Event Recording: Dutch Recolonization During a Pandemic

On June 2nd 2020, the GFN coorganized a Black Lives Matter protest in Groningen with Black Ladies of Groningen (BLOG) and Women’s March Groningen (WMG). Mallika Sillé, one of the organizers and a member of the Steering Committee of the GFN, was interviewed ten days later by Alex Loeb, where she reflected on the protest…

Last Sunday, we met to do a chalking action as part of the Groningen Climate Action Fortnight 2020 (https://www.facebook.com/events/693711531354717)!

“I don’t understand all the nuances of the women’s movement. But I do understand that there are feminists who want to challenge the dominant paradigm, not only of patriarchy, but of where the original wealth came from and the relationship of that wealth to other peoples and the earth. That is the only way that…

Definition of Anti-Racism First off, let’s start with the definition of anti-racism. Officially, the definition of Anti-Racism is the policy or practice of opposing racism and promoting racial tolerance.  I don’t think anybody said it better than Angela Davis, “In a racist society,it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be Anti-Racist”. Meaning that…

Global warming is one the most challenging issues contemporary humankind faces. We need to reduce in half our greenhouse emissions by 2030 and to zero by 2050 to meet the 2ºC of warming settled in the Paris Agreement. To surpass it would imply greater and unhandled impacts. There is scientific consensus about that, and this…

‘On the 19th of September Trans Zorg Nu Groningen will be holding a protest demanding structural changes in the current system of trans healthcare in the Netherlands. Join us this Wednesday as Nick and Hilde lead us into a discussion on the history and different perspectives of Trans medicalization. This is a good opportunity to…