[Actiwisdom] who-is-who Kathy

[banange at immerda.ch]

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.