deal of torture, even to the point of losing his life. Blacks were completely excluded from the management of public affairs, and for the rest of their lives served as slaves to their white masters. The animal was more valuable than the black man. So much so that even in large meetings, animals such as cats and dogs were given reserved seats, while black men were denied them because of their race.

Women and men who devoted a large part of their lives to fighting against the racism of which they were victims, and were thus violently repressed or even murdered. Such is the case of people like Harriet Tubman, Steve Biko in South Africa, Malcolm x, Martin Luther, Assa Traoré, etc. In Africa, for example, racism manifests itself in almost every area of ​​life (education, health, politics, economics , etc.).

In the humanitarian world, racism has become a mode of governance for NGOs. This can be seen in living and working conditions. A black worker and a white worker don't get the same treatment when it comes to wages. We always see white people with a lot of advantages that black people don't have. A good example of this is the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, which always send their staff to African countries to supervise the money they give you in the form of loans, which always ends up back in Erupoe and the USA at the exorbitant salaries of the white man. And so, for them, the black man doesn't have the capacity to manage the money he's given and always needs the presence of the white man to manage it rationally. And this is purely colonialism in perpetual development, which must be stopped.

WHAT CAN WE DO?

As anti-racist social movements of the North and South, the fight against racism should be one of our priority fronts for putting an end to the system of exploitation and domination into which the imperialists have plunged developing states. This week dedicated to the fight against racism is an opportune moment for everyone to commit to abolishing these kinds of practices, which are at the root of the underdevelopment of Africa and its people. In other words, it's in the interest of all movements to join forces to enable black people to feel respected and capable of bringing about the positive change they want to see.

Workshop with Angela Asomah and Lea Dehning

Date/Time:
16.2.25 18.30:21.00 pm – XNUMX:XNUMX pm

Number of participants:
unlimited

Language:
German

Online link:
fu-berlin.webex.com

Climate (In)Justice Workshop

Both speakers coordinated, among other things, the project “Locals United”: https://www.bundjugend.de/projekte/locals-united/Both give workshops and lectures on topics such as climate justice, empowerment, critical whiteness and intersectionality. Angela is currently working at Each One Teach One and Lea is studying Geographies of Global Inequalities at the FU.

The workshop will address the following climate injustices:

– How do climate change affect intersectionality (different forms of oppression simultaneously)?

– Which post-colonial structures shape our climate debate and policy?

– How can we promote climate justice?

Please have a look at the brochure Colonialism & Climate Crisis beforehand: https://www.bundjugend.de/produkt/kolonialismus-und-klimakrise-ueber-500-jahre-widerstand/

Feel free to bring a past or future idea or campaign with you. We want to ask ourselves how your idea or campaign can be made more climate-friendly. Little prior knowledge of the topic is required. The workshop will be held in German.