Workshop: Somatic Empowerment

November 13th, 2023

Workshop with Dr. Cassandra Ellerbe on 02. November and 08. December 2023

For Black, African & Afrodiasporic People and BIPOC

Led by Dr. Cassandra Ellerbe, this workshop was designed for Black people and BIPoc seeking holistic ways to cope with everyday racism and discrimination in Germany, held in English and German.

Highlights:

Embodied Social Justice Techniques
Somatic Work
Action Strategy Development
Movement and Dance Exploration

Create affirming self-care rituals, embracing somatic interventions to promote racial wellness. Under the guidance of Dr. Ellerbe, this workshop provides a safer space to come together and cultivate sustainable self-care, a sense of belonging, and regeneration (on emotional and physical levels).

Dr. Cassandra Ellerbe (she/her) holds an anthropology doctorate with over a decade of experience in EU research projects. Certified in diversity, social justice, and embodied social justice training, her expertise lies in gender, intersectionality, migration, and postcolonial studies.

This workshop is organized by BDB e.V. (Bund für Antidiskriminierungs- und Bildungsarbeit) in cooperation with BIWOC* Rising.

More on BDB e.V.: @bdb.germany or https://bdb-germany.de

Workshop: Questioning ’normal‘ – Disability and Collective Care

April 3, 2023

This workshop aims to question „normal“. We will talk about disability and ableism and how we can be more considerate, inclusive and intentional in our daily lives and shared spaces.

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Durch Raum & Zeit: Unsere Stadtführung nimmt dich mit auf eine Reise in die vielfältige migrantische Geschichte und das Leben in Kreuzberg. Ziel ist es, Stereotype zu brechen und die bedeutenden Beiträge von BIPoC-Communities zu würdigen.
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EquiNet Networking Event x Karakaya Talks

Januar 22, 2026

Wir laden euch herzlich zum nächsten NETWORK MEET-UP ein:
Network Meet-Up – KARAKAYA TALKS x BIWOC Rising*

Bei diesem Präsenztreffen kommen wir zusammen, um gemeinsam zu entscheiden, was dieses Netzwerk sein soll, was es leisten muss und wie wir es nutzen wollen. Es ist ein Raum für Verbindung, und vor allem dafür, gemeinsam konkrete nächste Schritte zu erarbeiten.

Das Event ist in Kooperation mit EquiNet entstanden: einem bundesweiten Ökosystemprojekt für inklusives Unternehmer*innentum und kollektive Innovation.

We warmly invite you to the next NETWORK MEET-UP:
Network Meet-Up – KARAKAYA TALKS x BIWOC Rising*

This in-person gathering brings us together to collectively decide what this network should be, what it needs to do, and how we want to use it. It’s a space for connection — and above all, for working out our next steps together.

The event is organised in cooperation with EquiNet, a nationwide ecosystem project for inclusive entrepreneurship and collective innovation.

INTERSECTIONAL WORK & SOCIAL CLUB

BIWOC* Rising is the first intersectional work & social club in Berlin and Germany. This safer space is exclusively for women, trans, inter and non-binary people who identify as Black, indigenous or of Colour! Through training programs, empowerment workshops, and a work-desk in the heart of Berlin-Kreuzberg, BIWOC* Rising is creating a new working culture – a working culture that transcends the white, homogenous, capitalist one that has been a core driver of gentrification and marginalization in Berlin.

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