Gizem Adiyaman aka Meg10 is a social scientist, DJ, activist, and political educator. In 2017 she co-founded the event series Hoe__mies with Lucia Luciano. Hoe__mies serves as a platform for female, non-binary, and transgender DJs and performers celebrating their presence in Hip Hop and counteracting marginalization in the scene. As a sound system Hoe__mies have curated stages at CTM festival and … weiterlesen ►

Kaleo Sansaa is a young artist from Cologne who gives her songs a unique character through rap, poetry, singing & the use of her loop station. Her highly experimental sound is influenced by a capella, Neo Soul, Hip-Hop and a good portion of Afrofuturism. On June 15 she released her first E.P., which bears the meaningful name "Purple Moon". Prior to her nomination as Best New Comer at NRW Pop, … weiterlesen ►

AnouchK ibacka Valiente studied International Law, but has long been involved with gender, African diaspora and spirituality. AnouchK is busy organizing trans*march , the Cutie.BPoC - Festival by & for Queer Trans* Inter* Black & PoC and TransFormations - Trans* Film Festival Berlin - and enjoys working on projects together with other people. Born in La Habana and raised in Paris, AnouchK … weiterlesen ►

Josephine Apraku is an African Studies scholar. Since 2015, she has been a lecturer at the Alice Salomon University of Berlin and since 2016 has been lecturer at the Center for Transdisciplinary Gender Studies (ZtG) at the Humboldt University in Berlin. Together with Jule Bönkost, she directs the IDB | Institute for Discrimination-Free Education in Berlin. Since 2016, she has been conducting the … weiterlesen ►

Annapoorna/Cassandra Ellerbe is an artist, scientist, certified diversity/intercultural communication trainer, yogini and a lover of life. We are happy that Annapoorna is joining us! weiterlesen ►

Dr. phil. Aki Krishnamurthy (born 1980), (cis-woman, PoC): girlfriend, sister, mother, daughter, theatre activist, feminist. Since 2007 she has been practicing theatre of the oppressed on a freelance basis and increasingly dance theatre in various contexts (Latin America, Caucasus, Germany, India), mostly with a specific focus on gender relations, racism and empowerment. She is convinced that … weiterlesen ►

Makda is the daughter of Eritrean fugitives and grew up in Frankfurt am Main. She is studying for a Master's degree in Sociology. Her major fields of study are Gender Studies, Cultural Studies and Postcolonial Studies. During her bachelor studies she co-founded the People of Color University Group Mainz. Makda is a Black feminist and enjoys African (diasporic) literature, music and visual arts. … weiterlesen ►

Since 2015, Sepehr has been working on empowerment spaces for (queer) fugitives and BPoC* in Germany and with international volunteer services. Sepehr was born in Iran and has lived in Berlin since 2011. In Iran he was only Sepehr, so he still has a hard time identifying with terms like PoC. Polyhomo-queer? At IN*VISION 2019, Sepehr will offer a workshop together with To about shame. weiterlesen ►

The migrant Black pedagogue, social scientist and mother Olenka Bordo Benavides lives in Berlin and works from a feminist perspective in the field of education (critical of discrimination and racism). She works as a lecturer and teamer, as well as an external evaluator for the Berlin Education Programme. She focuses on education, care, decoloniality, empowerment, discrimination and racism … weiterlesen ►