Winter Academy 2023 – »Moving at the Speed of Trust«
17.-19.11.2023, Startbahn, Berlin (Invitation Only)We’re happy to announce our Winter Academy 2023 under the title »Moving at the Speed of Trust«. We have invited 50 activists, organizers, educators, researchers and artists from Europe and around the world who all dedicate their work to inquiring, re-thinking and building trust and solidarity within and between societies and/or social movements across and beyond Europe. Together we want to find answers to the question, what is to be done against the current political climate of general mistrust?
Participation in the event is by invitation only! However, interested people can attend the public film screening of »From Here« on Friday, 17.11.2023 from 19:00. Register now!
On the weekend of November 17-19, 2023, the School of Transnational Organizing will host its non-public Winter Academy 2023, under the title »Moving at the Speed of Trust«. We have invited 50 activists, organizers, educators, researchers and artists from Europe and around the world who all dedicate their work to inquiring, re-thinking and building trust and solidarity within and between societies and/or social movements across and beyond Europe. Together we want to find answers to the question, what is to be done against the current political climate of general mistrust?
On Friday evening, as part of the only public gathering of the Winter Academy, we will host a film screening of the documentary movie »From Here« (USA/GER | 2020 | 89').
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FILM & REGISTER NOW!
About the Winter Academy »Moving at the Speed of Trust«
Nowadays, we live – beyond the borders of nation states – in a political climate of general mistrust, which is expressed not only in resentment towards governments and institutions. There is also increasing hostility against already burned out activists, under-resourced political groups, and civil society in general. And it is also no surprise that even within and between marginalized communities and political alliances, there are increasing calls for trust and relationship building as a way to avoid becoming even more divided.
European Alternatives' School of Transnational Organizing brings together 50 selected critical thinkers, community organizers and social movement educators for a 3-day Transnational Winter Academy in Berlin. Coming from different local, social and professional contexts, deeply engaged with activism and civil society, they all dedicate their work to inquiring, re-thinking and building trust and solidarity within and between societies and/or social movements across and beyond Europe.
Trust often foreshadows pathways of social change, it is a catalyzer for community power, solidarity, and transformation. Core to our everyday actions and choices, trust is rarely explored as a matter of its own within academic and activist spaces. This is the place to explore: Where are we at? What is our analysis of the role of trust in organizing solidarity within and between communities, social movements, and societies? And what is to be done against the current political climate of general mistrust?
As movement facilitator, activist and writer adrienne maree brown amongst others speaks of ‘moving at the speed of trust’, she elicits one of the most pressing political questions of our time: How do we move fast and carefully enough with our relational organizing work to generate sustainable change? We contemplate: How and to which extent do we account for individual and collective needs, whilst confronted with the urgency of equality and justice on a structural and systemic level? And how can we inspire, empower and support everyday citizens, workers, and frontline communities bringing the much-needed community, care, and courage to life?
Our Transnational Winter Academy under the title »Moving at the Speed of Trust« provides a co-created space for activists and academics to learn from and with each other what it means to build collective trust and solidarity across the intersectional differences and transnational disparities being often instrumentalized against our unity and equal rights. For the crises of our time call us to a new democratic consciousness and a solidary agency that counter the rampant political paralysis and disillusionment with new relational and care-oriented imaginaries, feminist narratives, and decolonial practices allowing us to fight for a future for all.