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Africa Unity Week has been an annual event since 2011, dedicated to honoring Africa’s rich and unique heritage and focusing on the African diaspora living in Germany. Scheduled from May 18 to May 25, 2024, it culminates in the celebration of African Liberation Day.
Organized by the AKONDA e.V., Black Community Coalition for Justice & Self-Defence, Tschoobe For Freedom, Alafia Africa Festival and others this initiative aims to unite and support all People of African Descent as they celebrate this significant day.

PROGRAM:

Saturday, May 18^th 2024 | 5 PM Opening panel on „Africa and Beyond: Liberation & Justice Struggles“ Discussing that there can be no liberation without collective effort and understanding. Hybrid Online-Panel (Online-Registration required for Zoom-Link)

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Sunday, May 19^th 2024 | 2 PM Commemoration with Liberation and Healing songs — Orisa songs and Liberation songs fostering spiritual and communal well-being. Registration required ([email protected]) Venue will be shared through registration

Sunday, May 19^th 2024 | Malcom X Day Commemoration — worldwide

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Monday, May 20^th 2024 | 1 PM Africa Family Day Fest — A day of joy, Story telling, food and family activities to celebrate African heritage. Face2Face (Registration required)

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Tuesday, My 21^st 2024 | 6:30 PM Campaign for Justice „Touch One – Touch All“ — Advocacy and solidarity actions focusing on justice and communal support. Touch One -Touch All! Network Hybrid-Online-Panel – Live-Stream at Facebook and Youtube | Audience and screening at B5 Internationales Zentrum

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Wednesday, 22^nd 2024 -|- 5 PM Sister’s Circle with Coffee & African Ethnic Food — An afternoon dedicated to empowering conversations over coffee and delightful dishes. Face2Face – AKONDA Cafe Barmbek°Basch (Wohldorfer Str. 30, 22081 Hamburg)

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Thursday, 23^rd 2024 | 10 to 10:10 AM Stand in Power: Silent Picket-Protest — 10 minutes of silence in strike at 10 AM to make a powerful statement on social racial issues. Nationwide , Social media Campaign

Film screening — INNER CIRCLE – OUTER CIRCLE (de) Documentary by Wilma Nyari (2024) | 7 PM at B5 Internationales Zentrum

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Friday, 24^th 2024 | 3 PM Public Townhall Meeting in front of Hamburg City Hall — Open mike, individual cases and discussions about community issues, racial justice, decolonisation and development plans. Rally – Rathausmarkt

SATURDAY, 25^th 2024 | 2 PM AFRICA LIBERATION DAY 2024 Rally – Wandsbeker Marktplatz (22041 Hamburg-Wandsbek)

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Die Africa Unity Week ist seit 2011 eine jährliche Veranstaltung, die sich der Würdigung des reichen und einzigartigen Erbes Afrikas widmet und sich auf die in Deutschland lebende afrikanische Diaspora konzentriert. Die Veranstaltung findet vom 18. bis 25. Mai 2024 statt und findet ihren Höhepunkt in der Feier des Africa Liberation Day. Diese Festwoche wird von AKONDA e.V., Black Community Coalition for Justice & Self-Defence, Tschoobe For Freedom, Alafia Africa Festival und anderen organisiert und zielt darauf ab, alle Menschen afrikanischer Herkunft bei den Feierlichkeiten dieses bedeutenden Tages zu vereinen und zu empowern.

PROGRAMM:

Samstag, 18. Mai 2024 –|– 17:00 Uhr Eröffnungspanel zum Thema „Afrika und darüber hinaus: Unsere Kämpfe für Befreiung und Gerechtigkeit“ Diskussion darüber, dass es ohne kollektive Anstrengungen und ein gemeinsames Verständnis keine Befreiung geben kann. (Online-Anmeldung für Zoom-Link erforderlich)

Sonntag, 19. Mai 2024 | 14:00 Uhr Gedenkfeier mit Liedern der Befreiung und Heilung – Orisa-Lieder und Befreiungslieder zur Förderung des spirituellen und gemeinschaftlichen Wohlbefindens. Anmeldung erforderlich ([email protected]) Der Veranstaltungsort wird durch die Anmeldung bekannt gegeben

Sonntag, 19. Mai 2024 Malcolm X-Tag Erinnerung und Gedenken — weltweit

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Montag, 20. Mai 2024 | 13:00 Uhr Fest zum Tag der Afrikanischen Familie — Ein Tag voller Freude, Geschichtenerzählen, Essen und Familienaktivitäten zur Feier unseres afrikanischen Erbes. Face2Face (Anmeldung erforderlich: [email protected])

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Dienstag, 21. Mai 2024 | 18:30 Uhr Kampagne für Gerechtigkeit „Touch One – Touch All“ —Interessenvertretung und Solidaritätsaktionen mit Schwerpunkt auf Gerechtigkeit und gemeinschaftlicher Unterstützung. Touch One – Touch All! Netzwerk Hybrid-Online-Panel – Live-Stream at Facebook and Youtube | Präsenz und screening: B5 Internationales Zentrum

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Mittwoch, 22. Mai 2024 -|- 17:00 Uhr Schwesternkreis mit Kaffee und afrikanischem Essen — Ein Nachmittag mit belebenden Gesprächen bei Kaffee und köstlichen Gerichten. Face2Face – AKONDA Café Barmbek°Basch (Wohldorfer Str. 30, 22081 Hamburg)

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Donnerstag, 23. Mai 2024 | 10 bis 10:10 Uhr Power-Streik: Stiller Streik-Protest — 10 Schweigeminuten im Streik um 10 Uhr, um eine kraftvolle Erklärung zu sozialen Fragen abzugeben. Bundesweit, Social-Media-Kampagne

Filmvorführung INNER CIRCLE – OUTER CIRCLE (45min/de) – Dokumentarfilm von Wilma Nyari (2024) | 7 PM B5 Internationales Zentrum

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Freitag, 24. Mai 2024 | 15:00 Uhr Öffentliches Townhall Meeting vor dem Hamburger Rathaus — Offenes Mikrophon, Einzelfälle und Diskussionen über Community-Themen, rassistische Diskriminierung, Dekolonisierung und Entwicklungspläne. Kundgebung – Rathausmarkt

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SAMSTAG, 25. Mai 2024 -|- 14:00 UHR AFRICA LIBERATION DAY 2024 Kundgebung – Wandsbeker Marktplatz (22041 Hamburg-Wandsbek)

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HAMBOURG

La Africa Unity Week est un événement annuel depuis 2011, dédié à honorer le patrimoine riche et unique de l’Afrique et à se concentrer sur la diaspora africaine vivant en Allemagne. Prévue du 18 au 25 mai 2024, elle culmine avec la célébration de la Africa Liberation Day. Organisée par AKONDA e.V., Black Community Coalition for Justice & Self-Defence, Tschoobe For Freedom, Alafia Africa Festival et d’autres, cette initiative vise à unir et à soutenir toutes les personnes d’ascendance africaine alors qu’elles célèbrent cette journée importante.

PROGRAMME:

Samedi 18 mai 2024 | 17H00 Panel d’ouverture sur „L’Afrique et au-delà : luttes de libération et de justice“ Discuter du fait qu’il ne peut y avoir de libération sans effort et compréhension collectifs. (Inscription requise pour Zoom-Link )

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Dimanche 19 mai 2024 | 14H00 Commémoration avec chants de libération et de guérison — Chants Orisa et chants de libération favorisant le bien-être spirituel et communautaire. (Inscription requise) Le lieu sera partagé lors de l’inscription

Dimanche 19 mai 2024 | Malcolm X-Day Commémoration — mondial

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Lundi 20 mai 2024 | 13H00 Fête de la Journée de la famille en Afrique — Une journée de joie, de contes, de nourriture et d’activités familiales pour célébrer le patrimoine africain. face à face (Inscription requise)

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Mardi 21 janvier 2024 -|- 18H30 Campagne pour la justice „Touch One – Touch All“ — Actions de plaidoyer et de solidarité axées sur la justice et le soutien communautaire. Touchez un – touchez tout! Panel en ligne hybride – Diffusion en direct sur Facebook et Youtube | Présence et projection : Centre International B5

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Mercredi 22 2024 | 17H00 Cercle des sœurs avec café et cuisine ethnique africaine — Un après-midi dédié aux conversations stimulantes autour d’un café et de plats délicieux. face à face – AKONDA Café Barmbek°Basch (Wohldorfer Str. 30, 22081 Hambourg)

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Jeudi 23 2024 | 10H à 10H10 Stand in Power: piquet de protestation silencieux — 10 minutes de silence en grève à 10 heures du matin pour faire une déclaration forte sur les questions sociales et raciales. Campagne nationale sur les réseaux sociaux

Projection du film — INNER CIRCLE – OUTER CIRCLE (45min/de) – Documentaire de Wilma Nyari (2024) | 19h Centre International B5

Vendredi 24 2024 | 15H00 Réunion publique de la mairie de Hambourg — Microphone ouvert, cas individuels et discussions sur les enjeux communautaires, la justice raciale, la décolonisation et les plans de développement. Rassemblement – Rathausmarkt

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SAMEDI 25 2024 | 14H00 JOUR DE LIBÉRATION DE L’AFRIQUE 2024 Rassemblement – Wandsbeker Marktplatz (22041 Hambourg-Wandsbek)

In a profound state of shock, outrage, and grief, we, the BLACK COMMUNITY-Coalition for Justice and Self-Defence (BCCJSD), alongside the Black, African and African Descendant, Afro German, Indigenous, and POC communities in Germany, are confronted with the stark realities of systemic injustice. This has been tragically highlighted by the events leading to the death of Lamine Touray in Nienburg on March 30, 2024. In a critical moment of mental health crisis, Brother Lamine Touray encountered not the assistance his loved ones desperately sought when reaching out for emergency help but instead was met with excessive force by those called to protect and serve. Despite initial police claims, Lamine had not threatened his girlfriend with a knife — a narrative proven unequivocally false, yet utilized to justify a response so disproportionate that it resulted in eight shots being fired, leading not only to Lamine’s untimely death but also to injuries within the police ranks.

The tragic circumstances surrounding Lamine Touray’s death and the subsequent police response cast a glaring light on deep-seated issues of anti-Black racism and the pervasive, harmful stereotype of the „dangerous Black man.“ Rooted in centuries of racial bias and discrimination, this stereotype continues to endanger Black lives by influencing law enforcement’s perceptions and actions, often resulting in unnecessary and excessive use of force in situations necessitating empathy and assistance. Lamine Touray’s encounter serves as a harrowing reminder of the lethal consequences of such biases. Despite his vulnerable state and the need for mental health support, Lamine’s experience was shaped by entrenched notions of threat and criminality tied to his Black identity.

This event is not isolated but adds to a distressing pattern marked by the deaths of Mouhamed Lamine Dramé in Dortmund in August 2022, and the looming five-year commemoration of Tonou Mbobda’s death at UKE Hospital on April 21st. These incidents collectively underscore the urgent need for comprehensive reform in our approach to mental health crises and policing practices.

The profound delay in securing justice, particularly in cases involving the deaths of Black individuals in Germany, starkly embodies the principle that „justice delayed is justice denied.“ This sluggish progression in addressing and resolving such pivotal matters not only exacerbates the trauma experienced by our communities but also signals a broader systemic failure to afford Black lives equal protection and value on all executive levels. The slow response and extended investigations deepen the sense of injustice and mistrust within the African and African Descendant communities in Germany, highlighting a systemic reluctance, bias or incapacity to promptly and effectively confront the root causes and repercussions of anti-Black racism and police violence. This inaction prolongs the anguish of affected families and communities and perpetuates a cycle of trauma and fear among all Black individuals within these societies.

From repeated and consistant experiences, we fundamentally doubt the system of Police investigating Police or Prosecutions investigating themselves to challenge systemic cognitive dissonance and supremacist ideologies with the authorieties at work in the so called State of Law – where the presumption of innocence is strictly rewarded to perpetraiting officers and pre-judgments regulary allocated to the the victims of state violence and racial discrimination.

Our Unified Call for Action:

1. Comprehensive Support for Lamine Touray’s Family:

We demand immediate and comprehensive support for the family of Lamine Touray, including psychological and grief counseling, legal assistance, and financial support to cover all funeral and memorial expenses. This support should also extend to facilitating any travel and accommodation needs for family members who have come to Germany in their quest for justice and closure.

2. Correction of Misinformation:

We call for the public correction of false narratives surrounding this incident, to restore the dignity of the victim and his family.

3. Direct Dialogue with Authorities:

The family of Lamine Touray must be given opportunities for direct dialogue with investigative authorities and policymakers. This will ensure transparency, allow the family to voice their concerns and questions directly, and engage in the pursuit of justice for Lamine. It is crucial that the family’s voices are heard and respected throughout the investigation and beyond.

4. Community-Led Crisis Intervention:

We advocate for the funding and implementation of community-led programs, prioritizing the expertise of mental health professionals over police intervention in crises.

5. Comprehensive Reform and Education in Policing:

We insist on mandatory, extensive training for all police officers in de-escalation techniques, mental health awareness, and a deep dive into the historical and oppressive origins of policing, particularly its roots in colonialism and slave patrols. Recognizing and addressing this history is crucial for dismantling racial biases and reimagining a policing model that serves and protects all community members with equity and compassion.

As we navigate our collective grief, our resolve for justice, systemic change, and the eradication of racial biases within policing and crisis response systems only intensifies. The tragic killings of Lamine Touray, Mouhamed Lamine Dramé, and Tonou Mbobda are stark reminders of the deep reforms required in our policing and mental health care systems. We stand united in our call to action, seeking clarity, accountability, and justice, and insisting that dignity and humanity guide our society’s approach to the well-being of every individual.

Justice For Lamine Touray

Touch One – Touch All!

Signatories:
BCCJSD
Black Community Hamburg
ARRiVATi
Alafia
Akonda e.V.
Africa Home
Africa Survival in Hamburg
Tschobe for Freedom
Africans From Ukraine
Sisters in Struggle
Black Media Group

We invite you to a 3-hour program of music, information, poetry and exchange!

SPREAD THE WORD – GET READY – COME ALONG

Celebrating Resilience and Liberation

On 19 June 2022

from 15:00 to 18:00

at Kampnagel (Hamburg)

FB_Event JUNETEENTH-Fundraiser BLACK COMMUNITY

The programme includes:

Keynote speech, Live music, Chants, performance, Traditional drum music, Video clips, Presentations, Live music and DJ

This fundraising event is part of our overall commitment and ongoing efforts for equality and justice through advocacy, public awareness, community care, empowerment and education.

100% of the money donated will go towards

– education and legal services to support our work with families and loved ones affected by racism & structural violence

– the development and education of young people to promote equality of opportunities and education in schools and in voluntary services to the community

– our work with marginalised migrant groups

– supporting our work providing medical counselling and psychological support to those in need of help

– supporting our work with Africans from Ukraine and other third country nationals who are not granted protection.

We need more personal commitment from our communities in order to be able to continue this important work in the future.

Donations will be accepted at the event in cash or on GoFundMe:

GoFundMe JUNETEENTH 2022 Black Community

This event is part of our overall commitment to continue by all means, which includes art as a weapon of resistance and self-care.

We will offer you African food and drinks for donations during a break and at the end.

People of African descent and Hamburg civil society should join the ever louder call for justice and equality as we celebrate our solidarity and community practices that bring us closer to a world where Black and other racialised people could live without fear of violence and oppression.

Our first fundraiser at Kampnagel was in response to the murder of Brother Tonou Mbobda in 2019. The centuries of structural oppression, state-sanctioned violence and systemic racism that Black people face is still an everyday experience in our communities.

We must never forget that there is still so much work to be done.

We hope you will help us spread the word about the upcoming fundraising campaign, and thank you very much for doing so!

The purpose of this session is to engage in dialogue and provide practical solutions to parents that are raising black children in the diaspora.

Lecture by Dr. Alecia Blackwood
Executive director Afrikan Kulcha School, Orlando/Florida
Expert in UBUNTU pedagogy

As Black parents of children with disabilities, we must love, nurture, and teach them from a position of love and care. We must empower ourselves and advocate for our children as they navigate the system that will try to dehumanize them because of the color of their skin.

If you are raising a child with learning disabilities, join this session as we engage in dialogue with international educator Dr. Alecia Blackwood as she shares knowledge on supporting exceptional learners and provide practical solutions to parents that are raising black children in the disapora.

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Alecia Blackwood is a passionate master teacher. She has over 20 years of experience as an educator.
Dr. Alecia Blackwood is an international speaker and educator. She has been sharing her expertise with teachers at the University of Central Florida, the University of Botswana, the University of Namibia, and the University of Johannesburg through lectures and workshops.
Additionally, Alecia Blackwood is an African-Centered curriculum and instructional specialist. She has worked with private schools, public schools, and homeschool families by helping to infuse culturally relevant materials into their curricula in the USA, Africa and the Caribbean. She is one of the country’s leading expert on Ubuntu pedagogy. Ubuntu pedagogy is a humanistic approach in actively engaging students in the teaching and learning process.
Dr. Blackwood is the executive director of Afrikan Kulcha School, in Orlando, Florida. Afrikan Kulcha School is a non-profit organization that provides cultural education for students in the community. The school also has a rite of passage called the Sankofa Youth Initiative program that takes students to study abroad in Ethiopia and Ghana.
Currently, she is a professor at a local college Florida. Alecia Blackwood is a mother, raising four beautiful children that were homeschooled at different stages of development.

Pls register by mail to [email protected] BLACK SAFE SPACE

FB-Event: DISMANTLING STIGMA: Parenting and Education of Black Children with Invisible Disabilities

The African Liberation Day is not just an event, but a day to honor our ancestors and celebrate our victories. It is also a day of commitment and re-commitment in the struggle to create a world based on peace and justice. As always, we continue to call for the masses of our people to take responsibility for our liberation and join an organization working for the self-determination of Africans and liberation of humanity in general and African people in particular.

We are organizing this program together with the Coalition May 25 that has published a CALL FOR MAY 25TH, 2021 – Stop racism and police violence!  (deutsch, français, español, português, Kiswahili, አማርኛ)

Events of the Coalition May 25

Please join us in celebrating African Liberation Day 2021:

Our Program:

AFRICA UNITY WEEK

18. May 2021 – „Forward Ever to Worldwide Pan-African Unity!“ – Online-Lecture by Brother Ahjamu from the A-APRP

22. May 2021 | 16-19h | Wandsbek Markt Hamburg             „Arts, Culture and Heritage“ – Empowerment and   Commemoration Rally (Drum Call, Solidarity Messages,   Speeches, Poetry – Open   mike)  https://www.facebook.com/events/517135352655173

23. May 2021 | 15-17h | Online-Zoom                                    Black Community Town Hall –                                                   „The Schooling and Education of Black Children in a White     Society“ https://www.facebook.com/events/786737525313863

24. May 2021 | 16-19h | Wandsbek Markt Hamburg               „SoroSoke! Speak Up!“ – Empowerment and Commemoration   Rally with Drum Calls, Solidarity Messages, SoroSoke, Open   Mike  https://www.facebook.com/events/509454823572158

25. May 2021 | 12-14h | Rathausmarkt Hamburg           AFRICAN LIBERATION DAY – FORWARD EVER TOWARDS   PAN-AFRICAN UNITY – 63rd Anniversary 1958-2021   Empowerment and Commemoration Rally – „United against   neo-colonial and neo-liberal intrigue & aggression!“   https://www.facebook.com/events/518612539329024

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AFRICA UNITY WEEK – Events

18. May 2021 – „Forward Ever to Worldwide Pan-African Unity!“ – Online-Lecture by Brother Ahjamu from the A-APRP

A dynamic and comprehensive visual presentation that connects the conditions of African (Black) people living and suffering in 120 countries worldwide to the conditions of our Mother – Africa, and how African unity, or Pan-Africanism, is the solution to all of the challenges we face from police terrorism to poverty to health issues.

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22. May 2021 – „Arts, Culture and Heritage“

Empowerment & Commemoration Rally | 15-19 h | Wandsbek Markt Hamburg

FB-Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/517135352655173

with Drum Calls, Solidarity Messages, Speeches, Poetry – Open Mike

Africa United can never be defeated!

Come Join this great Movement

Touch One –Touch All

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AFRICA UNITY WEEK

Black Community Town Hall – The Schooling and Education of Black Children in a White Society

Sunday, 23. May 2021 | 15-17h | Online-Zoom

Keynote by Prof. Kehinde Andrews (Birmingham City University)

„Black Communities organising the education of our Children in a White Society“

– examples from the UK including history and current developments of Black Studies

Panelists of educational practices: Lilian Debrah (UK) | Dr. Rahab Njeri (Kenia) | Odilia Anyachi (Kenia/NL) | Mario St Fleur (Haiti/US) | Jethro Chikato (Zimbabwe)

FB-Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/786737525313863

Come Join this great Movement

AFRICA UNITY WEEK 18.05.2021 – 25.05.2021

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AFRICA UNITY WEEK

SoroSoke! Speak Up!

Monday, 24. May 2021 | 16-19h | Wandsbek Markt Hamburg

Empowerment and Commemoration Rally

with Drum Calls, Solidarity Messages, SoroSoke – Open Mike

We will Honour and play the music of Miriam Makeba, Nina Simone, Fela Anikulapo Kuti,  Hachalu Hundessa and other ancestors

FB-Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/509454823572158

Africa United can never be defeated!

Come Join this great Movement

Touch One –Touch All

AFRICA UNITY WEEK 18.05.2021 – 25.05.2021

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AFRICA UNITY WEEK

AFRICAN LIBERATION DAY – FORWARD EVER TOWARDS  PAN AFRICAN UNITY – 63rd Anniversary 1958/2021

Tuesday, 25. May 2021 | 12-14h | Rathausmarkt Hamburg

Empowerment and Commemoration  Rally – United against neo-colonial and neo-liberal intrigue & aggression!

We recognize the courageous struggles of All Indigenous People Worldwide, the Palestinians and other non-African. colonized people. Unity and solidarity among oppressed people is crucial to the overthrow of imperialism because we are fighting a common enemy.

FB-Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/518612539329024

Africa United can never be defeated! 

Come Join this great Movement

Touch One –Touch All

AFRICA UNITY WEEK 18.05.2021 – 25.05.2021

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10 years  AFRICA UNITY WEEK 2011- 2021

„AFRICA UNITY WEEK“ is a week-long action week honouring Africa’s rich and unique heritage. Our main goal is the establishment of the „AFRICAN LIBERATION DAY“ (May 25) in Hamburg.

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+ Congratulate friends and family on May 25
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+ Wear African Attire or Pan African Colours (Red,Black,Green)

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+ Support and attend Africa Unity Week events
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+ Learn and educate about getting involved
in community groups and organisations
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+ Attend the AUW Rally on Saturday May 22 & 24

+ Attend the ALD Rally on Saturday May 25

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+ Send us information about your Community Group or Organisation

AFRICA UNITY WEEK 18.05.2021 – 25.05.2021

The Africa Unity Week is a programme of the BLACK COMMUNITY  Coalition for Justice & Self-Defence organized to unify and support all People of African Descent as they celebrate Africa Day.

During the Africa Unity Week the aim is:

• join the world wide commemoration and to celebrate the identity and heritage of people of African descent living in Germany
• to promote self-determination by celebrating and supporting Black business and organisations in Germany
• to create a forum for dialogue and exchange of ideas and experiences on issues of common interest affecting not only the Black Community in Germany, but also the Mother Continent and other Black Diaspora
  • to commit, unite and organize to fight racism and all forms of injustice in Germany and thus thus contribute to making Germany a more humane society
  • to support the struggle for liberation, human rights, and social justice in Africa and
  • to support the fight against neocolonialism and Imperialist Oppression

Come Join this great Movement

Wear traditional atire or Pan-African colors (red, black or green) during the AFRICA UNITY WEEK. Using  hashtags #ProudlyAfrican

Make Artwork, videos or photos for the African Unity and post it on social media Take a picture and share on-line with the hashtags #AfricaLiberation and #AfricansMustUnite.• •.using the hashtags #AfricaUnite

Contact:  Sista Oloruntoyin Tel.015785508102 | Brother Mwayemudza 017699621504

Email: [email protected]

AFRICA UNITY WEEK 18.05.2021 – 25.05.2021

Black Community TOWN HALL on Schooling & Education of Black Children in a White Society – Part III

23.05.2021 | 15 – 17 h

(English language with summary translation to German)

KEYNOTE speaker Prof. Kehinde Andrews on

„Black Communities organising the education of our Children in a White Society“

– examples from the UK including history and current developments of Black Studies

Kehinde Andrews (PhD Sociology and Cultural Studies | MA Social Research | BSc Psychology) is Professor of Black Studies at Birmingham City University and director of the Centre for Critical Social Research. His research focuses on resistance to racism and grassroots organisations. As an activist, who led the development of the Black Studies degree, he is founder of the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity and co-chair of the Black Studies Association. And he is an author of a number of books: “Resisting Racism – Race, inequality, and the Black supplementary school movement” [2013], “Blackness in Britain” [2016], “Back to Black – Black Radicalism for the 21st Century” [2018], “The New Age of Empire – How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World” [2021]. Kehinde has written opinion pieces for outlets including The Guardian, The Independent, The Washington Post, CNN, The New Statesman and others.

Our children are not included in German school curricula, let alone receive an adequate education about African or Black history. As a result, they lack confidence in our cultures and cultural heritage….

How can we Black communities start to cooperate and organize to change this?

Panelists of educational practices from Kenya, Zimbabwe, Haiti, UK, US, Netherlands and Germany:

Lilian Debrah is an educator and researcher based in the UK. In her research she is focusing on Afrocentric education. She was born in Munich and relocated to England 2013. She is a Panafricanist and Vice President of GPAN -Global Pan Africanism Network.

Dr. Rahab Njeri (Kenya) studied British and North American History, African Studies, and English Studies at the University of Cologne from 2008-2013. Her research fields and academic interest are Black Feminism, Africana Womanist, Postcolonial Studies, Critical Whiteness Studies, Black Diaspora, Migration Studies, Gender Studies, and Afrikana Studies. Currently, she is teaching at the Gender institute in Köln University Germany. She is a mother of two children.

Odilia Anyachi (Kenya/NL) is translator and teacher of Medical, General and Business Swahili and an author of Swahili grammar books, passionate lover of African History, culture, and Languages. After noticing that children adopted from Africa, needed to learn more about their African roots among other things, She established the International African school ( Afrikaanse School), a knowledge institution and place for the regeneration and reclaiming of African cultures and the value of its historical content and context. It offers language courses in Swahili and provides a space to validate what has been invalidated for centuries by educating about African cultures and honouring the wisdom of the Ancestors.

Mario Saint Fleur, MBA (Haiti | US) is currently a teacher at Deutsch- Französisches Gymnasium (École Française de Hambourg Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) in Hartsprung 23 in Hamburg, Germany. His aspirations, goals and objectives as a teacher are values, dignity, truthfulness, fairness, responsibility and freedom. All teaching is founded on ethics, whether it is teacher- student relationships, pluralism or a theacher’s relationship with their work. Dignity means respect for humanity.

Jethro Chikato, Ing (Zimbabwe) is based in Hamburg, Germany – Director and Educator of “The English Language Center“ a Language school providing supplementary educational services and medial help to marginalized students especially of African Descent in subjects such as English and German language, Mathematics, Science subjects and Computer Science. Services are offered before or after school, on weekends, or in the school holidays. He feels responsibility to give back to our community and help our children to make it in this society.

Please register by emailing to [email protected] for safe registration.

FB-Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/786737525313863

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Black Community TOWN HALL zum Thema Schulbildung & Erziehung von Schwarzen Kindern in einer weißen Gesellschaft – Teil III

23.05.2021 | 15 – 17 h

(englische Sprache mit zusammenfassender Übersetzung ins Deutsche)

KEYNOTE-Sprecher Prof. Kehinde Andrews über

„Black Communities organisieren die Erziehung unserer Kinder in einer Weißen Gesellschaft “

– Beispiele aus Großbritannien mit Geschichte und aktuellen Entwicklungen der Black Studies

Kehinde Andrews (PhD Sociology and Cultural Studies | MA Social Research | BSc Psychology) ist Professor für Black Studies an der Birmingham City University und Direktor des Centre for Critical Social Research. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte sind Widerstand gegen Rassismus und Grassroots Selbst-Organisation. Als Aktivist, der die Entwicklung des Studiengangs Black Studies etabliert hat, ist er auch ein Gründer der Harambee Organisation of Black Unity und Mitvorsitzender der Black Studies Association. Er ist Autor einer Reihe von Büchern: „Resisting Racism – Race, inequality, and the Black supplementary school movement“ [2013], „Blackness in Britain“ [2016], „Back to Black – Black Radicalism for the 21st Century“ [2018], „The New Age of Empire – How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World“ [2021]. Kehinde hat Artikel und Kommentare u. a. für The Guardian, The Independent, The Washington Post, CNN und The New Statesman geschrieben.

Unsere Kinder werden nicht in den deutschen Schullehrplänen berücksichtigt, geschweige denn erhalten sie eine adäquate Ausbildung über afrikanische oder schwarze Geschichte. Infolgedessen fehlt ihnen das Vertrauen in unsere Kulturen und unser kulturelles Erbe….

Wie können wir Black Communities anfangen, zu kooperieren und uns zu organisieren, um dies zu ändern?

Diskussionssteilnehmer*innen aus der Bildungspraxis in Kenia, Simbabwe, Haiti, Großbritannien, den USA, den Niederlanden und Deutschland:

Lilian Debrah ist Erziehungswissenschaftlerin und Forscherin in Großbritannien. Ihr Forschungsschwerpunkt konzentriert sich auf Afrozentrische Bildung. Sie wurde in München geboren und siedelte 2013 nach England über. Sie ist Panafrikanistin und Vizepräsidentin von GPAN -Global Pan Africanism Network.

Dr. Rahab Njeri (Kenia) studierte von 2008-2013 Britische und Nordamerikanische Geschichte, Afrikanistik und Anglistik an der Universität zu Köln. Ihre Forschungsfelder und akademischen Interessen sind Black Feminism, Africana Womanist, Postcolonial Studies, Critical Whiteness Studies, Black Diaspora, Migration Studies, Gender Studies und Afrikana Studies. Derzeit lehrt sie am Gender-Institut der Universität Köln. Sie ist Mutter von zwei Kindern.

Odilia Anyachi (Kenia/NL) ist Dolmetscherin und Lehrerin für medizinisches, allgemeines und geschäftliches Swahili und Autorin von Swahili-Grammatikbüchern, leidenschaftliche Liebhaberin der afrikanischen Geschichte, Kultur und Sprachen. Nachdem sie bemerkte, dass Kinder, die aus Afrika adoptiert wurden, unter anderem mehr über ihre afrikanischen Wurzeln lernen mussten, gründete sie die Internationale Afrikanische Schule ( Afrikaanse School), eine Wissensinstitution und ein Ort für die Wiederbelebung und Rückgewinnung der afrikanischen Kulturen und des Wertes ihrer historischen Inhalte und Zusammenhänge. Sie bietet Sprachkurse in Swahili an und bietet einen Raum, um zu validieren, was jahrhundertelang für ungültig erklärt wurde, indem sie über afrikanische Kulturen aufklärt und die Weisheit der Vorfahren ehrt.

Mario Saint Fleur, MBA (Haiti | US) ist derzeit Lehrer am Deutsch-Französischen Gymnasium (École Française de Hambourg Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) in Hamburg, Deutschland. Seine Bestrebungen und Ziele als Lehrer sind Werte, Würde, Wahrhaftigkeit, Fairness, Verantwortung und Freiheit. Jeder Unterricht basiert auf Ethik, sei es die Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung, der Pluralismus oder die Beziehung des Lehrers zu seiner Arbeit. Würde bedeutet Respekt vor dem Menschen.

Jethro Chikato, Ing (Simbabwe) lebt in Hamburg, Deutschland und ist Direktor und Pädagoge des „English Language Center“, einer Sprachschule, die ergänzende Bildungsdienste und unterstützende Hilfe für marginalisierte Schüler*innen, insbesondere afrikanischer Abstammung, in Fächern wie Englisch und Deutsch, Mathematik, naturwissenschaftlichen Fächern und Computerwissenschaften anbietet. Der Unterricht wird vor oder nach der Schule, an Wochenenden oder in den Schulferien angeboten. Er fühlt sich verantwortlich, unserer Gemeinschaft etwas zurückzugeben und unseren Kindern zu helfen, es in dieser Gesellschaft zu schaffen.

Bitte registrieren Sie sich per Mail an [email protected] für eine sichere Anmeldung.

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COMMUNITY SAFETY EDUCATION SERIES

WORKSHOP „All Youth against Police Brutality & Racism“  (Teil I)

Sonntag, 09.05.2021 | 19 – 21 h

Die Gewalt, die immer wieder durch die Polizei Hamburg ausgeübt wird, findet innerhalb des politischen Systems von Hamburg und Deutschland statt. Durch diese Gewalt wird der systemische Rassismus mit rassistischen Polizeikontrollen von marginalisierten Schwarzen Männern (Racial Profiling) reproduziert, sowie eine militarisierte Polizeipräsenz und Überwachung hergestellt, die das Risiko erhöhen, dass erneut BIPoC rassifizierte Polizei Gewalt erfahren.

Hintergrund

Politisch aktive junge AktivistInnen erfahren extreme Gewalt ganz besonders dann, wenn sie nicht Weiß sind. So wurden nach der #BlackLivesMatter-Demonstration am 6. Juni 2020 am Hauptbahnhof 36 Kinder und Jugendliche verhaftet, während andere Aktivist*innen durch die militarisierte Hamburger Polizei verprügelt und eingeschüchtert wurden und dadurch körperlichen Schaden nahmen. Ein Jahr später, wurden nun Asad und Musa auf dem Heimweg nach der #BlackLivesStillMatter-Kundgebung am 10. April 2021 an der Balduintreppe, von mehreren Polizisten gewaltvoll eingekesselt. Hierdurch erfuhr Musa Verletzungen, die zu einem Krankenhausaufenthalt führten. Im Sommer 2020 wurde ein 15-jähriger Junge von 8 Polizist*innen gewaltvoll eingeschüchtert und zu Boden geworfen, weil er mit einem E-Roller auf dem Bürgersteig fuhr. Oder der Altenpfleger John H., der von zivil gekleideten Polizisten vom Fahrrad gerissen und verletzt wurde, da er sich nach ihrer Ansicht durch die Ausübung seiner Pflegearbeit „verdächtig“ verhielt. Oder auch der Vorfall im Februar dieses Jahres, im Jenisch Park, wo ein Polizeiauto einen 17-jähriger Jungen rücksichtslos verfolgte, weil er seine Freunde ohne Maske umarmt hatte und dabei unter Beschädigung des Wagens mögliche Verletzungen der fußläufigen Polizist*innen und des Verfolgten fahrlässig in Kauf nahm.

Workshop – Beschreibung

Um die polizeiliche und politische Gewalt zu verstehen, wird der erste Workshop „All Youth Against Police Brutality“ mit Unterstützung von Brother Ogun Babadele eine Reflektion zur Kontinuität der Gewalttaten der Polizei in Hamburg und darüber hinaus geben, die politischen Motivationen hinter diesen „polizeilichen Maßnahmen“ betrachten, Informationen und Erfahrungswerte zur Rechtmäßigkeit und Straflosigkeit von Polizeigewalt erläutern sowie darüber aufklären, was deine Rechte sind wenn du Gewalt erfährst oder wie Du anderen Betroffenen am besten helfen kannst.

Referent

Brother Ogun Babadele ist Teil der Annwohner*inneninitiative Balduintreppe und befasst sich seit Jahren mit der Dynamik und Logik hinter polizeilichen Eingriffen gegen junge Schwarze Männer in St. Pauli Süd, die letztlich zu der Ermordung von Yaya Jabbi 2016 führten.

Schreib an [email protected] für Zoom-Link zur Teilnahme und nimm an unseren gemeinsamen kritischen Nachforschungen teil!

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COMMUNITY SAFETY EDUCATION SERIES

WORKSHOP „All Youth against Police Brutality & Racism“  (Part I)

Sunday, 09.05.2021 | 19 – 21 h

The violence that is repeatedly carried out by the Hamburg police, takes place within the political system of Hamburg and Germany. Systemic racism is reproduced through these demonstrations of power. Racist police stop & frisk of marginalized Black men (Racial Profiling), as well as militarized police presence and surveillance increases the risk of BIPoC to experience repetitive racialized police violence.

Background

Politically active young activists experience brutal and extreme violence at the hands of the police, especially if they are not white. Groups of minors were arrested after the Black Lives Matter Demonstrations on the 6th of June 2020, other activists were brutalized, intimidated, now having to face charges for the violence they had actually to endure from the hands of the police. Musa and Asad were accosted, on their way home, by multiple police officers, for speaking up during the #BlackLivesStillMatter
Demonstration on the 10th of April 2021. Resulting in injuries for which Musa had to stay in the hospital overnight. In Summer of 2020, the pointless and unnecessarily drastic measures taken against the 15-year-old boy who was, consequently, pushed to the ground and accosted by multiple police officers for driving a scooter on the sidewalk. Or the caregiver who was tackled to the ground by two police officers for “looking suspicious” (aka for being black). Or recently, the incident in Jenisch Park in February of this
year, in which a 17-year-old boy was crazily and violently chased by a police car and multiple officers, for hugging his friends without a mask.

Workshop description

The All Youth against Police Brutality workshop series are about police and political violence, reflecting on the continuity of police violence in Hamburg and beyond, looking at the political motivations behind these „police actions“, provide information and experiences on legality and impunity of police violence as well as educate on what your rights are when you experience violence or how you can best help others.

Referent

With the help of Brother Ogun Babadele, who is part of the Neighborhood-Initiative Balduintreppe we will try to understand the dynamics and the logics of police actions against young black men in St. Pauli Süd, which ultimately killed Yaya Jabbi in 2016.

Mail to [email protected] for the Zoom-link and join our critical examinations!

Online-Zoom | Sonnabend, 8. Mai 2021 | 19 – 21 Uhr

Alle Schwarzen und Afrikanischen Diaspora-Communities und Personen Afrikanischer Herkunft sind eingeladen, bei unserem virtuellen Community Connect im Kampf gegen Afrophobie (Anti-Schwarzen Rassismus) zusammenzuarbeiten und teilzunehmen. Wir möchten das Prinzip Community Connect reaktivieren, um unseren Kampf gegen Anti-Schwarzen Rassismus, Diskriminierung und Ausgrenzung gemeinsam besser zu koordinieren und zu organisieren. Die BLACK COMMUNITY Coalition stellt ihre Arbeit und die AG Anti-Schwarzer Rassimus ihren Forderungskatalog vor. Wir laden Schwarze Menschen, Organisationen und Initiativen ein, geimeinsam mit uns aktiv zu werden und unsere Kräfte zu bündeln.

Die BLACK COMMUNITY Coalition steht auf dem Standpunkt, dass Rassismus systemisch wirkt und Institutionen, Behörden und Medien, die ihn zulassen und nutzen, ihn bewusst verleugnen.

Ziele unseres Community Connect:
– Information über politische Aktionen, die durchgeführt wurden und werden
– Information über Treffen mit Regierungsvertretern und Behörden, die stattgefunden haben
– Vorstellung des „Forderungskatalog der AG Anti-Schwarzer Rassismus“
– Diskussion über die Menschenrechtssituation in unseren Communities, über Prioritäten und Anliegen

Wir laden ausdrücklich Schwarze Menschen zu dieser Diskussion ein und stellen die Perspektiven unserer verschiedenen Schwarzen und Afrikanischen Diaspora-Gemeinschaften in den Mittelpunkt.

Wir bitten um Anmeldung unter: [email protected]

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COMMUNITY CONNECT – united against Anti-Black and institutional racism

Online Zoom | Saturday, May 8, 2021 | 7 – 9 p.m.

All Black and African Diaspora communities and persons of African descent are invited to collaborate and participate in our virtual Community Connect in the fight against Afrophobia (anti-Black racism). We would like to reactivate the Community Connect principle to better coordinate and organize our fight against anti-Black racism, discrimination and exclusion together. The BLACK COMMUNITY Coalition will present its work and the AG Anti-Black Racism will present its list of demands. We invite Black people, organizations and initiatives to become active together with us and to join forces.

The BLACK COMMUNITY Coalition stands on the point of view that racism works systemically and institutions, authorities and media that use and execute it, deliberately deny it.

Goals of our Community Connect:

– To provide information about political actions that have been and are being taken

– Information about meetings with government representatives and authorities

– Presentation of the „Catalogue of Demands” of the Working Group on Anti-Black Racism.

– Discussion about the human rights situation in our communities, about priorities and concerns

We specifically invite Black people to this discussion and focus on the perspectives of our various Black and African Diaspora communities.

We kindly ask for registration under: [email protected]

2 years ago Brother Tonou Mbobda was murdered in the UKE-Hospital…

Since 2 years the UKE-Hospital has been disclaiming its responsibility for his violent death…

Since 2 years now, Hamburg’s public prosecutors have failed to adequately prosecute the obvious breaches of law, breaches of due diligence, and violations of policy….

Since 2 years now, the institution UKE-Hospital, the prosecuting authority public prosecutor’s office and the political leaders in the science committee have allied for a joint cover-up by stigmatizing, criminalizing and blaming the victim…

Since 2 years now, we as the Black Community Coalition for Justice & Self-Defense have been fighting together with the family and the Black Community Hamburg for the full and complete clarification of all circumstances that led to the violent death of Brother Tonou Mbobda… and we will not let this fight rest until the family receives the justice it deserves. The death of Brother Tonou Mbobda cannot and must not go unpunished and unpardoned!

We demand the indictment of those responsible in a due process of law to clarify all outstanding issues:

• Why was Tonou Mbobda’s cardiac muscle thickening not precautionarily clarified and diagnosed by a specialist cardiologist despite multiple conspicuous and pathologically marked ECG findings and despite the additional prescription of drugs with side effects on his heart?
• Why was the low potassium level determined by laboratory chemistry on admission not actively compensated, when it is known that low potassium levels can promote the occurrence of dangerous cardiac arrhythmias, especially in combination with the medication administered?
• How can it be that both the responsible physician and subsequently also the public prosecutor’s office and the attorney general’s office establish an alleged danger to others, although Tonou Mbobda never attacked or injured anyone in his entire lifetime, throughout his mental history and not on the day of his death?
• Why can the responsible physician have ordered the security service and not exercise medical supervision to ensure compliance with existing professional guidelines when they subsequently use physical force, and thus allow the security service to employ unprofessional and life-threatening techniques of violence against a patient, for which there was not even legal order issued yet?
• How can it be that the public prosecutor in charge commissions the contract for the forensic medical examination to the UKE-Hospital itself?
• Why was there no immediate forensic medical examination carried out to determine and document the injuries and consequences of the use of violent force despite the immediate police investigation and the explicit indication by a medical representative of the Black Community? Against forensic standards of investigation injuries were only documented 5 days later in the course of the autopsy.
• Why is a possible positional asphyxia (circulatory collapse in prone position with hands tied behind the back and additional respiratory restriction due to sitting up/kneeling of several persons) neither mentioned nor discussed in the autopsy report of Prof. Püschel, and how does the responsible public prosecutor Mahnke come to claim a completely unscientific „minimum exposure time“ of 25 minutes as a “condition” for such an event in front the scientific committee of parliament?
• How does the responsible public prosecutor Ogiermann of the Attorney General’s Office come to construct an allegedly avertable self-endangerment by a theoretically possible traffic accident, when there is no evidence at all for the necessary intention of the patient Tonou Mbobda to leave the clinic premises in the first place?
• How can the violations against the PsychKG Hamburg (missing legal basis), against the S3 guideline „To prevent coercion“, against the medical duty of care (omission of diagnosis and therapy of significant concomitant diseases) and against the right of self-determination of patients have been appropriately processed, if both the public prosecutor’s offices and the scientific committee prevent their clarification and naming by an irresponsible perpetrator-victim reversal, by criminalizing the person killed with the help of the protective claims of those actually responsible for the fatality and imputing a cynical „life-saving intention“ to the perpetrators of the violence, for which there is neither professional nor actual evidence?

Neither the UKE-Hospital, nor the city of Hamburg have so far personally apologized to the family or expressed their regrets to the bereaved.

The killing of Black people is part of the structural DNA of Hamburg, if only because the responsible law enforcement agencies have so far systematically legitimized it instead of filing charges. The „failure to recognize“ implicitly and explicitly racist behavior not only through unjustified and excessive violence, but also through failure to care and ignoring fundamental rights is an unspeakable continuity that feeds on the unreflective colonial roots of the German dominant society. It is an expression of an inhuman superiority mentality that the recognition of equal rights to life and self-determination is and can still be so systematically denied in 2021. We will not continue to stand idly by and watch the killing of Black lives and institutional violence against Black people in impunity, but we will do everything necessary to ensure that anti-Black racism in Hamburg, in Germany and beyond finally comes to an end!

Touch One – Touch ALL

Justice for Mbobda

Black Community Coalition for Justice & Self-Defense

Contact: [email protected]

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