even me, I tried... uff, war echt nicht einfach.
Name: Kathy Kohlbrenner Age: 26
Personal Background: I m grew up in a little village in South Germany, close to the Swizzerland border. After school, I took two years travelling (mostly in East- and West-african countries) and organizing political actions before I decided to study in 2008. Since then I live in Freiburg, which is small city with (somehow) a lot of political activism in South Germany. I finished studies in 2012 and since then I keep on running up and down for several projects in Freiburg and Berlin.
Political Background: I m involved in different projects. In Freiburg I m part of a cooking collective which supplies political struggles with food. We cook for big demonstrations or tiny political camps within Germany and Swizzerland. The idea is that everyone who s doing political work shall have access to proper food. We serve the food by donations, so that its not up to a persons financial background if he/she can eat or not. In Freiburg I m as well involved in a radio project. We have one broadcast every month when we discuss different issues about the rights of refugees and their political struggles in Germany and the whole world. We claim the right to stay for everyone. Besides that I m member of a network wich offers anti-discrimination-workshops in schools. The idea is to inform pupils early about the structures of discrimination so that they know about it and (if they want) can get activ against it. In Berlin I m as well involed in anti-racist-activism. I m not member of a formal group or assoziation.
Motivation to take part at this project: I m interested in the project because I know that my perspective on political activism and struggle is a very limited one - since it takes part in a western europe context. I m eager to exchange ideas about political action and to get to know more about political struggle in Kenya.