=Call for Workshop Facilitators and Performance Artists=
(Submission, I’m not organising this but I know that this is a great event!)
QUEERS AGAINST FASCISM – QUEERS AGAINST ISLAMOPHOBIA – QUEERS AGAINST WHITE SUPREMACY
Radical Queer Resistance started in Amsterdam in 2017. We are a non-profit, autonomous DIT (do-it-together) event, entirely planned and produced by volunteers. Our planning group includes Transgender Activists, Gender Non Binary Queers, People of Color and Queer Refugees. We oppose white supremacy, xenophobia, authoritarianism, prejudice and discrimination in all its forms. Please also be aware of the fact that our conference is a vegan conference.
Radical Queer Resistance is currently planning for September 8-9 2018.
This year we’re particularly interested in workshops that address issues around antifascism, islamophobia, combatting white supremacy and racism. We also would like to include direct action skills.
What unites queers with other marginalized communities is that we all struggle with the compulsory laws and values imposed on us. We are all queers (in the broad sense of the word) with very different backgrounds, each of us experiencing ways of oppression differently. Radical Queer Resistance invites you to Amsterdam for a day of radical queer empowering politics, workshops, discussions and performance.
Proposal Guidelines:
The conference date will be Saturday Sept 8th – 9th 2018; Please submit your proposal by JULY 15th 2018
- Email subject line should state if you are proposing a workshop, discussion or performance
- Let us know a bit about you, how you identify and what you want to do
- Keep it short and sweet; max. 500 words
- Tell us what you need ( e.g. microphone, projector, translator etc.)
- Estimated time required
- Will you need housing? If so, for how long?
- Any special needs (dietary and ability)?
- Optional: Include a relevant image if you have one; we love visuals
Email us at radical-queer-resistance(at)riseup(dot)net
Boosting…I don’t know if these kind of things actually do any good, unfortunately (except for maybe the direct action…)
But they’re interesting, and a good way to meet people
I’ve seen that it can be useful for meeting people, starting action groups, sharing knowledge you don’t feel comfortable sharing online and getting inspired for example.
But I wonder what you’re thinking of; is there anything we could try to tackle beforehand? Got any advice?
I’d like to contribute how I see this if that’s okay:
In terms of distributing information, I think this festival and festivals like it that have a strong subculture-only vibe, have a rather limited potential. In my experience we often end up not reaching many of the people who need educating, and telling the in-crowd that did show up a lot of things they already know. We do learn new stuff at these kinds of festivals, but that’s not really the most important part of it,I think.
But the subculture-vibe helps create a safer space by appealing mostly
to people who already know the subculture and it’s basic values. It’s
nice to have conversations in a space where everyone knows what pronouns are, where there are no cop apologists and people
who want to debate politely with fascists.
That makes these great places to meet new people, to catch up with activists that live far away, to start new initiatives, to address what we did wrong last year in our activism and to create community consensus about important issues that we wish to work on. When done right (and I think
Radical Queer Resistance
is doing it right), these festivals also set a standard for accessibility and
inclusion
of marganilized communities.
These sort of festivals build intercity and international bonds and feelings of solidarity, prevent local communities from becoming isolated and stops us from missing out on important conversations because they’re not happening in our local community. They may seem frivolous and we are ‘preaching to the choir’ a lot but I think they are quite important in getting larger actions off the ground during the rest of the year.
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