Antwerp youth sector joins forces in the Week against Racism
Sunday March 21 marks the Day against Racism. That day there will be symbolic actions in Antwerp at the Groenplaats, Moorkensplein and Kielpark. The Antwerp youth work sector, including Trix and our inhabitants at Moving Ground, will also be present on one of the squares at that time with flags designed by the kids and youngsters of their organization. They will empower the voices of our youth.
In the week before this symbolic action, the many organizations from the Antwerp youth sector planned a wide range of activities. This way, we send a united signal that racism and discrimination have no place in our society and in our own organizations. The activities are bundled under the hashtag #jeugdtegenracisme and on jeugdtegenracisme.wordpress.com.
"Racism makes wounds and traumas that we are still too often blind to today. Many of our young people can have a say about this, we especially want to let them have their say. They need to be listened to more."
A SELECTION OF THE PROGRAM
Every day, the Antwerp youth organizations dive into a specific domain in which racism is present. An overview of all activities of the Antwerp Youth Work can be found on our joint website.
Monday March 15 '21: racism and security (space, police)
5 pm - 7 pm: Know your rights and obligations towards the police with Yassine Boubout (activist, expert on police affairs) with LGU and KRAS Kiel.
5 pm - 7 pm: Joseph El Bacha (juvenile criminologist) in conversation with KRAS Noord youth on STORMKOP and online. - KRAS Zuid makes videos with testimonies about racism.
Tuesday March 16 '21: racism and housing (rental market, looking for a room, ...)
5 pm - 6.30 pm: Abel Ghekiere (PhD in racism in the housing market) in conversation with KDG Social Work students on STORMKOP and online.
- Film night 'La Haine' and debate a.d.h.v. racks with LGU and KRAS Kiel. - KRAS Berchem takes walks in the neighborhood with the teenagers and enters into a dialogue with local residents about racism.
Wednesday March 17 '21: racism in education and on the labor market
9 am - 12 pm: Joyce Loir (social program Roma) and Katrin Laureyssens (philosopher thinking caravan) in conversation with children of the Kleine Wereldburger at STORMKOP.
2 pm - 5 pm: Children's work JES Borgerhout, Luchtbal, Deurne North and South make flags against racism. With slogans & images that everyone identifies under.
2 pm - 5 pm: In dialogue with JES young people and Safe Space.
6 pm - 8 pm: table with Don Pandzou about decolonial thinking online via StampMedia.
7.30 pm: "An inclusive society: the future of tomorrow?" with Pascal Debruyne, Esma Uçan and Don Moussa Padzou (to be followed live via Roots)
- Moving Ground with Forum theater: How do you discuss trauma?
Thursday March 18 '21: racism in media and culture (representation and perception)
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm: Let's talk: education and racism with LGU and KRAS Kiel.
5 pm - 7 pm: Hinda House (presenter, columnist Flair, social media addict & Piazzabe guide) and Mohamed Barrie (founder student association AYO, City Pirates, Kilalo) at STORMKOP and online.
7 pm - 8 pm: Culture talk is a live session to follow via the Facebook of JES with Abdou El Haouari and Desmond Badu in which racism is exchanged with the target group.
7.30 pm - 9.30 pm: Workshop 'how do I respond to hate speech' by Tumult and StampMedia.
- Online panel discussion about racism in the music and culture sector hosted by TRIX, Fameus & Kavka.
Friday March 19 '21: racism in health care
5 pm - 7 pm: Conversation with Ikrame Kastit (Uit De Marge) at STORMKOP and online.
5 pm - 8 pm: Quiz against racism and discrimination with LGU. - KRAS Dam is organizing an art project on racism with children's activities.
- KRAS Noord organizes a film evening around 'The Hate U Give' and enters into a debate with young people.
Saturday March 20 '21: everyday racism (comments, prejudices, stereotypes)
2 pm - 4 pm: Naima Charkaoui (political scientist and writer, including racism: wounds and resilience) in conversation with young people from Theaterwerkplaats NEST at STORMKOP and online.
2 pm - 5 pm: girls group Girls in the City develop a jointly carried flag for Sunday 21/03.
- KRAS Kiel is organizing an online campaign with poems and testimonials. - Lecture from 'Yaya na Leki', an exchange of letters about what it feels like to grow up as a black Belgian, with roots in the colonies, in Belgium in the year 2021. Online from Kavka.
In general
KRAS Sport trains a whole week in a T-shirt with anti-racist messages. Habbekrats, Format, Tafels van Vrede, Samenlevingsopbouw and City Pirates also participate in actions that will be announced later on our umbrella site.