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EYFA Summer Newsletter
by EYFA_newsletter 21 Jun '23

21 Jun '23

Dear all, it's that time of the year again when we reach out to you with our EYFA newsletter. We hope to see you in some events this summer! In solidarity, the EYFA team

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**CALL OUT** Publication contribution - Disability & Accessibility in grassroots,organizations
by EYFA_newsletter 14 Jul '21

14 Jul '21

***CALL OUT** Publication contribution - Disability & Accessibility in grassroots** **organizations *EYFA has been working on a year-long project visibilizing the structural and societal challenges that young and/or marginalized people with disabilities face within and outside of movements. We hope to encourage activist groups and individuals to question their understanding of accessibility and inclusion with the aim of building and strengthening solidarity practices and allyship. So far, we have interviewed disability justice groups and those with lived experience of invisible and visible disabilities to gather various perspectives that will be compiled and published. We are currently reaching out to include more experiences and perspectives for the publication. Contributions can be in form of a text, comic, drawing or any other form of graphic. It could also be work you have already done in the past! *We are keen on contributions on the following topics:* • Ableism and discrimination within social and environmental movements • What inclusion means for you • Your experience of living with disability/illness • Accessibility as a practice - beyond structural considerations like ramps • Intersectional approaches to disability justice • Responsible allyship and best solidarity practices * **Who is invited to submit?* Anyone with lived experiences of visible or invisible disabilities, chronic illness, neurodiversities. *What about the Publication?* The idea is to create a guide on how we can better organize ourselves / events / networks and daily life in a way that is more inclusive and accessible to all. The final work will be distributed both online and in hard copy among grassroots groups/projects & basically any individual interested in creating spaces that are safer and accessible! Payment :100euro per contributor/group *SUBMIT TO : 2021(a)eyfa.org by 25th of July* /Kindly share!/

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Invitation to Ecotopia Biketour 2021: Czech republic, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia (July 9 - end of September)
by EYFA_newsletter 14 Jul '21

14 Jul '21

*English - Deutsch - Français- Italiano - Slovensky - עִבְרִית* Spread the message! Register for the tour here: https://www.ecotopiabiketour.net/ecotopia-biketour-2021/register-2021 **English** Ecotopia Biketour is a self-organised, international community that has been organising a yearly bicycle tour in different regions of Europe since 1990. During the tour we visit environmental and social projects and practice forms of activism and sustainable living. We cook communal vegan food, practice consensus decision making, and share skills by doing workshops. Ecotopia Biketour is for anyone interested in travelling by bike, community life, DIY, an ecological lifestyle, and/or learning by experience. If this sounds good to you, feel welcome to join us! We are usually a group of 20–40 cyclists. Most people join for between 2 weeks and 2 months and are participating for the first time. We rarely cycle all together, some people go ahead in the morning and mark the route with arrows on the road. People then follow in small groups at their own speed and rhythm. We support each other and keep distances at a level that everybody and everybike can manage. Don't worry if you have never travelled by bike before. We attempt for a non-hierarchical environment by rotating responsibilities, sharing skills and respecting personal needs. People can sign up for daily tasks (cooking, pulling a trailer, marking the route, etc.), but everyone can decide individually how much they want to do. We gather as a group in a circle every few days to talk about how everything is going and to collectively make decisions. We aim to create a non-discriminatory environment, where discrimination based on perceived or actual gender or sexual orientation, class, race, age, ability or religion is not tolerated. We cook communally with portable stoves, carry all our equipment ourselves, try to buy local and organic food; and we dumpster-dive where possible. We suggest a donation of 3–5 € per day to cover food costs, but people who cannot give this donation are also welcome to join. In the year 2021 we will be cycling for 2½ months in Czech republic, Austria, Slovenia and Croatia. We will start on the 9th of July close to Prague with one-week of preparation camp and cycle south towards Linz to join the bike festival Cyclocamp (July 30 - August 8), then going east crisscrossing Danube towards Vienna. We will then continue south admiring the Alps, visiting Graz, Ljubljana, pass by Zagreb, eventually navigate westwards and cycle to the Adriatic for a final swim. If you have some questions or have recommendations for projects, groups and events for us to visit on the way or would like to help preparing the tour, please write to 2021(a)ecotopiabiketour.net or join our mailing list on our website: https://www.ecotopiabiketour.net/ **Deutsch** Ecotopia Biketour ist eine selbstorganisierte internationale Community, die seit 1990 eine jährliche Fahrradtour durch Europa organisiert. Auf der Tour werden soziale und ökologische Projekte besucht und verschiedene Arten von Aktivismus und nachhaltigem Zusammenleben praktiziert. Wir ernähren uns vegan, treffen Entscheidungen per Konsens und versuchen, unser Wissen zu teilen. Die Biketour ist für alle, die am Fahrradfahren, gemeinschaftlichen Zusammenleben, Selbstorganisation, Nachhaltigkeit und praktischen Lernen interessiert sind. Normalerweise fahren 20–40 Leute gleichzeitig mit, die meisten bleiben für 2 Wochen bis 2 Monate und sind zum ersten oder zweiten Mal dabei. Wir fahren fast nie als geschlossene Gruppe, sondern ein paar fahren morgens voraus und markieren die Route mit Pfeilen auf der Straße. So können alle in ihrem eigenen Tempo fahren und entscheiden, ob sie Gesellschaft haben möchten oder nicht. Die Entfernungen werden gering gehalten und sind auch ohne vorheriges regelmäßiges Sporttreiben machbar. Wir versuchen, Hierarchien zu bekämpfen, indem wir Verantwortlichkeiten rotieren, Wissen austauschen und persönliche Bedürfnisse berücksichtigen. Aufgaben (Kochen, Anhänger ziehen, Route markieren etc.) können und sollen freiwillig übernommen werden. Alle paar Tage machen wir Plenum, um uns auszutauschen und Entscheidungen zu treffen. Wir streben ein nicht-diskriminatorisches Umfeld an und tolerieren keine Diskriminierung aufgrund von Geschlechts- und sexueller Orientierung, Rassismus, Klassismus, Behinderungen jeglicher Art, Alter oder Religion. Wir transportieren unsere Töpfe auf Fahrradanhängern, kochen mit Holz und versuchen, regional und bio zu kaufen und zu containern, wo es möglich ist. Es wird empfohlen, 3–5 € pro Tag für Lebensmittel beizusteuern, dieser Beitrag ist aber freiwillig. Im Jahr 2021 starten wir in Tschechien und für 2½ Monate radeln durch Österreich, Slowenien und enden die Tour in Kroatien. Wir treffen uns am 9. Juli nördlich von Prag für ein einwöchentliches Vorbereitungscamp und fahren gemeinsam südlicher Richtung nach Linz zum Cyclocamp (30. Juli - 8. August). Danach mäandern wir östlicher Richtung der Donau entlang nach Wien. Von dort aus fahren wir nach Graz, bestaunen die Alpen auf dem Weg, und rollen weiter nach Süden Richtung Ljubljana und Zagreb. Die Tour endet gemütlich am Adriatischen Meer in Kroatien für eine letzte Abkühlung. Falls ihr Empfehlungen für Projekte, Gruppen und Ereignisse habt, die wir auf dem Weg besuchen sollten, oder wenn ihr mithelfen wollt, die Tour vorzubereiten, schreibt uns an 2021(a)ecotopiabiketour.net oder tragt euch auf unserer Website auf den Mailverteiler ein: https://www.ecotopiabiketour.net/. * ***Français** Le cyclo-tour Ecotopia est un tour à vélo autogéré organisé depuis 1990 chaque année par un collectif international à travers l'Europe. Pendant le cyclo-tour, nous visitons des projets écologiques et sociaux, et participons à des activités militantes et respectueuses de l'environnement. Nous cuisinons de la nourriture vegan, les décisions se font au consensus et nous souhaitons autant que possible organiser des ateliers de transmissions de compétences. Le cyclo-tour Ecotopia s'adresse à quiconque est interessé.e par l'idée de voyager à vélo, vivre en communauté, bricoler/DIY, se poser des questions sur l'écologie et apprendre par l'expérience. Si ces sujets te parlent, nous t'invitons à nous rejoindre! Le groupe est généralement constitué de 20 à 40 cyclistes. La plupart participent entre 2 semaines et 2 mois, et c'est souvent leur première ou deuxième fois. Nous voyageons rarement tou.tes ensemble, certain.e.s d'entre nous partent tôt le matin et flèchent la route à la craie. Les autres suivent ensuite en petits groupes à leur propre rythme. Chaque étape est calculée afin que tout le monde puisse suivre avec n'importe quel type de vélo. Ne t'inqiéte pas si tu n'as jamais voyagé à vélo auparavant. Nous essayons de créer un environnement autogéré, c'est-à-dire sans hiérarchie, en faisant tourner les responsabilités, partageant nos savoirs et en respectant les besoins individuels. Chacun.e peut s'inscrire pour les tâches quotidiennes (faire la cuisine, rouler avec une remorque, flécher la route, etc) mais chacun.e est libre de décider personnellement la mesure de sa contribution. Tous les 2-3 jours, nous nous réunions en cercle pour discuter de comment le voyage se passe , faire un tour des ressentis et prendre des décisions collectivement. Nous souhaitons créer un environnement non discriminant, où la LGBTQIA+phobie, le sexisme, le racisme, le classisme, le validisme, les discriminations liées à la religion et toutes autres formes de discriminations ne sont pas tolérées. Nous cuisinons ensemble sur des réchauds à bois, portons tous notre équipement et essayons autant que possible d'acheter de la nourriture bio et/ou locale et de faire de la récup'. Nous encourageons une participation à prix libre à la hauteur de 3 à 5 euros par jour, chacun.e selon ses moyens, si quelqu'un.e ne peut pas participer il.le est également bienvenu.e. En 2021 nous voyagerons pour 2½ mois en Tchéquie, Autriche, Slovénie et Croatie. Nous commencerons le voyage le 9 juillet dans le nord de Prague et roulerons vers le Sud jusqu'à Linz pour rejoindre le festival de vélo Cyclocamp (du 30 juillet au 8 août). Nous irons ensuite à l'Est vers Vienne, puis nous continuerons vers le Sud, en longeant les Alpes et en passant par Graz et Ljubljana. Nous visiterons ensuite Zagreb pour finalement aller vers l'Ouest, rejoindre la méditerannée et clore le voyage les pieds dans l'eau. Si tu as des questions ou des recommendations pour des projets, des groupes ou des événements à visiter sur le chemin, ou si tu veux aider à l'organisation du tour, merci d'écrire à 2021(a)ecotopiabiketour.net ou de t'inscrire à notre lettre électronique sur la page internet www.ecotopiabiketour.net * ***Italiano** L’Ecotopia Biketour è una comunità internazionale auto-organizzata che organizza ogni anno dal 1990 un giro in bicicletta in diverse regioni d'Europa. Durante il viaggio visitiamo progetti ambientali e sociali, praticando forme di attivismo e stili di vita sostenibili. Seguiamo una dieta vegana, prendiamo decisioni per consenso e incoraggiamo la condivisione interpersonale. L’Ecotopia Biketour è aperto a chiunque sia interessato a viaggiare in bicicletta, alla vita in comunità, all'autonomia e all'autosufficienza (fai da te), all’ambientalismo e ad imparare nuove cose. Di solito 20-40 persone pedalano con noi. Gran parte di loro si aggregano in qualche punto del tragitto per periodi dalle due settimane ai due mesi, partecipando al Biketour per la prima o seconda volta. Raramente pedaliamo tutti insieme: solitamente qualcuno va avanti al mattino e fa da apripista per gli altri, lasciando segni sulla strada. Gli altri quindi proseguono in piccoli gruppi al proprio ritmo e velocità. Copriamo ogni giorno distanze per le quali non sono necessarie una particolare esperienza o condizione fisica. Cerchiamo di creare un ambiente non gerarchico facendo ruotare le responsabilità, condividendo le abilità e rispettando i bisogni personali. Ognuno può proporsi per compiti quotidiani (cucinare, trainare un rimorchio, fare da apripista, ecc…), ma chiunque è libero di decidere individualmente quanto vuole contribuire. Ci riuniamo ogni due giorni per parlare dell'andamento del viaggio e per prendere decisioni sulla base del consenso. Uno dei nostri principi fondamentali è costruire un ambiente accogliente per tutti, dove la discriminazione basata su genere o orientamento sessuale, classe, origini, età, disabilità o religione non è tollerata. Cuciniamo sempre tutti insieme con la legna, trasportiamo tutto il nostro equipaggiamento e cerchiamo di comprare cibo locale e biologico e di fare dumpster-diving laddove possibile. Ai partecipanti si chiede un contributo di 3-5 euro al giorno per coprire le spese per il cibo, ma anche quanti non sono in grado di fare donazioni sono invitati a partecipare. Quest’anno viaggeremo per 2½ mesi in Repubblica Ceca, Austria, Slovenia e Croazia. Ci troveremo il 9 luglio a nord di Praga per una settimana di preparativi; pedaleremo a sud verso Linz per partecipare al bike festival Cyclocamp (30 luglio – 8 agosto) poi a est incrociando il Danubio, verso Vienna. Continueremo a sud, ammirando le Alpi, passando per Graz, Lubiana, Zagreb, infine a ovest verso l’Adriatico per un bagno conclusivo. Se vuoi aiutarci a preparare il tour oppure se vuoi segnalarci dei progetti, delle comunità o degli eventi presenti sul percorso, scrivici a 2021(a)ecotopiabiketour.net **Slovensky** Ecotopia Biketour je samostatne organizovaná medzinárodná komunita, ktorá od roku 1990 každé leto organizuje cyklotúru v rôznych častiach Európy. Počas týchto túr navštevujeme rôzne environmentálne a sociálne projekty, aktivizujeme sa a žijeme udržateľným spôsobom života. Varíme spoločnú veganskú stravu, robíme rozhodnutia na základe spoločného konsenzu a zdieľame naše zručnosti cez workshopy. Ecotopia Biketour je pre každého, kto sa zaujíma o cestovanie na bicykli, komunitný život, DIY, ekologický životný štýl a/alebo osobný rast na základe skúseností. Ak sa ti to páčí, neváhaj sa k nám pridať! Zvyčajne je nás v skupine 20-40. Väčšina ľudí sa pridáva na dobu od 2 týždňov až po 2 mesiace a zúčastňuje sa po prvý raz. Málekedy bicyklujeme všetci spolu. Niektorí ľudia idú napred už skoro ráno a značia šípkami spoločnú trasu. Ostatní ich neskôr nasledujú vlastným tempom. Vzájomne si pomáhame a robíme také vzdialenosti, ktoré dokáže zvládnuť každý človek a každý bicykel. Ak cestuješ na bicykli po prvý raz, nemusíš sa báť! Snažíme sa o vytvorenie prostredia bez hierachického usporiadania striedaním povinností, zdieľaním zručností a rešpektovaním osobných potrieb. Ľudia sa môžu prihlásiť na denné úlohy (varenie, ťahanie cykloprívesu, značenie cesty, atď.), ale je na každého osobnom zvážení, na koľko sa chce podieľať. Niekoľko krát do týždňa sa spolu zídeme, rozpŕavame sa o túre a robíme kolektívne rozhodnutia. Naším cieľom je vytvoriť prostredie, kde diskriminácia na základe vnímaného alebo skutočného rodu či sexuálnej orientácie, triedy, rasy, veku, schopností alebo vierovyznania nie je tolerovaná. Varíme spoločne na mobilných pieckach "rocket stove", vezieme kolektívnu výbavu a snažíme sa nakupovať potraviny od miestnych alebo bio výrobcov alebo ich hľadáme v kontajneroch (dumpster diving), ak je to možné. Od účastníkov pýtame dobrovoľný denný príspevok 3-5 € na pokrytie spoločných výdavkov, ale aj ľudia ktorí si to nemôžu dovoliť, sú u nás vítaní. V roku 2021 budeme bicyklovať 2½ mesiaca v Českej republike, Rakúsku, Slovinsku a Chorvátsku. Začneme 9. júla severne od Prahy jednotýždenným prípravným táborom a potom sa vydáme južne smerom k Linzu, kde sa zúčastníme cyklofestivalu Cyclocamp (30. júl - 8. august). Odtiaľ pôjdeme na východ krížom krážom popri Dunaji smerom do Viedne. Kochajúc sa pohorím Álp pôjdeme ďalej na juh, kde cestou navštívime Graz, Ľubľanu a Zagreb. Eventuélne na bicykloch donavigujeme k pobrežiu a zaplávame si v Jadranskom mori. Ak máš nejaké otázky alebo tipy na zaujímavé miesta, projekty a udalosti, ktoré by sme mohli navštíviť počas našej túry, alebo ak sa chceš zapojiť do organizácie, prosím napíš nám na 2021(a)ecotopiabiketour.net alebo sa pridaj do mailing listu na našej webstránke: www.ecotopiabiketour.net **עִבְרִית** אקוטופיה בייקטור היא קהילה מאורגנת בין לאומית המארגנת מסע אופניים שנתי באיזורים שונים באירופיה מאז 1990. במהלך המסע אנו מבקרים פרוייקטים סביבתיים-חברתיים ומתרגלים צורות שונות של אקטיביזם וקיימות. אנו מבשלים אוכל טבעוני, מתרגלים קבלת החלטות בקונצנזוס וחולקים מיומנויות על ידי סדנאות. אקוטופיה בייקטור היא בשביל כל אחד המעוניין בטיול אופניים, חיי קהילה, "עשה זאת בעצמך" אורח חיים אקולוגי ו/או ללמוד מתוך התנסות. אם זה נשמע לך טוב, תרגיש חופשי להצטרך אלינו! אנחנו בדרך כלל קבוצה של 20-40 רוכבים, רובם משתתפים חדשים המצטרפים לשבועיים עד חודשיים. לרוב, איננו רוכבים ביחד, חלק מהאנשים יוצאים בבוקר לסמן את הדרך בחיצים על הכביש. שאר האנשים עוקבים בקבוצות קטנות במהירות ובקצב האישי שלהם. אנחנו תומכים אחד בשני ומשאירים את המרחק ברמה שכל אחד וכל אופניים יכולים לשאת. אל תדאג.י אם מעולם לא טיילת על אופניים לפני כן. אנחנו מנסים ליצור סביבה נטולת היררכיה על ידי חלוקת אחריות מתחלפת, שיתוף ידע וכיבוד צרכים אישיים. אנשים יכולים להירשם למשימות יומיות (בישול, נשיאת טריילרים, סימון הדרך וכו'), אבל כל אחד יכול להחליט באופן אישי כמה להשתתף. אנחנו מתכנסים כקבוצה במעגל כל כמה ימים לשתף איך הולך ולקבל החלטות קבוצתיות. אחד מערכי הבסיס שלנו זה ליצור סביבה ללא אפליה. תפיסות מוטות מגדר, מין, מעמד, גזע, גיל, יכולת או דת לא ייתקבלו בברכה. אנו מבשלים על ידי גזיות ניידות, לוקחים את כל הציוד בעצמנו, מנסים לקנות אוכל אורגני ומקומי; ומצילים אוכל מפחים בכל הזדמנות אפשרית. אנחנו ממליצים לתרום 3-5 יורו ליום (12-20 שקלים) לכסות הוצאות של אוכל, אבל אנשים שלא יכולים לתרום מוזמנים להצטרף בכל זאת. השנה נרכב בצ'כיה, אוסטריה, סלובניה וקרואטיה מתחילת יולי עד סוף ספטמבר. נתחיל ב-9.7 צפונית לפראג ונרכב דרומה ללינץ (אוסטריה), שם נצטרף לפסטיבל אופניים בינלאומי - Cyclocamp (30.7-8.8). משם נמשיך מזרחה לכיוון וינה. לאחר מכן דרומה, נחצה את הגבול עם האלפים, נבקר בגראץ, נמשיך ללובליאנה ומשם מזרחה לזאגרב. בהמשך נפנה מערב ונרכב אל עבר הים התיכון לטבילה אחרונה. אם יש לכם שאלות או המלצות לפרוייקטים, קבוצות ואירועים שנוכל לבקר על הדרך או תרצו לעזור לארגן את המסע כתבו לנו 2021(a)ecotopiabiketour.net :או הצטרפו לרשימת התפוצה שלנו באתר https://www.ecotopiabiketour.net/

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Zapatista Update
by EYFA_newsletter 06 Apr '21

06 Apr '21

Dear friends, Please find below some additional information following the Zapatista's request. ps: for those who are worried about having meetings during the pandemic - there's also the possibility to organize something online! there is still a chance to send an invite despite the deadline. ------ Dear friends and comrades, now we got the information that a vanguard delegation of the delegation will already head to europe on the 10th of april and arrive mid of june! They want to visit all the people/groups who invited them before the actual delegation comes. More delegations will follow and visit the places they're invited to. Confirmed are: Germany, Austria, Belgica, Katalunia, Denmark, Croatia, Slovenia, Spain, Finland, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Nethterlands, Basque Country, Poland, Portugal, Great Britain, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey. We are still in communication, because friends in some countries, for example Czec Republic or Russia, also invited them but are not listed. If you want to organize something with a part of the zapatista/CNI-delegation invitations can still be send until 5th of April. That's six months after declaring their journey to europe. So it is very few time but we are trying to reach people/movements from places where wasn‘t made an invitation to the zapatistas yet. But even if this information reaches you too late or you don‘t have enough time to decide it in this few time, please tell us if you want to invite the comrades. And if you want to invite them directly write to: laotra(a)ezln.org.mx and notienlacezap(a)gmail.com And there was also a message from the Zapatista women which the Sup Galeano forwarded in the last europeanwide meeting: „The comrades greet and embrace the women of that geography with the same affection, respect and admiration that they embrace the migrant woman or not, without organization, name or surname, without race or language that distinguishes her, who in the streets or in her place in Europe suffers disappearance, aggressions, dismemberment and death. They salute their resistance, their struggles; be they big or small, be they mediatic or not, be they fashionable or not, receive or not much diffusion, solidarity, support and coverage. So the comrades want to make clear that there is no interest in priviledge one group of women above another.“ There has been also been some critiques from the zapatista comrades towards organizing/thinking too much nationwise. And also about the lack of organization from left and below (which became visible again in the organization for the zapatista delegation). As there is a European coordination to organize in between different countries/movements/places for the visit of the zapatistas/CNI we can also connect you there if you are interested. And if you have questions you can write us to this mailadress: oeag(a)ya-basta-netz.org Our conclusion at this time is: we have to continue with the planning and preparations while staying really flexible about all the circumstances. It remains being a challenge - the zapatistas are giving us real-time lessons in organizing... In solidarity and rebellion, wanya from the network to organize the zapatista/CNI delegation

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Zapatista/CNI Collaboration request
by EYFA_newsletter 30 Mar '21

30 Mar '21

Dear friends, Our comrades, who are part of the Zapatista movement are planning their trip to Europe in the summer to coordinate and strengthen solidarity networks on topics of feminism, antifascism, etc. They are looking to coordinate with more groups/networks from Eastern Europe. Please get in touch or share with your networks. *((More info below))* Dear friends and comrades, as you might have heard a delegation from the zapatista movement and the indigenous congress of Mexico (CNI) is planning to come to Europe this summer. They want to meet people here and get to know eachother within the fights/movements from the left and from below. It‘s about building up connections in a global situation of crisis and strengthen a globalwide anticapitalist, antifascist, feminist and ecological network. In the future they also plan to visit other continents. For now the situation got a bit unclear because of the corona-situation, but the latest informations we have is that they want to come with 160 comrades (120 from the zapatistas and 40 from CNI, and at least 100 of them are women). Of course they would not travel all the time with 160 comrades as it is also difficult with hosting, corona, etc. The plan is to make groups of people who would travel in different routes. Concrete topics they want to talk about are feminicides, fascism and ecology. But in general they want to get to know the different fights and the topics inside it. There is now a europeanwide coordination to plan the journey when the comrades are here and there are several groups and movements coming together there. Until now unfortunately there are not much groups/movements from eastern europe in the coordination. So we are now directly writing to you, as it is also a possibility to strengthen our networks from left and below. So the question is if you want to organize something with a part of the zapatista/CNI-delegation. It could be very different things depending on what is possible due to the local situation (how much people, what form, online or reallife). And the other question is if you are interested to get in touch with the europeanwide coordination for the zapatista/CNI-Delegation. Due to feminist organizing there are also europeanwide meetings and now there is a feminist encounter with the zapatistas planned (in case it is possible again to meet with more people outside, but if it is needed we adapt our plans to the situation). So maybe there are also people (but no cis-men) interested in taking part in that encounter. Here is also the communiqué, in which the zapatistas declare their journey (in russian and english): http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/2020/12/11/%d1%87%d0%b0%d1%81%d1%82%d1%8… http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/2020/10/07/part-six-a-mountain-on-the-hi… And here the decleration as an answer to their announcement to visit the world, signed from different groups from everywhere. So if you want to organize something, you can also look up there whoelse signed this decleration in your country and connect with them. http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/2021/01/01/primera-parte-una-declaracion… If you have questions or like to get in touch write to: oeag(a)ya-basta-netz.org In solidarity and rebellion, wanya from the network to organize the zapatista/CNI delegation

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newsletter21
by EYFA_newsletter 12 Feb '21

12 Feb '21

dear everyone, find in the attachment EYFA newsletter. soon also on our website. write us if you prefer other format/body txt. in solidarity, EYFA team

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invitation to EYFA winter newsletter
by EYFA_newsletter 18 Jan '21

18 Jan '21

serwus, just like in the previous years EYFA is inviting you to contribute to our winter newsletter. what is new in 2021 is not only the question about your activities, but also the questions about the resources and support you need or can offer. please check the pad - https://pad.riseup.net/p/EYFAnewsletter2021 and answer the questions you like till the end of january. at the beginning of february we will distribute the newsletter within our network. we hope you and your collectives are doing somehow fine, despite all the challenging (and let's be honest, often horrible) circumstances. in solidarity, EYFA office

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nov2020 newsletter, an important update from the eyfa office
by EYFA_newsletter 26 Nov '20

26 Nov '20

Dearest eyfa network, *TL:DR synopsis: * Since there is noopportunity for an eyfa network meeting this year, we are keen to share the renewed priorities that 2020 brought to the eyfa office.We want to be better at our solidarity work and particularly with how we show up for racial and disablity justice struggles. It's our aim to be aware of intersectionality and to apply this lens in our understanding of issues,both internally andin our projects &collaborations. Read on to find out: Howto organise together with us next year How our decolonizing process is going & tips*? for thoseinterested in reflecting on the dominance of white supremacy culture in your activist groups How to participatein any of the trainings eyfa is offering next year Wewould also like toknow how you are doing.Things are hard, but we believe in the ongoing will to collaborate! ...Read More... * 2020, a year of internal reflections on collective and societal racial dynamics* In case you've been wondering what we at the eyfa office have been up to these past months (as so much of our programme has been either canceled or postponed), we wanted to share with you a bit about the internal, structural processes that we've been busy with. There are 2 highlights that might interest you: 1) we've been working on putting our values better into practice, particularly in terms of what 'intersectionality' needs to look like in our movements (this means an increased focus on racial justice and disability justice!) 2) we've been working on decolonizing our modes of working, dismantling white supremacy culture in our office, and reimagining what it means to be a truly anti-racist organisation In order to make these interventions, we've utilised various anti-racist tool(kit)s (that we are happy to share with those who are interested!), challenged ourselves to have more conversations about race, relied on some valuable support from our board members who are indeed comrades and friends, traversed some difficult interpersonal landscapes together, putting in varied amounts of emotional labor, and stuck to our commitment to each other and to collective liberation/justice. We decided to structure our internal processes by breaking it down in to several different aspects of how we organise and work together (e.g. how we interact with the network, staff recuitment, office agreements, etc.). We've approached these different aspects now weekly for quite a few months and we're in a pretty constant state of evaluating the process. ***What's been most challenging for us in all of this* The whole process (of keeping up with all of our conversations taking notes, checking again for consensus, revising, questioning our own terminology, then proposing a new thing/idea - all while working mostly virtually!) in itself is lengthy and requires patience especially in theseuncertain circumstances. It can be demotivating to stay stuck in avisionary phase with wanting to make some structural changes but without much opportunityto actually take any action. Also, it's been difficult to maintain consistency during moments of emotional/mental drainage. At different times, on different days, we've all felt more or less anxious or demoralised by the state of the world and so we struggle to put in the energy to tackle theheavy topics(like the harm that we may have caused each other unknowingly) when we finally manage to meet together. Maybe that's why it has taken us so long to reach out to you. * What does this mean for our future work and how we're organising?* In general, we are pushing for applying intersectionality as a lens for all our projects, as well as our collaborations with other groups, initiatives, and ourselves. In our upcoming projects, we want to give a more central role to the topics of migrant solidarity, anti-racism, critical whiteness, decolonization, etc. This means we wish formore of our white comrades to be engagedin reflecting on their whiteness, white supremacy culture, and their role in anti-racist movements, while at the same time we want to reach out and collaborate with more groups and individuals working within BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) and migrant communities. We are in the process of recruitingnew office staffso that we can have more BIPOC representation in the office and on the board. A critical elementin this processis how important we see the normalizing of difficult conversations surrounding racial dynamics, particularly in spaces/groups professing non-hierarchical structures! * Where is the eyfa network in all this?* We aren't able to have a network meeting this year, so would instead like to take this opportunity to envision collaboration with and among you all. *Participation Call Out:* In case you would be interested in participating in 1 of 2 trainings that we hope to conduct in Berlin early 2021: 1) *Empowerment workshop for BIPOC activists* 2) *Antiracism and Allies* write us for more info and to see if there is still space available. *Orga team call out + looking for tips:* Our overarching workplan for next year is to explore the intersection between disability and racial justice, within which we are hoping to conduct study visits, create a publication, host an international youth exchange, and develop an online course. We are looking for people to get involved in the organisational process of these activities, from basic conceptualizing and planning logistics, to more specific tasks like graphic and/or web designers for the online course. We look forward to hearing from those of you who would be interested in organising together! Also please share this general info with your trusted comrades who might not be on this list. Because of the topic of the workplan, we are expressly commited to involving more disabled and BIPOC comrades in the orga teams. Further, if you have any suggestions for groups or organisations that we should contact to collaborate with on this workplan, share your tips with us! *Put some anti-racist tool(kit)s to use in your own contexts:*we would like to invite any of you who would be interested in conducting some similar interventions in your own groups, to contact us so we can share some of the materials that we have gathered. We acknowledge that there is a hurdle sometimes in overcoming the different contexts from which the materials are sourced, but we would be interested in future collaborations involving translation and contextualization of these materials. Maybe this is a future collaboration we can plan together! *Share with us what's up:*it's been already quite awhile since the last newsletter, the one connected to the crisifund, and we are curious about how you are doing. How are you organising during these difficult times? *Proposals for collaboration:*wewould, now more than ever, like to create space for collaboration amongst different groups/memebers in the network - in the spirit of intersectionality. If that means that you'd need any support from the office to share your materials or announcements wider, or to simply find potential collaborators to bounce ideas off of, let us know. You can also, if you haven't already, request to be added to the Network mailing list, which is one that is more interactive and intended for this exact purpose. We acknowledge that the eyfa network has a somehow amorphous shape and it's not always what we all want it or need it to be. We would like this announcement to start a process where we can invite new groups to join the network, so we can put our valuesinto practice together. We remain curious about what shape the network has the potential to take, amidst all its ambiguity and contradictions. We,in the office,are all finding 2020 pretty difficult, and we definitely didn't anticipate that we'd have to go so long without seeing each other again. But that's all the more reason to take these opportunities for reflection... so we're sure when we do meet again, we'll have plenty to talk about! in commitment, in collaboration, in solidarity, the eyfa office

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EYFA crisifund
by EYFA_newsletter 12 Jun '20

12 Jun '20

Dear Comrades and Friends, We are still concerned about how some of the repressions related to the pandemic, and the health risks of the pandemic itself, might be affecting each of us and we want to reach out to check in with the broader EYFA Network to see what needs there are in terms of support that we could offer. In the meantime, until we figure all that out, we propose this on-going, albeit temporary, support structure. *What is it?* CrisiFund is EYFA's small support initiative for our comrades, friends, network members. For groups that had to stop their actions due to corona virus, but still have expenses. Or, because of the crisis, started new activities or would like to do something and need money to continue or kick it off. For people, who lost their jobs or other sources of money, who can't afford the current way of living, who support other people in need, who suffer from capitalism even more... To take advantage of our broad social network we wish to connect people from different parts of europe in order to exchange whatever we have - info and money, LOVE AND SOLIDARITY, poems and slingshots. Against isolation, individualism, and borders. *Join us!* - let us know if you need financial support - no long explanation required, just short info how much. it can be you, your group, an initiative or somebody you know*. * at this point the budget we have is 3.000euro. the amount per group/person is 300 euro, mostly because we don't want to have to choose, set arbitrary criteria, vote - if the total amount is not enough we will offer each group/person less. write us in the case that you really need more - maybe we can find a solution. - let us know if you have money or other resources to share and how can we help you to reach out to others in need. - share with us your fundraising and crowdfunding campaigns so we can spread the word - via emails, on our website and twitter - share any materials produced in the pandemic time so we can all learn, maybe you want people to translate it? - let us know if there are other needs that have come up in your collectives/communities in terms of trainings/skills, online infrastructure, communication tools, etc. This is a call-out we are sending now only to our wider newsletter list, please keep in mind the limited funds while forwarding. If anything changes you will be notified. Apply for CrisiFund round2 by the 25th of June by writing to eyfa[at]eyfa.org. - eyfa office

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