Dear members of the Braunschweig Anti-Discrimination Network, dear interested parties,
The next anti-discrimination network meeting will take place on Wednesday, December 18th at 14 pm at the Braunschweig Adult Education Center at Alte Waage 15 on the 4th floor.
As part of the International Weeks Against Racism, the Braunschweig Anti-Discrimination Office is holding an open day on March 20th. The doors of rooms E.04 and E.06 at Heydenstrasse 2 will be open between 10:00 a.m. and 16:00 p.m., where the Anti-Discrimination Office moved at the turn of the year and which can be visited on this day. Anyone interested is cordially invited to come and talk to the employees of the Anti-Discrimination Office. What is discrimination? What is the General Equal Treatment Act? What does anti-discrimination advice look like...
The German Anti-Discrimination Association (advd) invites participants to the practical module: Weight Discrimination and Intersectionality as part of its "Community-Based Counseling" project. This workshop explores the topic of anti-fatness from an intersectional perspective. It deepens the understanding of weight discrimination by examining aspects of pathologization and normalization as a continuity of colonial racism. A special focus is placed on raising participants' awareness and analyzing structural levels of weight discrimination as an everyday reality. Target group: This module is aimed at independent counselors who deal with intersectional forms of discrimination and their…
Since we had to postpone our event in January, we look forward to welcoming many of you to Berlin in April. 📅 Date: Tuesday, April 08, 2025📍 Location: tüchtig, Berlin (https://tuechtig-berlin.de/tuechtig/so-finden-sie-uns/)🕚 Time: 11:00 a.m. - 14:00 p.m. From 14:00 p.m. we invite you to a meal together and a relaxed end. A special highlight will be the introduction and presentation of our new brochure "Anti-discrimination advice without ableism", which will serve as an important tool for advice centers in the future. In addition, there will be a panel discussion with guests from anti-discrimination work who will share their experiences and perspectives and...
As part of the "Community-Based Counseling" project, the German Anti-Discrimination Association (advd) invites participants to a module on "Positioning, Counseling Attitude, Self-Care, and Setting Boundaries." The event is aimed at prospective independent counselors working in civil society counseling centers—preferably with a focus on racism and anti-racism. The aim is to encourage reflection on one's own social position as a (possibly peer-to-peer) anti-racism counselor—in a team, within the organization, and within the community context. The goal is a power-critical examination of one's own counseling…
The German Anti-Discrimination Association (advd) invites you to the "AGG Basics" module as part of its "Community-Based Counseling" project. The following topics will be covered: Legal context of discrimination – international and national; Introduction to the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG) – content, benefits, exercises for classifying cases, and deadlines; Differentiation from legal services – when does counseling become a legal service, and under what conditions are counselors permitted to offer it? Target group: This module is aimed at prospective independent counselors working in civil society counseling centers – preferably with...
