1) Orga part
Hello, nice to see you all here.
Schedule
There are now some organizational points that are important for today’s event.
There will be a few speeches lasting about an hour. Then we will walk, which will be a little shorter this year, e.g., not through the city center because it is Sunday, and will also take about an hour. Then we will come back here and listen to more speeches for another half hour.
All of the speeches have important content, and we hope you have the energy to listen to them all. Maybe you can make yourselves comfortable on the floor or something.
Translations: Unfortunately, we haven’t been able to provide translations this year, but there will be speeches in German and English. We will try to publish them on our website: 8marzfreiburg.noblogs.org and then repost them on Instagram.
Consumption, party
This is not a party; therefore, we would like people to refrain from consuming intoxicants such as alcohol, weed, etc., if possible, or to keep consumption to a minimum. We want to create a low-consumption space where people are considerate of others, because open consumption can be very unpleasant for other people.
March 8 is not Feminism Consumption Day. We are here because we are angry and because there is an urgent need for change.
Take to the streets together! Empower yourselves by being loud if that suits you, participate in a way that is good for you, and feel the common struggle and that there are many of us. Connect with people, exchange ideas about your struggles, your fears, your uncertainties, your hopes and ideas for strengthening intersectional feminism, about how you can take responsibility and get others to take responsibility.
If, contrary to expectations, there is repression by the police, don’t leave each other alone! Some are affected, but we are all meant!
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Awareness
If you experience violence, boundary violations, or discrimination, or if your nervous system is stressed, contact the awareness team in the purple vests. They will try to support you, find out what you need, and make it happen. Your perception and perspective are central to everything that happens and will not be questioned. There is also a quiet room; ask the awareness team about it.
Order*ers
Ask them if you have any questions; maybe they can answer them; if they pass on information, please listen.
Flags
Please no national flags. Only flags of countries engaged in anti-colonial struggles are okay. Please no banners or flags from any organizations. Please only feminist struggles on banners and flags.
Route
We will now walk past the platz der alten synagoge; straight ahead into Sedanstraße, then along Bismarkallee under the blue bridge, past the train station, then right into Friedrichsring to Fahnenbergplatz and back here to platz der alten synagoge.
The first block is a flinta* block: We would like to emphasize once again that FLINTA people are not only women and people who are read as female; FLINTA stands for women, lesbians, intersex, non-binary, transgender, and agender people. You cannot tell another person’s gender by looking at them. We want to actively dismantle the binary gender system, and that includes recognizing other people’s gender identities.
9) Tadamun
Our hearts ache, in the month for mercy. We asked for nothing but dawn meals in quiet kitchens, soft prayers in the night, dates shared between loving hands. We did not ask for gold, we did not ask for gifts, we asked for justice and PEACE. Instead sirens, bombs and smoke. Parents digging through rubble finding what no one should ever have to find. In the holiest month, why does the sky burn? Why does grief arrive right when we try to purify our hearts? When one of us trembles, all of us feel it. When a mother cries, the world should cry with her.cries, the world should cry with her. We celebrate your holidays, we wish you warmth, joy and safety. Why can we not break our fast without breaking inside? What about humanity? Is it buried under the dust? Have we it forgotten how to breathe? Our hearts ache, but they ache because they still believe Justice and Peace can be fought for.