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Online-Infoveranstaltung Oury Jalloh 26. November 2021

Infoveranstaltung zum aktuellen Stand & Demo-Mobilisation zum 7. Januar 2022

 
Gemeinsame Infoveranstaltung der BLACK COMMUNITY Coalition for Justice & Self-Defence mit der Initiative in Gedenken an Oury Jalloh
 
Zoom-Online-Veranstaltung:
 
Die Initiative in Gedenken an Oury Jalloh (https://initiativeouryjalloh.wordpress.com/) hat am 3. November 2021 ihr mittlerweile fünftes zivilgesellschaftlich beauftragtes Gutachten im Fall Oury Jalloh vorgestellt. Dieses Brandgutachten des renommierten britischen Brandforensikers Iain Peck von den Principal Forensic Services UK beruht auf den Erkenntnissen aus einer detailgetreuen Rekonstruktion der Situation in der Todeszelle Nr. 5 des Dessauer Polizeireviers am 7. Januar 2005 in einem originalgetreuen Zellennachbau dieser Zelle. Peck weist damit forensisch und wissenschaftlich fundiert nach, dass das Brandbild des 7. Januar 2005 nur unter Verwendung eines Brandbeschleunigers entstanden sein kann:
 

Oury Jalloh wurde von deutschen Polizisten gefoltert, ermordet und verbrannt

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Institutioneller Rassismus in der Medizin

Podiumsdiskussion zum Thema

„Institutioneller Rassismus in der Medizin: Perspektiven für Gesundheitserziehung, Patientenbefähigung und Rechenschaftspflicht“

vom 01.10.2021 im Rahmenprogramm „Politisches Denken & Kritisches Bewusstsein“, organisiert von der BLACK COMMUNITY Coalition for Justice & Self-Defence beim ALAFIA 2021 – Afrika Festival 

Panel:

Moderation Sista Oloruntoyin (BCCJSD und ARRiVATi-Community Care)

– Ngozi Odenigbo (Black in Medicine – Netzwerk für Schwarze Mediziner*innen – https://blackinmedicine.de/)

– Die Minga Katjomuise (Bundesfachnetz Gesundheit & Rassismus – https://www.gesundheit-und-rassismus.de/)

– Daniel Manwire (Initiative in Gedenken an Achidi John)

– Brother Mwayemudza (BCCJSD und ARRiVATi-Community Care) Continue reading Institutioneller Rassismus in der Medizin

Politisches Denken & Kritisches Bewusstsein

Rahmenprogramm der BLACK COMMUNITY Coalition for Justice & Self-Defence zum ALAFIA-AFRIKA FESTIVAL 2021

01. – 03. Oktober 2021 (bitte Corona 3G-Regeln beachten)

Politisches Denken & Kritisches Bewusstsein

Rahmenprogramm der

BLACK COMMUNITY Coalition For Justice & Self-Defence

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COMMUNITY MATTERS – An Educational Series for Wellbeing & Critical Consciousness

COMMUNITY MATTERS:

An Educational Series for Wellbeing & Critical Consciousness
 
Thursdays, 30. September, 07. October & 14. October. 2021 | 20:00 – 22:00 h CEST
ONLINE WEBINAR
With Sister Ankwetta B. Achaleke
 
!!! Registration mandatory required – pls mail to: academy@blackcommunitycoalition.de !!!
 
Introduction to GloBUNTU
 
“When you learn, teach.”
Dr. Maya Anglou
 
This 3-Part Webinar has been developed is for members of the Black Communities and all African and Afro-Diasporan groups and organisations. It is made up of three progressive interactive sessions. You will get the best out of it by attending all the sessions. The first two sessions are designed to prepare your mind for the final session, which is a facilitated brainstorming session intended to empower you to clearly recognise and express yourself and your needs within the community, without the fear of being judged or misunderstood.
 
The end goal is to assist you to become a vibrant, healthy, engaging and enabling community that sees, understands, respects and encourages the diversity of people, opinions, contributions and collaborations within the Black Communities.
 
Active participation €15 per Session|
All Sessions together for €35 only |
Passive participation €5 per Session |
Free for those with low income
 
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Session 1
Thursday, 30. September 2021 | 20.00h CEST
 
COMMUNITY MATTERS : Session 1 Identity | Self-Worth | Purpose (Facebook-Event)
We are more effective, impactful and fulfilled in life the moment we recognise and fully embrace who we truly are, and what we are worth.”
Ankwetta B. Achaleke
 
In this first session, we focus on core questions such as
Who am I REALLY?
What is my SELF-WORTH? and
What is MY ROLE within the community?
To do this we shall leverage on your multi-dimensional identities paying special attention on attributes such as immigrant, second generation, African, Person of African Descent, African European, Bi-racial etc. At the end of this session you would be able to redefine and recalculate the sum total of yourself- worth and identify ways on how you can best use it to serve yourself and the community.
 
When you know what you are truly worth, you know how to bring yourself to the table and when you know how and where to seat at the table, your presence alone makes all the difference.
 
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Session 2
Thursday, 7. October 2021 | 20.00h CEST
 
COMMUNITY MATTERS: Session 2 – The permission to heal (Facebook-Event)
As Africans and People of African Descent brandmarked as immigrants, we are all wounded souls who seek for some form of collective healing by organising ourselves in communities. The truth is that we can’t really honestly heal as a collective, until we the individuals who form these communities have consciously and proactively healed or at least given ourselves the permission to heal.”
Ankwetta B. Achaleke
 
With the knowledge of who you really are, the awareness of yourself worth and your purpose gained from the first session, this one will help you identify areas of your life as individuals and as a community that need personal and collective healing. The practical GloBUNTU Tools and Tips that come with this session will empower you to activate and accept your own healing, as well as help you learn how to proactively engage in and grow your healing as a collective. At the end of the session you will also be able to identify the intersections and overlapping between individual, community, historical/generational and or emotional pains that you need to let go to allow yourself to heal, unapologetically.
 
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Session 3
Thursday, 14. October 2021 | 20.00h CEST
 
COMMUNITY MATTERS : Session 3 – How to balance individual and Community Needs (Facebook-Event)
“In ever self-organised community, every voice counts, irrespective of how loud or gentle it is. The moment we learn how to listen to every one of our voices with respect, especially in moments of disagreement, we become stronger and with that we have an advantage over forces outside of our community “
Ankwetta B. Achaleke
 
This adjourning session is a GloBUNTU Facilitated Open Session in the form of an “African Palaver” or “Legotla”. The power of an African Palaver or Legotla session lies in the fact that it is probably the oldest and most participative leadership concept in the world. It is a bottom up concept that brings members of a community together and gives them the time and space to proactively listen to each other, with the ultimate goal of coming out with answers to their own challenges and questions. The beauty of this approach is the fact that when people are have the space to develop their own solutions, they have ownership over them. With that ownership they are in position to expand, extend and grow their solutions at their own pace, whenever needed and on their own terms and conditions. In other words, this concept helps people get to know themselves and their collective wisdom and strength much better. This in turn helps them to tap into their diverse expertise, experiences and strengths to develop their own survival strategies. This process makes them active and valuable members of the community.
 
The mission of this session is to encourage community members to use the knowledge and tools they learned from the two previous sessions to pinpoint and share their current challenges, expectations, opinions, fears, insecurities etc. The facilitation process will assist them to come out with enabling tools and tips that they can repeatedly use to better navigate their daily live as individuals and as a community during and beyond the current pandemic.

The Role of Religion in the Struggle for total Afrikan Emancipation

Academy for Black Studies, African Culture & Heritage

Free Lecture Series for Adults & Children of African Descent

Registration: academy@blackcommunitycoalition.de

This event has to be postponed from September 5th to September 12th due to power shortage in Guyana with a shortly announced power cut today on September 5th.
 

NEW DATE: 12.09.2021 | 15-17H

We apologize for any inconveniences connected to short notice and change of date!
 
This event will address the social function of religion, the role of imperial theologies and the concept of total emancipation.
What is the role of religion as a determinant of what we believe and how we should act and respond as Africans to emancipate ourselves from „Mental slavery“?
 
When we look at most African countries, we find that religion is a social aspect which determines identity. This issue of religion is often partly the cause of the problems that are destroying traditional knowledges and practices in our communities. In all African societies, indigenous and imported religions have influenced our shared collective history in one way or another.
 
Gerald A. Perriera will shed light on the origin of imported colonizing religions and highlight the importance of religion for emancipation and liberation.
Has the quest for unity and emancipation been compromised by religions?
Can the quest for unity and emancipation be divorced from the inherent beliefs in different religions?
This lecture aims to raise awareness and understanding of religion derived from a shared African experience and identity.
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Gerald A. Perreira is an education consultant working in the field of Adult Literacy Education. He is also a political activist, writer and Chairman of the Guyanese political formation- Organization for the Victory of the People.
He is the holder of academic degrees in the areas of political science, transpersonal psychology, theology – with a Ph.D. in theology. He also holds post graduate certificates in education and business studies. He has worked in the education sector for almost 40 yrs in Guyana, Libya and New Zealand. In Libya, he lectured at the Green World Institute on liberation movements, comparative social systems, and political ideologies.
 
Academy for Black Studies, African Culture and Heritage
Ongoing free lectures…
Black Community Coalition for Justice & Self-Defence

Introduction into Afrocentric Education

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Academy of Black Studies, African Culture & Heritage

Free lecture series and classes for all age groups

Registration: academy@blackcommunitycoalition.de


Introduction into Afrocentric Education – Lecture by Lilian Debrah (UK)

Sunday 1. August 2021 | 3 – 5 pm (CEST) | Zoom-Online

Why is African contribution and history left out of the school curriculum?

What exactly is Afrocentric education?

In this interactive lecture we will understand what African centered education is and why it is important. Lilian Debrah will give a brief introduction into Afrocentric education, the definition, challenges and chances. Join this very important presentation. Providing our children an African-centered education curriculum is a vital part of Afrikan Liberation, helping our community heal and dismantle racism.

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Lilian Debrah is a German-born Pan Africanist of Ghanaian heritage. She moved to England in 2013. Her research focuses on Afrocentric education. She is Vice President of GPAN -Global Pan Africanism Network.


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Academy of Black Studies, African Culture & Heritage

Kostenlose Vortragsreihen und Kurse für alle Altersgruppen

Anmeldung per Mail: academy@blackcommunitycoalition.de

Einführung in Afrozentrische Bildung – Vortrag von Lilian Debrah (UK)

Sonntag 01. August 2021 | 15 – 17 Uhr (MESZ) | Zoom-Online

Warum werden Afrikanische Einflüsse und Geschichte in den Lehrplänen nicht berücksichtigt?

Was genau ist afrozentrische Bildung?

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In diesem interaktiven Vortrag werden wir verstehen lernen, was afrikazentrierte Bildung ist und warum sie wichtig ist. Lilian Debrah wird uns eine kurze Einführung in afrozentrische Bildung, ihre Definition, ihre Herausforderungen und ihre Chancen geben. Beteiligen Sie sich an dieser sehr wichtigen Veranstaltung. Unseren Kindern einen afrikazentrierten Lehrplan zu bieten, ist ein wichtiger Teil der afrikanischen Befreiung, der unserer Community hilft, zu heilen und den Rassismus zu überwinden.

Lilian Debrah ist eine in Deutschland geborene Panafrikanistin mit ghanaischen Wurzeln. Sie zog 2013 nach England. Ihre Forschung konzentriert sich auf afrozentrische Bildung. Sie ist Vizepräsidentin von GPAN -Global Pan Africanism Network.

Memorial Procession and Ceremony for Sister IRIS MOORE

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IRIS MOORE (WILKE)
Sunrise August 7, 1934 – Sunset July 15, 2021
It is with profound sadness that we announce on behalf of the family that Iris Moore (Wilke), beloved daughter, mother, grandmother, cousin, aunt, friend and Elder passed away in Hamburg on July 15, 2021 at the age of 86 years following a brief illness.

She will be lovingly remembered by her mother Etta Jones -102years, her children, Randy Wilson, Ampomah Koranteng and Radha Persaud, her grandchildren Marcus Koranteng, Ashanti Brittany, Kofi Koranteng, Tim Persaud, and Tom Persaud, as well as numerous other family members and friends
She is predeceased by her father, Dallas Smith.

IRIS MOORE (WILKE) was born in Brooklyn, New York, USA on August 7, 1934 to Etta Jones and Dallas Smith.
She received her formal training in singing and tap dance at the NBC studios in New York. As a young adult she performed with such renowned artists as Duke Ellington, Artie Shaw, and Ella Fitzgerald.
After high school, she studied economics at Brooklyn College and worked for more than 25 years at The State University of New York Health Science Center in Brooklyn, better known as Downtate Medical Center as head of personnel. Always keeping focused on being active as a Community Organizer and activist. She played a vital role in Pan African relations at the United Nations in New York and contributed greatly in Civil Rights, Public Service, Music and the Arts in both the USA and also in Germany where she migrated to in 1971 with her daughter Radha. In Germany, she worked as a business administrator in shipping and always kept her love for music. Giving numerous concerts, appearances on radio and television and mentoring many singers and actors.

Iris spoke out fervently against the injustices of Black people and as a historian, she regularly presented African-American history through readings, stories, and songs providing the Black youth with an accurate education and understanding of historical events.

In recent years, Iris Moore was a crucial voice for the Black Community movement against the murders of Black people in Hamburg.

FUNERAL SERVICE:
A private family funeral service will take place on

Thursday, August 5, 2021

FUNERAL ZOOM SERVICE:
A virtual funeral service will be held online

Saturday, August 7, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. (18.00h CEST),

by the Hamburg English Congregation in Hamburg, Germany.
Zoom-Link Virtual Funeral Service
Meeting ID: 810 6166 8399
Password: 430 528

MEMORIAL PROCESSION
In celebration of her Life and Legacy, a silent procession with Family, friends, members of the Black Community, and well wishers will take place on

Sunday, August 8, 2021 starting at the U-Bahn station MUNDSBURG at 11.00h CEST

Facebook-EventA MEMORIAL CEREMONY and RECEPTION

will follow at 12:00 noon at the AKONDA- Eine-Welt-Cafe´ Community Center, in Barmbek°Basch, Wohldorfer Straße 30, 22081 Hamburg.

We will remember Iris with prayers, her eulogy, dedications, music, and refreshments.

Donations may be made directly to the Family at the reception.


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IRIS MOORE (WILKE)
Sonnenaufgang August 7, 1934 – Sonnenuntergang Juli 15, 2021

Mit tiefer Trauer geben wir im Namen der Familie bekannt, dass Iris Moore (Wilke), geliebte Tochter, Mutter, Großmutter, Cousine, Tante, Freundin und Älteste am 15. Juli 2021 im Alter von 86 Jahren in Hamburg nach kurzer schwerer Krankheit verstorben ist.

Ihre Mutter Etta Jones (102 Jahre), ihre Kinder Randy Wilson, Ampomah Koranteng und Radha Persaud, ihre Enkel Marcus Koranteng, Ashanti Brittany, Kofi Koranteng, Tim Persaud und Tom Persaud sowie zahlreiche andere Familienmitglieder und Freunde werden sie in liebevoller Erinnerung behalten.
Ihr Vater Dallas Smith ist bereits vor ihr gestorben.

IRIS MOORE (WILKE) wurde am 7. August 1934 in Brooklyn, New York, USA, als Tochter von Etta Jones und Dallas Smith geboren.
Ihre formale Ausbildung in Gesang und Stepptanz erhielt sie in den NBC-Studios in New York. Als junge Erwachsene trat sie mit so bekannten Künstlern wie Duke Ellington, Artie Shaw und Ella Fitzgerald auf.
Nach der High School studierte sie Wirtschaftswissenschaften am Brooklyn College und arbeitete mehr als 25 Jahre lang am State University of New York Health Science Center in Brooklyn, besser bekannt als Downtate Medical Center, als Personalchefin. Sie hat sich immer darauf konzentriert, als Community Organizer und Aktivistin aktiv zu sein. Sie spielte eine wichtige Rolle in den panafrikanischen Angelegenheiten bei den Vereinten Nationen in New York und leistete einen großen Beitrag in den Bereichen Bürgerrechte, öffentlicher Dienst, Musik und Kunst sowohl in den USA als auch in Deutschland, wohin sie 1971 mit ihrer Tochter Radha auswanderte. In Deutschland arbeitete sie als kaufmännische Angestellte in einem Schifffahrtsunternehmen, ohne ihre Liebe zur Musik aufzugeben. Sie gab zahlreiche Konzerte, trat in Rundfunk und Fernsehen auf und war Mentorin vieler Sänger*innen und Schauspieler*innen.

Iris setzte sich leidenschaftlich gegen die Ungerechtigkeit gegenüber Schwarzen Menschen ein, und als Historikerin vermittelte sie immer wieder afroamerikanische Geschichte in Form von Lesungen, Erzählungen und Liedern, um unserer Schwarzen Jugend ein genaues Bild und Verständnis für historische Ereignisse zu vermitteln.

In den letzten Jahren war Iris Moore eine wichtige Stimme für die Bewegung der Black Community gegen die Morde an Schwarzen Menschen in Hamburg.

TRAUERFEIER:
Eine private Beerdigung im Familienkreis findet am

Donnerstag, 5. August 2021 statt.

TRAUERFEIER via ZOOM:
Eine virtuelle Trauerfeier wird am

Samstag, 7. August 2021 um 18.00 Uhr (MESZ),

von der Hamburger Englischen Gemeinde in Hamburg, Deutschland online abgehalten.
Zoom-Link zur Online-Trauerfeier
Sitzungs-ID: 810 6166 8399
Kennwort: 430 528

GEDENKPROZESSION
Um ihr Leben und ihr Vermächtnis zu feiern, wird ein stiller Gedenkzug mit der Familie, Freunden und Mitgliedern der Black Community am

Sonntag, 8. August 2021 um 11.00 Uhr MESZ am U-Bahnhof MUNDSBURG beginnen.

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Eine TRAUERFEIER mit EMPFANG findet anschließend ab 12.00 Uhr im AKONDA-Eine-Welt-Cafe´ im Barmbek°Basch, Wohldorfer Straße 30, 22081 Hamburg statt.

Wir werden Iris mit Gebeten, einer Trauerrede, Danksagungen, Musik und einem Imbiss gedenken.

Spenden können beim Empfang direkt an die Familie übergeben werden.

DISMANTLING STIGMA – Parenting and Education of Black Children with Invisible Disabilities

The purpose of this session is to engage in dialogue and provide practical solutions to parents that are raising black children in the diaspora.

Lecture by Dr. Alecia Blackwood
Executive director Afrikan Kulcha School, Orlando/Florida
Expert in UBUNTU pedagogy

As Black parents of children with disabilities, we must love, nurture, and teach them from a position of love and care. We must empower ourselves and advocate for our children as they navigate the system that will try to dehumanize them because of the color of their skin.

If you are raising a child with learning disabilities, join this session as we engage in dialogue with international educator Dr. Alecia Blackwood as she shares knowledge on supporting exceptional learners and provide practical solutions to parents that are raising black children in the disapora.

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Let’s break the silence and empower our children with disabilities!
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Alecia Blackwood is a passionate master teacher. She has over 20 years of experience as an educator.
Dr. Alecia Blackwood is an international speaker and educator. She has been sharing her expertise with teachers at the University of Central Florida, the University of Botswana, the University of Namibia, and the University of Johannesburg through lectures and workshops.
Additionally, Alecia Blackwood is an African-Centered curriculum and instructional specialist. She has worked with private schools, public schools, and homeschool families by helping to infuse culturally relevant materials into their curricula in the USA, Africa and the Caribbean. She is one of the country’s leading expert on Ubuntu pedagogy. Ubuntu pedagogy is a humanistic approach in actively engaging students in the teaching and learning process.
Dr. Blackwood is the executive director of Afrikan Kulcha School, in Orlando, Florida. Afrikan Kulcha School is a non-profit organization that provides cultural education for students in the community. The school also has a rite of passage called the Sankofa Youth Initiative program that takes students to study abroad in Ethiopia and Ghana.
Currently, she is a professor at a local college Florida. Alecia Blackwood is a mother, raising four beautiful children that were homeschooled at different stages of development.

Pls register by mail to organize@blackcommunitycoalition.de BLACK SAFE SPACE

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Africa Unity Week 2021

“Africa is one continent, one people, and one nation”       (Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah)

The African Liberation Day is not just an event, but a day to honor our ancestors and celebrate our victories. It is also a day of commitment and re-commitment in the struggle to create a world based on peace and justice. As always, we continue to call for the masses of our people to take responsibility for our liberation and join an organization working for the self-determination of Africans and liberation of humanity in general and African people in particular.

We are organizing this program together with the Coalition May 25 that has published a CALL FOR MAY 25TH, 2021 – Stop racism and police violence!  (deutschfrançaisespañolportuguêsKiswahiliአማርኛ)

Events of the Coalition May 25

Please join us in celebrating African Liberation Day 2021:

Our Program:

AFRICA UNITY WEEK

18. May 2021„Forward Ever to Worldwide Pan-African Unity!“ – Online-Lecture by Brother Ahjamu from the A-APRP

22. May 2021 | 16-19h | Wandsbek Markt Hamburg             „Arts, Culture and Heritage“ – Empowerment and   Commemoration Rally (Drum Call, Solidarity Messages,   Speeches, Poetry – Open   mike)  https://www.facebook.com/events/517135352655173

23. May 2021 | 15-17h | Online-Zoom                                    Black Community Town Hall –                                                   „The Schooling and Education of Black Children in a White     Society“ https://www.facebook.com/events/786737525313863

24. May 2021 | 16-19h | Wandsbek Markt Hamburg               „SoroSoke! Speak Up!“ – Empowerment and Commemoration   Rally with Drum Calls, Solidarity Messages, SoroSoke, Open   Mike  https://www.facebook.com/events/509454823572158

25. May 2021 | 12-14h | Rathausmarkt Hamburg           AFRICAN LIBERATION DAY – FORWARD EVER TOWARDS   PAN-AFRICAN UNITY – 63rd Anniversary 1958-2021   Empowerment and Commemoration Rally – United against   neo-colonial and neo-liberal intrigue & aggression!“   https://www.facebook.com/events/518612539329024

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AFRICA UNITY WEEK – Events

18. May 2021„Forward Ever to Worldwide Pan-African Unity!“ – Online-Lecture by Brother Ahjamu from the A-APRP

A dynamic and comprehensive visual presentation that connects the conditions of African (Black) people living and suffering in 120 countries worldwide to the conditions of our Mother – Africa, and how African unity, or Pan-Africanism, is the solution to all of the challenges we face from police terrorism to poverty to health issues.

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22. May 2021 Arts, Culture and Heritage“

Empowerment & Commemoration Rally | 15-19 h | Wandsbek Markt Hamburg

FB-Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/517135352655173

with Drum Calls, Solidarity Messages, Speeches, Poetry – Open Mike

Africa United can never be defeated!

Come Join this great Movement

Touch One –Touch All

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AFRICA UNITY WEEK

Black Community Town Hall – The Schooling and Education of Black Children in a White Society

Sunday, 23. May 2021 | 15-17h | Online-Zoom

Keynote by Prof. Kehinde Andrews (Birmingham City University)

„Black Communities organising the education of our Children in a White Society“

– examples from the UK including history and current developments of Black Studies

Panelists of educational practices: Lilian Debrah (UK) | Dr. Rahab Njeri (Kenia) | Odilia Anyachi (Kenia/NL) | Mario St Fleur (Haiti/US) | Jethro Chikato (Zimbabwe)

FB-Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/786737525313863

Come Join this great Movement

AFRICA UNITY WEEK 18.05.2021 – 25.05.2021

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AFRICA UNITY WEEK

SoroSoke! Speak Up!

Monday, 24. May 2021 | 16-19h | Wandsbek Markt Hamburg

Empowerment and Commemoration Rally

with Drum Calls, Solidarity Messages, SoroSoke – Open Mike

We will Honour and play the music of Miriam Makeba, Nina Simone, Fela Anikulapo Kuti,  Hachalu Hundessa and other ancestors

FB-Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/509454823572158

Africa United can never be defeated!

Come Join this great Movement

Touch One –Touch All

AFRICA UNITY WEEK 18.05.2021 – 25.05.2021

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AFRICA UNITY WEEK

AFRICAN LIBERATION DAY – FORWARD EVER TOWARDS  PAN AFRICAN UNITY – 63rd Anniversary 1958/2021

Tuesday, 25. May 2021 | 12-14h | Rathausmarkt Hamburg

Empowerment and Commemoration  Rally – United against neo-colonial and neo-liberal intrigue & aggression!

We recognize the courageous struggles of All Indigenous People Worldwide, the Palestinians and other non-African. colonized people. Unity and solidarity among oppressed people is crucial to the overthrow of imperialism because we are fighting a common enemy.

FB-Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/518612539329024

Africa United can never be defeated! 

Come Join this great Movement

Touch One –Touch All

AFRICA UNITY WEEK 18.05.2021 – 25.05.2021

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10 years  AFRICA UNITY WEEK 2011- 2021

„AFRICA UNITY WEEK“ is a week-long action week honouring Africa’s rich and unique heritage. Our main goal is the establishment of the „AFRICAN LIBERATION DAY“ (May 25) in Hamburg.

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+ Congratulate friends and family on May 25
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+ Wear African Attire or Pan African Colours (Red,Black,Green)

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+ Support and attend Africa Unity Week events
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+ Learn and educate about getting involved
in community groups and organisations
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+ Attend the AUW Rally on Saturday May 22 & 24

+ Attend the ALD Rally on Saturday May 25

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+ Send us information about your Community Group or Organisation

AFRICA UNITY WEEK 18.05.2021 – 25.05.2021

The Africa Unity Week is a programme of the BLACK COMMUNITY  Coalition for Justice & Self-Defence organized to unify and support all People of African Descent as they celebrate Africa Day.

During the Africa Unity Week the aim is:

  • join the world wide commemoration and to celebrate the identity and heritage of people of African descent living in Germany
  • to promote self-determination by celebrating and supporting Black business and organisations in Germany
  • to create a forum for dialogue and exchange of ideas and experiences on issues of common interest affecting not only the Black Community in Germany, but also the Mother Continent and other Black Diaspora
    • to commit, unite and organize to fight racism and all forms of injustice in Germany and thus thus contribute to making Germany a more humane society
    • to support the struggle for liberation, human rights, and social justice in Africa and
    • to support the fight against neocolonialism and Imperialist Oppression

Come Join this great Movement

Wear traditional atire or Pan-African colors (red, black or green) during the AFRICA UNITY WEEK. Using  hashtags #ProudlyAfrican

Make Artwork, videos or photos for the African Unity and post it on social media Take a picture and share on-line with the hashtags #AfricaLiberation and #AfricansMustUnite.• •.using the hashtags #AfricaUnite

Contact:  Sista Oloruntoyin Tel.015785508102 | Brother Mwayemudza 017699621504

Email: organize@blackcommunitycoalition.de

AFRICA UNITY WEEK 18.05.2021 – 25.05.2021

 

ALD2021 Town Hall on Education and Black Studies with Kehinde Andrews

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Black Community TOWN HALL on Schooling & Education of Black Children in a White Society – Part III

23.05.2021 | 15 – 17 h

(English language with summary translation to German)

KEYNOTE speaker Prof. Kehinde Andrews on

„Black Communities organising the education of our Children in a White Society“

– examples from the UK including history and current developments of Black Studies

Kehinde Andrews (PhD Sociology and Cultural Studies | MA Social Research | BSc Psychology) is Professor of Black Studies at Birmingham City University and director of the Centre for Critical Social Research. His research focuses on resistance to racism and grassroots organisations. As an activist, who led the development of the Black Studies degree, he is founder of the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity and co-chair of the Black Studies Association. And he is an author of a number of books: “Resisting Racism – Race, inequality, and the Black supplementary school movement” [2013], “Blackness in Britain” [2016], “Back to Black – Black Radicalism for the 21st Century” [2018], “The New Age of Empire – How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World” [2021]. Kehinde has written opinion pieces for outlets including The Guardian, The Independent, The Washington Post, CNN, The New Statesman and others.

Our children are not included in German school curricula, let alone receive an adequate education about African or Black history. As a result, they lack confidence in our cultures and cultural heritage….

How can we Black communities start to cooperate and organize to change this?

Panelists of educational practices from Kenya, Zimbabwe, Haiti, UK, US, Netherlands and Germany:

Lilian Debrah is an educator and researcher based in the UK. In her research she is focusing on Afrocentric education. She was born in Munich and relocated to England 2013. She is a Panafricanist and Vice President of GPAN -Global Pan Africanism Network.

Dr. Rahab Njeri (Kenya) studied British and North American History, African Studies, and English Studies at the University of Cologne from 2008-2013. Her research fields and academic interest are Black Feminism, Africana Womanist, Postcolonial Studies, Critical Whiteness Studies, Black Diaspora, Migration Studies, Gender Studies, and Afrikana Studies. Currently, she is teaching at the Gender institute in Köln University Germany. She is a mother of two children.

Odilia Anyachi (Kenya/NL) is translator and teacher of Medical, General and Business Swahili and an author of Swahili grammar books, passionate lover of African History, culture, and Languages. After noticing that children adopted from Africa, needed to learn more about their African roots among other things, She established the International African school ( Afrikaanse School), a knowledge institution and place for the regeneration and reclaiming of African cultures and the value of its historical content and context. It offers language courses in Swahili and provides a space to validate what has been invalidated for centuries by educating about African cultures and honouring the wisdom of the Ancestors.

Mario Saint Fleur, MBA (Haiti | US) is currently a teacher at Deutsch- Französisches Gymnasium (École Française de Hambourg Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) in Hartsprung 23 in Hamburg, Germany. His aspirations, goals and objectives as a teacher are values, dignity, truthfulness, fairness, responsibility and freedom. All teaching is founded on ethics, whether it is teacher- student relationships, pluralism or a theacher’s relationship with their work. Dignity means respect for humanity.

Jethro Chikato, Ing (Zimbabwe) is based in Hamburg, Germany – Director and Educator of “The English Language Center“ a Language school providing supplementary educational services and medial help to marginalized students especially of African Descent in subjects such as English and German language, Mathematics, Science subjects and Computer Science. Services are offered before or after school, on weekends, or in the school holidays. He feels responsibility to give back to our community and help our children to make it in this society.

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Black Community TOWN HALL zum Thema Schulbildung & Erziehung von Schwarzen Kindern in einer weißen Gesellschaft – Teil III

23.05.2021 | 15 – 17 h

(englische Sprache mit zusammenfassender Übersetzung ins Deutsche)

KEYNOTE-Sprecher Prof. Kehinde Andrews über

„Black Communities organisieren die Erziehung unserer Kinder in einer Weißen Gesellschaft “

– Beispiele aus Großbritannien mit Geschichte und aktuellen Entwicklungen der Black Studies

Kehinde Andrews (PhD Sociology and Cultural Studies | MA Social Research | BSc Psychology) ist Professor für Black Studies an der Birmingham City University und Direktor des Centre for Critical Social Research. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte sind Widerstand gegen Rassismus und Grassroots Selbst-Organisation. Als Aktivist, der die Entwicklung des Studiengangs Black Studies etabliert hat, ist er auch ein Gründer der Harambee Organisation of Black Unity und Mitvorsitzender der Black Studies Association. Er ist Autor einer Reihe von Büchern: „Resisting Racism – Race, inequality, and the Black supplementary school movement“ [2013], „Blackness in Britain“ [2016], „Back to Black – Black Radicalism for the 21st Century“ [2018], „The New Age of Empire – How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World“ [2021]. Kehinde hat Artikel und Kommentare u. a. für The Guardian, The Independent, The Washington Post, CNN und The New Statesman geschrieben.

Unsere Kinder werden nicht in den deutschen Schullehrplänen berücksichtigt, geschweige denn erhalten sie eine adäquate Ausbildung über afrikanische oder schwarze Geschichte. Infolgedessen fehlt ihnen das Vertrauen in unsere Kulturen und unser kulturelles Erbe….

Wie können wir Black Communities anfangen, zu kooperieren und uns zu organisieren, um dies zu ändern?

Diskussionssteilnehmer*innen aus der Bildungspraxis in Kenia, Simbabwe, Haiti, Großbritannien, den USA, den Niederlanden und Deutschland:

Lilian Debrah ist Erziehungswissenschaftlerin und Forscherin in Großbritannien. Ihr Forschungsschwerpunkt konzentriert sich auf Afrozentrische Bildung. Sie wurde in München geboren und siedelte 2013 nach England über. Sie ist Panafrikanistin und Vizepräsidentin von GPAN -Global Pan Africanism Network.

Dr. Rahab Njeri (Kenia) studierte von 2008-2013 Britische und Nordamerikanische Geschichte, Afrikanistik und Anglistik an der Universität zu Köln. Ihre Forschungsfelder und akademischen Interessen sind Black Feminism, Africana Womanist, Postcolonial Studies, Critical Whiteness Studies, Black Diaspora, Migration Studies, Gender Studies und Afrikana Studies. Derzeit lehrt sie am Gender-Institut der Universität Köln. Sie ist Mutter von zwei Kindern.

Odilia Anyachi (Kenia/NL) ist Dolmetscherin und Lehrerin für medizinisches, allgemeines und geschäftliches Swahili und Autorin von Swahili-Grammatikbüchern, leidenschaftliche Liebhaberin der afrikanischen Geschichte, Kultur und Sprachen. Nachdem sie bemerkte, dass Kinder, die aus Afrika adoptiert wurden, unter anderem mehr über ihre afrikanischen Wurzeln lernen mussten, gründete sie die Internationale Afrikanische Schule ( Afrikaanse School), eine Wissensinstitution und ein Ort für die Wiederbelebung und Rückgewinnung der afrikanischen Kulturen und des Wertes ihrer historischen Inhalte und Zusammenhänge. Sie bietet Sprachkurse in Swahili an und bietet einen Raum, um zu validieren, was jahrhundertelang für ungültig erklärt wurde, indem sie über afrikanische Kulturen aufklärt und die Weisheit der Vorfahren ehrt.

Mario Saint Fleur, MBA (Haiti | US) ist derzeit Lehrer am Deutsch-Französischen Gymnasium (École Française de Hambourg Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) in Hamburg, Deutschland. Seine Bestrebungen und Ziele als Lehrer sind Werte, Würde, Wahrhaftigkeit, Fairness, Verantwortung und Freiheit. Jeder Unterricht basiert auf Ethik, sei es die Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung, der Pluralismus oder die Beziehung des Lehrers zu seiner Arbeit. Würde bedeutet Respekt vor dem Menschen.

Jethro Chikato, Ing (Simbabwe) lebt in Hamburg, Deutschland und ist Direktor und Pädagoge des „English Language Center“, einer Sprachschule, die ergänzende Bildungsdienste und unterstützende Hilfe für marginalisierte Schüler*innen, insbesondere afrikanischer Abstammung, in Fächern wie Englisch und Deutsch, Mathematik, naturwissenschaftlichen Fächern und Computerwissenschaften anbietet. Der Unterricht wird vor oder nach der Schule, an Wochenenden oder in den Schulferien angeboten. Er fühlt sich verantwortlich, unserer Gemeinschaft etwas zurückzugeben und unseren Kindern zu helfen, es in dieser Gesellschaft zu schaffen.

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