Severine Lenglet

Testing democratic innovations

More than 20 young people from Berlin participated in a workshop organized by our partner DeGeDe in the framework of the DIYW project, in order to test educational activities that our partnership developed in the last months with the aim to introduce the topic of democratic innovations to 13-20 years old, to foster their involvement in the democratic life and encourage their critical thinking towards decision-making processes. The event was an opportunity to present the two videos we have produced so far in Germany on the “Citizens’ budget” in the city of Eberswalde, the digital platform Aula and youth co-decision in school.

Presentation of the results of the study #Afrozensus

Almost 6,000 Black, African and Afro-diasporic people in Germany took part in the online survey #Afrozensus. This means that for the first time, comprehensive data is now available on their realities of life, experiences of racism and commitment. The results of the #Afrozensus indicate that anti-Black racism (ASR) is widespread in Germany and entrenched in institutions. Criminalization, exoticization, and sexualization are just three of the many patterns through which anti-Black racism is characterized and experienced by many respondents. Therefore, in order to roll back anti-Black racism in its approach, a focus on the empowerment of Black, African, and Afro-diasporic people is necessary.

Digital expert conference #Afrozensus - 30.11.2021

We will discuss the results of the #Afrozensus study and which discrimination experiences Black people in Germany have and which socio-political possibilities for action arise from this, on 30.11.2021 from 10:00 to 14:15 at the digital expert conference "#Afrozensus - Discrimination Experiences, Perspectives and Engagement of Black People in Germany". The #Afrozensus is the first comprehensive study dealing with the realities, perspectives and experiences of discrimination of Black, African and Afrodiasporic people in Germany.