Matrigenesis
The groups will be made up of a max of 10 to 15 people which allows us to provide workshops allowing us to engage in extensive conversation with the group and each participant. This also ensures that all participants can ask questions to their heart's content. We will be using Voor Wie Willen We Zorgen: Ecofeminisme als inspiratiebron.
The programme will be led by Rose-Mytha and Philsan Osman.
Philsan Osman is co-author of 'Voor Wie Willen We Zorgen? Ecofeminism als inspiratiebron'. She studies African Languages and Cultures at UGent and is a volunteer at Black History Month Belgium, online feminist magazine Spijker Magazine and Burgerplicht in Gent. Philsan is from Somalia and is a writer, activist and community builder.
The programme is free, but registering is necesairly since the places are limited. In case you have to travel to follow the program we will reimburse your train ticket. Everyone is welcome to the program with the knowledge that this program is aimed primarily at young people of colour between the ages of 18 and 30. They will be the focus of this program.
You can register for the program by
sending an email to: info.kuahatua@gmail.com
Countries in the Global South are already experiencing the disastrous effects of the climate crisis. Yet the climate crisis is only portrayed in the media as affecting white, middle-class people in the west.
Climate activists of colour, like Vanessa Nakate, are being cut out of the discourse. A concerning trend as the people living with the consequences of the climate crisis are poor people of colour. How do we ensure that the input of vulnerable populations are recognized in the environmental movement? How do we ensure that the climate movement is conducted through a decolonial and intersectional lens?
Matrigenesis is an interactive programme where we will gather for 5 weekends starting on October 8th, to deepen our knowledge about how environmental issues intersect with race, gender, class and ableism. Our goal is to bring young people together, inspire and educate them as we look at ways to bridge the double divide between the climate movement and the other human rights movements, incorporating from the beginning the symbiosis between decolonization, intersectionality, LGTBQIA+ rights, gender equity and the environmental movement.
