LINKS – Organizations, Networks, Individuals

Organizations marked with * are in German only

• 125 Jahre Berliner Afrika-Konferenz: Erinnern, Aufarbeiten, Wiedergutmachen (125th Anniversary of the Berlin Africa Conference: commemoration – reappraisal – reparation)

http://www.berliner-afrika-konferenz.de/welcome

• Adefra e.V. – Schwarze Frauen in Deutschland (Black Women in Germany): A Black women’s forum that undertakes a wide spectrum of projects in politics, education, lifestyle and health*

http://www.adefra.de

• Africavenir International: AfricAvenir is a non-governmental and non-profit organisation engaging in political education and information dissemination both in Africa and in Europe

http://www.africavenir.org/en/about-africavenir.html

• andersdeutsch: a German blog which addresses racist and heternormative discourses from the middle of society*

http://andersdeutsch.blogger.de/

• Antidiskriminierungsnetzwerk Berlin (Anti-diskrimination network Berlin): A project of the Türkischen Bundes TBB (Turkish Alliance) in Berlin-Brandenburg. It is funded by the Berlin senate program against right extremism, antisemitism and xenophobia.*

http://www.adnb.de/

• Antirassismus-Beauftragter der Uni Oldenburg (Anti-racism commissary for the University of Oldenburg) *

www.antirassismus.uni-oldenburg.de

• Ausländer_innen Referat der FU (The International and Immigrant Student Board of the Freie University Berlin): political representation and active support of non-German students at the Freie University Berlin.

http://www.astafu.de/english/international

• cyberNomads: a community that encourages and supports the professional use of modern technologies in non-profits in order to effect social change.*

http://afrotak.wordpress.com/cybernomads/

• Der braune Mob e.V. (The Brown Mob): an organization that was founded by Black people active in media and publicity. *

http://www.derbraunemob.de/deutsch/index.htm

• Commit Berlin: A club that is active in local and global political education and personal and intercultural exchange. Commit has organized among other things a lecture series about colonial continuities at German universities.*

http://commit-berlin.de/

• Derailing for dummies: satirical website which lists and explains derailing tactics

www.derailingfordummies.com

• Grada Kilomba: Psychoanalyst and author. Her literary work is a combination of academic writing and lyrical narrative, approaching remembered stories of slavery, colonialism and episodes of everyday racism. She is the author of “Plantation Memories” (2008) and is currently working on her novel “Kalunga”, a story about the African Diaspora and Orishas.

http://www.gradakilomba.com/

• Initiative Schwarze Menschen in Deutschland (Initiative for Black People in Germany)*

www.isdonline.de

• Inspired Comm-Unity: A network of Black Germans in Berlin founded in 2008. Their goal is to promote empowered self-representation of Black German history and present, work against racism and strengthen the community of Black Germans nationwide. *

http://inspiredcomm-unity.blogsport.com

• Institute of Race Relations: The IRR was established as an independent educational charity in 1958 to carry out research, publish and collect resources on race relations throughout the world. Today, the IRR is at the cutting edge of the research and analysis that inform the struggle for racial justice in Britain, Europe and internationally.

http:/www.irr.org.uk/

• LesMigraS: Anti-violence and anti-discrimination initiative of the Lesbenberatung Berlin e.V. (Lesbian Counsel Berlin)

http://www.lesmigras.de/englisch.html

• Migrationsrat: Lobby for migrants and people with migrant backgrounds in Berlin and Brandenburg*

www.migrationsrat.de

• migraZine: a multilingual online magazine from migrants for everyone. Published by the autonomous migrant organization Maiz located in Linz.

www.migrazine.at

• ReachOut: ReachOut is a counseling center for victims of rightwing extremist, racist or anti-Semitic violence in Berlin.

http://www.reachoutberlin.de/index.php?&newlang=eng

• Der SchwarzeBlog: The blog of the Braunen Mob*

http://blog.derbraunemob.info

• Werkstatt der Kulturen: (Cultur Workshop) A Berlin institution that displays the diversity of migrant and minority cultur, art, and action. *

http://www.werkstatt-der-kulturen.de

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