Empowering the struggle for climate justice
This gathering brings together organisers and trainers from across the Climate Justice movement in Europe, to reflect, share, learn, strategise and empower their work.
At a time of growing movement power and signigficant shifts in public narrative, moments of reflection and analysis are crucial for the climate justice movement to make the most of the opportunities and to strategise to overcome new challenges. More than ever we need to be fighting to win and build a massive movement for climate justice.
Climate activists, representing the diverse ecology of the climate movement, from grassroots to progressive NGOs, will find the opportunity to strengthen transnational networks, share and develop strategic approaches and practices, troubleshoot problems, and build the power of our movement.
Participants will bring their personal, organisational and network experience, skills and challenges to the joint inquiry. They should have substantial experience and commitment to climate activism, organising or training.
Ulex will provide a facilitated framework for the sharing, strategizing and inquiry – as well as sharing our own work and frameworks for movement strategy and capacity building.
Public Interest Research Centre will share the learning from their 12-month Framing Climate Justice project – aimed at building the narratives our movement needs.
Already signed up are key organisations and networks from Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Turkey, and UK.
In advance of the training, participants will be asked to complete a survey on skills and experience they wish to share, key challenges for the movement, and opportunities for transnational strategizing.
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Ari’s activism began in 2002, at age 16, as a Bosnian refugee in Canada, where they founded and coordinated a group for LGBTIQ high school students and allies. They were a co-founder and leader at kolekTIRV in Croatia and Trans Network Balkan, involved in community organizing, advocacy, program management, team coordination, capacity building, education, media work, campaigns, events, fundraising, etc. In 2024, they joined the Supervisory Board of the Croatian Trade Union Collective of United Precarious Workers and Activists (SKUPA).
Beyond the Balkan region, Ari served as a Board member at Transgender Europe (TGEU), where they held roles as Secretary, Treasurer, and later Co-chair. They have also been a trainer with the Center for Artistic Activism and served on the Advisory Committee and since 2022 as a Community Care Facilitator at FRIDA — The Young Feminist Fund. Since 2024 they are the Operations Manager at Global Philanthropy Project.
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Sergio (all pronouns) was born in Romania and migrated to Germany in the early 2010s. In the past, he was a social worker with homeless people and a social consultant for Eastern European migrants for various organisations. Trained as a filmmaker, he spent two years making a documentary about the ‘civic reawakening’ in Romania and the waves of protest it brought with it. In connection to this, Sergio is currently co-steering the development of an online open-source participative knowledge production platform on activism in Romania. Over the past nine years, Sergiu has offered his skills to various journalists, grassroots collectives and campaigns, mostly working within the labour rights, climate justice, international solidarity and anti-authoritarian movements in Germany and Romania. Nonetheless, his biggest focus since 2020 has been his work as an organiser with the anarcho-syndicalist Free Workers Union, where he focuses mostly on organising Romanian migrant workers on construction sites, in factories and in the agricultural field.
Building facilitation capacity through participatory practices.
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a space to think critically, to ask challenging and transformative questions, and find deeper inspiration and understanding to empower social change.
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building and strengthening regenerative praxis for BIPOC organisers.
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a Ulex Project Webinar with members of the Frente Amplio.
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strategies for weathering, surviving, and recovering from repressive actions by state and non-state forces.
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new stories for a different world.
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a holistic approach to activist training and education.
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exploring the deeper dynamics of collaboration, for transformation.
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strengthening and connecting transformative social movements.
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tools for effective and sustainable activism.
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Ulex: del Llatí, (argelaga en català) nom:
1. Arbust espinós de fulla perenne i floració, amb gran capacitat de regeneració i resistència. Les seves pues s’obren en entrar en contacte amb el foc i torna a brollar dels tocones carbonitzats. Planta successional que creix bé en condicions difícils. Millora la fertilitat del sòl mitjançant la fixació de nitrogen, preparant el terreny per a una renovada biodiversitat.
2. Una opció tradicional per a encendre focs. Crema amb intensitat i lluentor.
3. Un projecte en xarxa que aporta nutrició i fertilitat als moviments socials europeus a través de la formació
