Dear friends,
We have many events and training opportunities lined up for you in 2024. As always, space is limited.
Sign up for:
- Training Series: Decolonial and Empowering Approaches in “Partnership Work”
- Decolonial Perspectives on Global History: A Series of Events in April and May 2024
- Workshops on Global Perspectives on Racism in Healthcare
1. The training series enters its second round: “Collaboration with Abya Yala/Latin America on Equal Footing? Decolonial and Empowering Approaches in ‘Partnership Work’”
Registration deadline: March 28, 2024
“This training is exactly what we need in the North-South context!” (Original quote, Series 2023)
The second installment of our webinar series “On Equal Footing? Decolonial and Empowering Approaches” begins on April 22, 2024, with a focus on Abya Yala. Register here by March 28, 2024!
This training series is aimed at activists in development policy organizations and initiatives, as well as anyone committed to global justice. We especially invite BIPoC, activists from migrant*
In four modules (you can find details and more information here), we’ll identify internalized colonial patterns and strategies and work together to develop alternative courses of action. We’ll occasionally—and as needed—create safer spaces to accommodate the unique role of BIPoCs and migrant-diasporic participants.
Currently, project work with “partners” from Abya Yala is structured on a highly unequal basis. Funding and guidelines come from Germany, and people from Germany are often deployed to partner countries even though they lack knowledge of local structures. But even in direct collaboration on the ground or in teams here in Germany, racism and other power dynamics are (unconsciously) reproduced. Addressing this reproduction is a comprehensive process. It begins with self-empowerment against these conditions on the part of Black and people of color, and with self-reflection on the part of white people. The voices of migrant and diaspora actors are indispensable for critical discourses on the decolonization of partnership work.
The goal is to work together to develop ideas for alternative courses of action and practices in “partnership work” that are sensitive to racism and power dynamics and that empower people. The series is part of a project funded by the PFQ program and Brot für die Welt. You can find more information about the project and its other focal areas here.
2. Decolonial Perspectives on Global History: A Series of Events in April and May 2024
As part of our ” Global Erinnern ” project, we will be holding the “Global GeschichteN” discussion series from April 17 through May 29, 2024, every Wednesday from 5:00–7:00 p.m. (with one exception due to Labor Day), we will be hosting the “Global Stories” discussion series with experts on global issues and the culture of remembrance. The series will take place online and each session will consist of a presentation followed by a discussion. You can find the program HERE. An overview:
• April 17, 2024 Boniface Mabanza: Who Owes What to Whom? Coloniality in Economic Structures
• April 24, 2024 Corry Guttstadt: Rescue or Rejection? Turkish Jewish Migrants Caught Between Anti-Semitic Persecution by Nazi Germany and the Nationalism of the Turkish Regime
• April 30, 2024 Jürgen Zimmerer: From Windhoek to Auschwitz? On the Historical Role of Colonialism in German History
• May 8, 2024 Serge Palasie: The Ocean Is Black – What Do the Borders of Fortress Europe Have to Do with the History of Slavery and Colonialism?
• May 15, 2024 Betiel Berhe: Race and Class – Why Anti-Racism Without a Critique of Capitalism Does Nothing to Change the Status Quo
• May 22, 2024 Vincent Bababoutilabo: Struggles Against Racism and Global Injustice – Past and Present
• May 29, 2024 Paulino Miguel: On the Myth of Solidarity – Labor Migration to the GDR from the Socialist “Brother States” in the Global South
We look forward to your participation! Please register at geschichte[at]glokal[dot]
3. Webinars/Workshops 2024: Healthcare for All?! Combating Racism in the Healthcare System
The issue of the lack of discussion about racism in the healthcare sector is increasingly being highlighted by the media (ARD documentary) and research (DEZIM). Even organizations and initiatives active in development policy and medicine are not immune to this problem, and there is simply a lack of knowledge: To help raise awareness in this area, we are offering five webinars (5 UE/4 hours each) in 2024 in German or English. Using scholarly articles and historical context, we will explore the topic in interactive webinars and workshops.
The goal is to collaboratively develop ideas for alternative approaches to healthcare that challenge racism and power structures in international health work. In addition, the webinars provide a foundation for examining racist and colonial continuities in global healthcare.
The target audience includes stakeholders from development policy and medical NGOs, groups, and initiatives, as well as activists working to promote global justice in the healthcare system. BIPoC and activists from migrant-
The webinars/workshops are allocated using a solidarity-based pricing model, so that NGOs and initiatives with more limited financial resources can benefit just as much as those with greater financial means. Therefore, we have initially set a price range of €600–€800 per webinar for 5 UE/4 hours (with two glokal speakers each).
As always, our prices are negotiable. Of course, we also welcome transparent inquiries from those who would like to support our political work with a small additional contribution.
You can find more information about the project HERE. It is funded by Engagement Global and the State Office for Development Cooperation.
We look forward to receiving inquiries from interested parties via our contact form.
We look forward to receiving your registrations. Best regards,
Your team at glokal e.V.