ACCT Anti-Racism Conference

This gathering will serve as a platform to highlight initiatives, share best practices, and strengthen our collective efforts to combat racism. Additionally, we will share the results of the EU-funded Anti-Racism and Civic Courage Training (ACCT). 

Through keynote speeches, panel discussions and creative performances in dance, rap, and theater we will demonstrate the work that Union members are doing to actively dismantle and change racist systems, structures, and attitudes at the local and national levels, and beyond. 

Program Overview

• 14:00-14:10: Arrival
• 14:10-14:15: Welcome from Union
• 14:15-14:30: Introduction to Conference and ACCT Results 
• 14:30-14:45: 1st Keynote: Diversity as Anti-Racism in the office space by Garba Diallo, Crossing Borders 
• 14:45-15:00: 2nd Keynote: Intersectional Approaches to Social Sustainablity by Shayi Addean of Another Life 
• 15:00-15:15: Coffee Break and Snacks 
• 15:15-15:30: Performance by Skole for Orientalsk Dans 
• 15:30-16:15: Panel Discussion - Cultural Resilience: The Role of Arts in Deconstructing Racism  
• 16:15-16:30: Coffee Break 
• 16:30-16:45: Performance of "Blinkered" 
• 16:45-17:30: Panel Discussion - Grassroots to Global: Building Anti-Racist Movements 
• 17:30-17:35: Break 
• 17:35-17:50: Rap Performance by Fire Raka 
• 17:50-18:00: Closing and thank you

Panel Discussions

Cultural Resilience: The Role of Arts in Deconstructing Racism

Moderated by Anna Maria Blicher Skanborg, Center for Kunst og Interkultur (CKI).

Participating Organizations: Rapolitics, Center for Kunst og Interkultur (CKI), Afro CosmoPolite Thespians (ACT).

Grassroots to Global: Building Anti-Racist Movements

Moderated by Kiara Walker, Crossing Borders. 

Participating Organizations: SOS Racisme, Refugees Welcome, and more 

About the Performances

Suzanne Sofia Potempa

Suzanne Sofia Potempa is deeply engaged in Middle Eastern culture in her daily life. During the day, Suzanne works with "health, training, and integration" for vulnerable disadvantaged Muslim immigrants and refugee women. The results she has achieved are so outstanding that they have been used in research at the University of Copenhagen and in the Nordic countries. Later in the day, she teaches belly dancing at her dance school, "School for Oriental Dance." 

She loves the feeling of expressing music through her body, conveying the culture of dance, and teaching its diverse and beautiful movements. Suzanne is passionate and constantly evolving. Therefore, she is also active in both large and small cultural activities, national and international, that represent the culture through belly dancing and music. 

Blinkered

Blinkered is a piece that invites the audience to listen, see and challenge their biases through an array of narratives. It breaks down the single story told about Africa while suggesting a humane alternative to the prevailing stereotypes.

Creation Team: Wanjiku Victoria Seest, Gathoni wa Wairura, Kibby Kenneth and Delia Trice. Written by Gathoni wa Wairura and Wanjiku Victoria Seest. Performed by Wanjiku Victoria Seest.

Fire Raka

Fire Raka aka Kaka is best known for his lightning-fast machine gun flow, or as Politikken wrote it "The sharpest dancehall tongue". This is evident, among other things, in the hit numbers "Giv mig et Smil" - "Reggaejam" and "Danish dancehall" - the latter two appeared on his debut EP 'KAKA EP'. 

More Information

Through this collaborative effort, we aim to enhance the visibility of anti-racism work within our community and beyond, fostering stronger networks and deeper cooperation among all participants. We are enthusiastic about the potential of this event to inspire a continued commitment to racial justice. 

Together with Union and our member organizations, we look forward to creating a memorable and impactful gathering. 

For more info, please contact: Andrew Gibbons, Project Coordinator, andrew.g@crossingborders.dk

Co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency
(EACEA). 

Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.