Join us for this year’s Newroz celebration! 🌱🌺 Winter is coming to an end, leaving time for one of the most beautiful seasons – spring – which stands for new life, blossoming and a new beginning for nature. This time of year is special for the Kurds (and others in Western Asia, Central Asia, the…
❗️Groningen Anti-Racism Week Day 6❗️ (online event) 👉What are the common pitfalls when white people try to decolonize their perspectives and practice antiracism? Why do the majority of folks seem to be unable to commit to this work on a long-term basis? What would long-term commitment even look like? 👉In this online event, we will…
Groningen Anti-Racism Week Day 5(in-person) ❗️IMPORTANT UPDATE❗️ Due to health reasons, our speaker Chihiro is unable to give this event at this time. We will still have an event focused on climate racism in Black and Indigenous communities, same time and place. New Schedule:18:30-18:45 Opening by Mallika18:45-20:00 Screening of There’s Something in the Water20:10-21:30 Discussion…
Groningen Anti-Racism Week Day 4(This event is facilitated by Facing Love) Many of us have gone through traumatic events in our lives that have left us feeling unable to trust our environment, relationships and even ourselves. Without experiencing this fundamental feeling of safety, it can make interacting with the world everyday very stressful and daunting….
Discussion and documentary screening of Naila and the Uprising (2017), as part of the anti-racisme week of the Groningen Feminist Network GFN.17th of March, 19:00, University College GroningenLanguage: Arabic, English, Hebrew, FrenchSubtitles: English RESERVE A SPOT VIA THE FOLLOWING LINK: https://forms.gle/V32QEK6s4tBF1rEw7 “We can’t be free as women unless we’re in a free country. And even…
Groningen Anti-Racism Week Day 2 Dismantling a system that has been built over the course of 500 years requires an intergenerational approach. In this session we invite different generations to exchange thoughts and experiences on resistance and social struggle. Based on the legacy of ASHANTI, the feminist newspaper founded in the ‘80s by Surinamese women…
Join us at the opening event of the Groningen Anti-Racism Week 2022! (In-person & Online Event) “Intersectionality” is a term that oftentimes is used as a watered down version of what it truly stands for. During this event we will have an introductory talk on the meaning of intersectionality, the intersections between race, class, and…
Last year the Groningen Feminist Network organized our first ever Anti-Racism Week, along with other activists and organizations who are passionate and dedicated to abolishing white supremacy. This year we are back with our second annual Groningen Anti-Racism Week! Why is this necessary?Black-, Indigenous-, and People of Colour (BIPOC) continue to be systemically oppressed, exploited,…
With the current invasion of Ukraine by Russia, thousands of Ukrainians are in need of support and aid. To support those wounded and fleeing, we are setting up a fundraiser in order to donate financially to local grassroots organisations. These organisations provide direct support and humanitarian aid (food, water, medicine, shelter) especially to marginalized people…
Dear book enthusiasts and feminists, For October, we are reading ‘Uprooted’, a fantasy novel by Naomi Novik that conjures up fairytale vibes while asking questions about human and interspecies relationships. Quote from the book:“Our Dragon doesn’t eat the girls he takes, no matter what stories they tell outside our valley. We hear them sometimes, from…
