In the two hour long session we will create a space to reflect on our experiences, we will share our thoughts on solidarity and how political self-organisation can be a tool of resistance against white supremacist structures within the university. Together we will think about how our visions can be implemented to bring us closer together and strengthen us in our everyday (uni) lives and beyond. After input and writing exercises you will have additional time to get to know each other.
"BIPoC Solidarity as Strategy of Resistance" is aimed exclusively at Black people, People of Color and people who identify as indigenous/indígena and who study at the University of Vienna, especially in the departments of Political Science and African Studies.
The aim of the workshop is to share our lived experiences, strategies and vernacular as community builders and organisers that offers practical support for political self-organisation of BIPoC students. In order to ensure that we can provide a safe(r) space for Black/Indigenous/People of Color we are asking you to fill out this registration form. It's also an offering to tell us about yourself and your accessibility needs if applicable (e.g. captions/speed of communication/language etc). The planned workshop language is English.
Please only sign up if you are available on this date as we have limited capacity for the sessions. If you are registered but can’t make it on short notice: please let us know so that we can offer this space to someone else!
Facilitators
Faris Cuchi Gezahegn (they/them) is a performance artist, and an intersectional LGBTQIA* advocate who uses different medium such as style activism, video, and audio to bring social change and start a conversation change on the issues they face while navigating day-to-day life as a non-binary Ethiopian/African LGBTQIA* advocate/refugee in central Europe and back in their homeland Ethiopia. They have lived in Austria since 2017, having been granted asylum after their security in Ethiopia got compromised. They co-founded House of La Fab, DAN Social Group, and House of Guramayle grassroots level organizations based in - Ethiopia, Austria, UK, and the USA. houseofguramayle.org
Sunanda Mesquita (she/they) is a visual artist, curator, and co-founder of Anti*colonial Fantasies und WE DEY x SPACE in Vienna. (we-dey.in) Their artistic practice focuses on the possibilities of a radical, utopian, queer, feminist collectivity of Black people and People of Color and centers around community, solidarity, and belonging. Their illustrations can be found under the alias @decolonial_killoy and via decolonialkilljoy.com.
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Workshop co-funded by the Department of Political Science, University of Vienna.
