analyse & kritik / Zeitung für linke Debatte & Praxis published an article last winter about transformative justice (written by Mel from the Kollektiv) and reposted, in light of current discussions of police violence related to the G20 protests: Angesichst der eskalierten Polizeigewalt beim G20-Gipfel wird jetzt über ein Problem diskutiert, dass Opfer sexueller… Posted by ak –… Read more →
“Lab for Alternatives” video now up!
Darlins, Ta da! For a quick overview of the whole “What really makes us safe?” Project, as well as our most recent “Lab for Alternatives to Prisons and Police”, check out this video. After minute 4, you’ll get the documentation of TJ Kollektiv’s Melanie Brazzell in conversation with author & midwife Mai’a Williams‘ on the topics of community accountability & revolutionary… Read more →
What really makes us safe? Laboratory for Alternatives to Police & Prisons
Talking Community Accountability with U.S. author & activist Mai’a Williams Launch Party for the “Was macht uns wirklich sicher?” Toolkit & Website Healing Archives Exhibition -linocuts, audio installation, & screening of the film “yes” Reading Lab Transformative Justice Kollektiv Berlin’s zine translation “Das Risiko wagen” & Mai’a Williams’ new anthology “Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines”… Read more →
Interview for Prison Radio
Oldie but goodie. Check out our radio interview (in English) with Montreal-based Prison Radio, which has been on the air in Montreal for more than a decade. The show seeks to confront the invisibility of prisons and prisoner struggle, by focusing on the roots of incarceration, policing, and criminalization, and by challenging ideas about what prisons are and who ends… Read more →
“taking risks”: our zine now online!
Our labor of love is now online: a translation of Communities Against Rape and Abuse (CARA)’s foundational text on community accountability into German. Plus an introduction from our collective about the potentials and pitfalls of translating community accountability in our Berlin contexts. Download and distribute widely! Read more →
Video of “What would really make us safe?” Discussion
Video from our Panel Discussion “What would really make us safe?” is now online. With English subtitles (Thanks to our sheroic translator, Shanti Suki Osman). Check it. #whatwouldreallymakeussafe? Read more →
“What would really make us safe?” Discussion, July 24th
The State sells us safety in the form of borders, policing, and prisons. But… What would really make us safe? Discussion with: Nadija Samour (jurist of color) Stephanie Klee (sex worker & activist, highlights-berlin.de) Sanchita Basu (ReachOut e.V.) Jennifer Petzen (Lesbenberatung e.V.) Sunday, July 24th 7-9 pm Jockel Biergarten Ratiborstr. 14C 10999 Berlin How can seemingly… Read more →
“Carceral Feminisms and Transformative Alternatives” Seminar
Because it is a pet project of mine to compare U.S. and German politics… Because the inspirations for alternatives to the criminal legal system for survivors of violence which we’ve found in community accountability were seeded and grown in U.S. soil… Because we want to seed and grow alternatives here in our Berlin soil, too… …So we need to… Read more →
workshop during tcsd aktionswoche
hey ihr lieben, the transgenialer christopher street day is coming up in berlin on june 23rd and we will be presenting a workshop about community accountability as part of the “action week” leading up to the big event… if you are interested in learning more about community accountability’s approach for transforming harm and oppression in your community, come on… Read more →
summer of justice
hey folkses,sorry for the english, first-off. even though i finished my german test last month, i’m still saying “nein danke” to integration some days. but really, genuine sorries if language blocks anyone’s ability to understand, please just send a mail for explanation.a lot of things are happening! and its only may… so welcome to town, summer of justice. 1. übersetzungs… Read more →