The theme of this year’s International Weeks Against Racism is “Speak up.” TU Dresden is taking this prompt to heart and participating in the nationwide campaign by hosting various events in the weeks from March 20 to April 6, 2023.

Overview of the events:

March 24, 2023 | 11:00 am–3:00 pm | SLUB Makerspace M2

Empowerment workshop for people who have experienced racism

The empowerment workshop provides a safe space to people who have experienced racism to exchange experiences and needs without being challenged. Participants will receive support in contextualizing their experiences and will work together to develop strategies for dealing with racism. We will discuss various methods and offer a range of ideas as resources for overcoming everyday racism and to help us build up and strengthen our self-empowerment.

The workshop is geared toward black people, people of color and people with a (family) history of migration or seeking refuge. Everyone is very welcome to attend.

Workshop facilitator: Michelle Chávez is a youth education consultant at the educational institution Bildungsstätte Alte Schule Anspach in Hesse and also works as a freelance trainer, holding workshops in education and empowerment focused on countering discrimination and racism from an intersectional perspective.

Location: SLUB Makerspace M2 (DrePunct library, Zellescher Weg 17, 01069 Dresden)
Language: English
Registration required: via registration form

March 29, 2023 | 1:30 pm–4:30 pm | online

Anti-racism workshop with a focus on critical whiteness

Many people think that racism doesn’t have anything to do with them. Yet racism affects everyone in a society, albeit in very different ways. For white people, whiteness and belonging to the majority appear “normal” and not particularly worthy of discussion. Often, this isn’t even given a name. At the same time, white people profit from a number of advantages as a result of racism and are complicit with systemic racism – even if this is not always intentional. To effect both personal and structural change requires that white people also critically reflect on, learn about and reassess their own position and socialization. The workshop offers an introduction to introspective examination of racism and one’s own whiteness.

This workshop is aimed at people who see themselves as part of the white majority in society and is open to anyone who would like to participate.

Workshop facilitator: Patricia Oulehla (M.A. in Social and Cultural Anthropology) is a trainer who works in political education. Her particular concentration is on racism, (post-)colonialism and critical whiteness, antisemitism, hate speech and classism. She currently works in practical training at the Kreuzberger Initiative gegen Antisemitismus (“Kreuzberg Initiative Against Antisemitism”).

Location: online
Language: German
Registration required: via registration form

Film series with accompanying lectures in the Kino im Kasten (cinema in the box)

• 23.03. - “Ali: Fear Eats the Soul” with accompanying talk Dr. Johannes Schütz
• 30.03. - "American History X"  with accompanying talk Jun.-Prof. Moritz Ingwersen (OmU)
• 04/05 - "Get Out" with accompanying talk Prof. Carsten Junker (OmU)

All offers are free of charge. Participation is open to all TUD employees as well as to external persons. Further information can be found at the short link tud.de/iwgr.