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BIWOC* Rising’s Year in Review & 2025 Vision

Dear Community, dear Friends,

 

2024 – what a year! Full of challenges, energy, and moments that made us even stronger as a community. From our shared Iftar in March to our Anniversary & Booklet Launch in November, this year has been a rollercoaster that showed us: community becomes more important year after year, month after month.

 

We’ve had not only unforgettable events but also built intensive networks, taken bold steps in new directions, and said goodbye to dear people. But as we look back, we feel: the next chapter is already calling – and we have big plans ahead.

 

What moved us in 2024? What can we expect in 2025? And what have we achieved together that will have a lasting impact? We share all this and more in this year’s review. So make yourself comfortable and join us on a journey through a year of change and solidarity…

📚 Inspiring conversations with trailblazers like Hanae Bezad
🍉 A summer potluck picnic for the soul
🇦🇲 Team Retreat in Armenia
🎉 5 Years of BIWOC* Rising
📖 Launching our Booklet ‚Reshaping Labour‘
🌱 Launching our Digital Booklet ‚How to Community?!‘

💜 Support Us
Want to help keep our space alive and thriving? You can join our Rising Circle with just 1€ a month. Every bit counts and directly supports our ongoing work to build the future we deserve. Support us here!

Thank you for being part of this journey – here’s to what’s next!

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EquiNet Networking Event x Karakaya Talks

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.

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Podcast Episode #20 EquiNet Talks: Wirtschaftliche Teilhabe/ Economic Violence

Ökonomische Gewalt & Unser Alltag: Geschichten migrantischer und arabischer Frauen, die Barrieren überwinden

Wie kann ich sparen? Wie kann ich meine Finanzen von denen meiner Familie, meines Partners oder meiner Abhängigen trennen? Wie plane ich eine faire Vergütung für meine Arbeit? Wie schütze ich mich vor unbezahlter Arbeit? Warum kann Wirtschaft für meinen marginalisierten Körper gewalttätig werden?

Nada Nabil und Loubna Messaoudi von BIWOC Rising sprechen mit Doa Gomaid Hreish (Arab Women Entrepreneurs / Nazareth) über die alltägliche Realität ökonomischer Gewalt und darüber, wie migrantische und arabische Unternehmerinnen strukturelle Barrieren meistern. Sie reflektieren darüber, wie ökonomische Gewalt Leben, Körper und Möglichkeiten prägt und auf welche Weise Frauen Widerstand leisten, gestalten und Räume für ihre Ideen zurückerobern. Doas Arbeit bei AWE zeigt die alltäglichen wirtschaftlichen Hürden, denen arabische Frauen begegnen, und die kollektiven Strategien, mit denen sie ihnen entgegentreten.

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EquiNet Prelaunch – End of Year Networking Event

Let’s network for equality – ending the year connected and empowered!
Economic exclusion is real, and many of us have experienced it this year.
Whether you’re a migrant or BIPOC entrepreneur, founder, freelancer, artist, or just starting out, we want to hear your needs and concerns.

Our new project EquiNet calls for more justice by empowering entrepreneurs from marginalized communities, helping businesses to turn diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into action.

Before our official launch in early 2026, join us for our End-of-Year Networking Event:
Online: Tuesday, 18 November | 18:00–19:30
In Person: Thursday, 4 December | 18:00–21:00 | BIWOC* Rising Workspace

Let’s gather, chat, and connect with like-minded changemakers to promote equality and diversify business ecosystems!

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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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