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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.

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.

Call for the Action Fund Strong Against Racism

On the occasion of the International Week against Racism, we are launching our appeal for the Action Fund Strong Against Racism. This is also an opportunity to introduce the project's new website: starkgegenrassismus.de. Informal groups without legal status and smaller associations that want to volunteer with a project against racism at the local level can apply until 11 June 2023. The Action Fund Strong Against Racism will select up to 20 volunteer initiatives and support them with 5,000 EUR and a 14-month training programme.

Toolkit: Democracy beyond Voting

More than 100 youth workers and teachers participated in the Conference on Youth Participation, which took place on 29 June at FEZ Berlin. Citizens For Europe cooperated in organising the event as part of our project "Democratic Innovations in Youth Work". We facilitated two interactive workshops to present our toolkit "Democracy beyond voting" - an off- and online toolkit for youth workers and teachers to introduce the topic of democratic innovations to young people.