Binta wears many hats – educator, facilitator, organizer, activist, social entrepreneur, and mental health advocate – in support of community-led initiatives focused on social and climate justice. She has 10+ years experience working internationally on issues related to digital literacy, educational, social, and economic inclusion of marginalized communities, capacity and community building, and intercultural communication. In addition to organizing and working with anti-racist and feminist organizations in France, her current work focuses on helping movements structure and grow their impact, training youth leaders and activists in campaigning, community building and mobilization, and building networks of peer learning, support, and empowerment for marginalized communities.

laj’s background is in grassroots organising, involving them in various strands of social movement work for nearly two decades, mostly in Eastern and Southern Europe. In more recent years, they have turned their attention to broader European movement building as part of the Ulex core team, where they design programmes, coordinate training teams and facilitate on a wide range of training courses. Ilaj is an experienced trainer with a broad range of skills, particularly in holding space for collective exploration of burnout, weathering repression, navigating trauma and cultivating solidarity in social movements. They are passionate about working with body awareness as a radical means of deconstructing internalised systems of oppression. They have been exploring the intersection between transformative somatics and political organising for a number of years.

Alexander Leon (he/him) is an internationally recognised facilitator, educator, speaker, and LGBTQ+ inclusion advocate.Throughout his career, Alexander’s work has spanned a variety of industries and topics, always with a strong anti-oppression focus. Whether training government ministers on LGBTQ+ inclusion, upskilling grassroots activists on the intersection between climate justice and racial justice, or educating businesses on the importance of understanding systemic oppression, Alexander’s approach is anchored in a strong sense of justice, an avid curiosity, and an openness to play. His clients have included the likes of Greenpeace, NEON, LinkedIn, and Soho House; and his writing on race and queerness has been featured in The Guardian, BBC, The Independent, Huffington Post and more.

Hilal Demir, an anarcha-queer DJing at home is an activist, trainer, facilitator for 20 + years and has experience on organizing, strategizing on nonviolent direct action, campaign and social movement levels, working with power, active solidarity, resilience, repression and security.  She is passionate about leading informal learning experiences, community organizing, group dynamics and organisational cultures, supporting activists and organizations to build long lasting transformative social movements for a just future.

Cori is part of the Ulex team as a trainer, course organiser and coordinator. He is passionate about education and has been trained in various facilitation methods such as process work, theatre of the oppressed and NVC. After years of working with children and teenagers around topics such as sexual education or bullying awareness, he now devotes himself to training and accompanying activist groups. In addition to participating in several local organisations in the area where he lives, Cori loves supporting and maintaining caring communities. In this way, he puts most of his energy into making the beauty of life visible and strengthening the transformative potential of social movements.