Panel Discussion: Combating White Saviourism in Volunteering

Together with Hadis, Ali and Mina we want to discuss the structures of volunteering in the context of flight and migration movements. By listening to their perspectives and experiences of volunteering and with White Saviourism, we are trying to find ways in which volunteering can work on a more equal footing.

Speakers:
Hadis Yakubi (she/her) has personal experience of flight and worked with the feminist collective WISH on Lesvos for 14 months. She has given various lectures among others at the University of Osnabrück and University Berlin to break the silence about the deaths at Europe’s external borders.

Ali (he/him) is a humanitarian aid worker with a background in international law. He has worked at European borders and has also been involved in supporting queer communities and advocating for human rights.

Mina Damnjanovic (she/her): feminist activist from Belgrade. In Belgrade she was mostly involved in queer collectives and in the feminist peace collective Women in Black, where she was mostly involved in actions related to sexual violence in war. In Berlin she works in a kitchen, cleaning and holding feminist self defence workshops for people who have suffered sexual violence. She is also studying a Masters degree in Intercultural Conflict Management at Alice Salomon Hochschule.

Cost: Participation is free / Language: The event will take place in English