Who We are
We are the association Initiative Awareness e.V. Together we do not want to accept the current state of inequality, oppression, exclusion and the resulting forms of discrimination and violence. We want to intervene with an emancipatory stance as a practical approach from the feminist movement into the broader public and society, to be part of real change.
Our goal is to inform the public, intervene and break down power structures with an intersectional perspective. Discrimination- and power-sensitive spaces should be made accessible to minimize violence and establish a practice of solidarity. This means that we want to collaborate with civil society actors, political groups, NGOs, cultural creators, event organizers, and associations to fight together and support them in the implementation of awareness and anti-discrimination approaches in their practice.
Our goal is to develop strategies to minimize (sexualized) violence and all forms of discrimination at events and in organizational structures and to support those affected.
Our history
In summer of 2018 Leipzig-based awareness-experienced individuals from the events sector formed the association Initiative Awareness to pool and pass on their knowledge. The association is engaged from an intersectional perspective against sexualized violence and discrimination in event contexts and organizational structures. The initiative advises and supports groups, associations, and event sites in implementing awareness strategies, trains personnel and awareness teams on a supra-regional level, organizes further training, conferences, and nationwide networking days. The association also looks beyond the event context and develops ways in which the idea of awareness can be applied in other societal areas.
We work on awareness at events and in structures
Awareness is a specific practice that finds its way into the mainstream from feminist and emancipatory struggles — becoming increasingly visible as awareness teams at events. Besides awareness at events, we also see great potential in including awareness in group and organizational structures: For some time now we have also been working intensively on awareness in organizational structures: with information material, exchange rounds, networking, and educational and consulting formats.
Our work
1. Content concept work and publications
of information material, podcasts, brochures, etc.
2. Consulting and support
for groups, event organizers and associations
for example in the development of an awareness concept
3. Conducting workshops, training sessions and seminars
4. Training of multipliers
e.g., in Train The Trainers training
5. Networking
of initiatives and groups
in german speaking countries and in Saxony
6. Pilot projects
e.g. awareness in public spaces and structures
7. Region-specific projects
e.g., in Saxony or nationwide
8. Membership
at Night Council Leipzig
at Alliance Together Against Sexism
and at Network Tolerant Saxony
Past cooperations
Our working groups
Management & structure
Education
Projects
Public relations
Team
Ida
Chris
Luana
Luno
Pauline
Thimo
