TFW’s Heidi R. Lewis to Teach in Berlin

This summer, from May 25 to June 15, TFW Associate Editor Heidi R. Lewis (Colorado College) will be teaching a course in Berlin on Afro-German Women and Feminism. Heidi and her students will be documenting their experiences by publishing transmedia blogs on her FemGeniuses site everyday during the course.

Many of the sessions and workshops for the course will be conducted at the Frauenkreise, while others will be conducted on site at various organizations and centers in the city. Session and workshop leaders include: Katharina Oguntoye of the Joliba Interkulturelles Netzwerk, Ika Hügel-Marshall, Dagmar Schultz, Nadine Saeed of the Oury Jalloh Initiative, Heike Radvan of the Amadeu Antonio Stiftung, Cassandra Ellerbe-Dück, Sharon Dodua Otoo of Witnessed, Elizabeth Adekunle of the African Women and Youth Organization, Jamile da Silva e Silva, Rebecca Brückmann, Josy Apraku, Maja Figge, Daniel Gyamerah of Each One Teach One, Biplab Basu of ReachOut Berlin, Magda and Kristina of Fat Up!, Katarzyna Wojnicka and Bernard Könnecke of Dissens, Andrea Ottmer of the Society for Trans Identity and Intersexuality, Marlena and Andrea of TransSisters, Diana Richlyk of Queer@School, and more!