Activist Lab: Creating Feminist Futures Together
Saturday, March 1st in Amsterdam
Activist Lab: Creating Feminist Futures Together
You are invited to join Oxfam Novib’s intersectional Activist Lab on Saturday, March 1st 2025 in Amsterdam. Get ready for a day of storytelling, solidarity, learning and connection! With activists, storytellers and movement builders, from Lebanon to Palestine and the Netherlands.
Together we will explore the connection between gender and sexuality justice, human rights, climate justice and decolonization. Learn how to take action in a feminist way, creating change in your communities and beyond. Expect not just learning, but also fun opportunities to connect with like-minded changemakers.
Why attend?
This Activist Lab is more than just an event— it’s coming together as a community. For everyone interested in dismantling patriarchal systems and striving for a world where justice and equality are not ideals, but realities. At Oxfam Novib’s Activist Lab, you will...
- Deepen your knowledge: learn from activists working across gender justice, climate action, decolonization, and more. From Lebanon to Palestine and the Netherlands, they will present ways to support their resistance, and for you to take the next step – small or big- in your own activism journey.
- Build your Activism Toolkit: participate in workshops that will equip you with the skills to challenge the status quo and enhance your campaigning and advocacy abilities.
- Expand your network: connect with other young people in the Netherlands and activists from different parts of the world. Perhaps even make new friends who share your values and ideals!
- Be inspired: leave equipped with feminist tools and strategies, and with a full heart ready to take the next step in your activism journey.
- 100% free of charge: we also provide a welcome drink and snacks.
Date: Saturday, 1 March 2025
Time:
12:30 - 13:30: walk-in and creative activities
13:30 - 17:00: plenary program and workshops
17:00 - 18:00: drinks, bites and creative activities
Location: Equals, Raamgracht 6 in Amsterdam
Equals is a 5-minute walk from metro station Nieuwmarkt, or a 20-minute walk from Amsterdam Central Station.
- Deep listening for global solidarity- a panel with activists: hear from five activists working across gender justice, climate action, decolonization, and more. From Lebanon to Palestine and the Netherlands, they will share their struggles and stories, inviting us to decolonize our gender justice, human rights and climate justice work and presenting ways to support their resistance, and for us to take the next step in our activism.
- Workshops: choose from sessions designed to empower and inspire:
- The Feminist Influencing Basket: dive into exercises to bring in a transformative feminist approach to influencing and campaigning. How to challenge the status quo while bringing in radical healing, love, and care to strengthen our movements?
- Storytelling for Change: discover the ingredients of compelling narratives that address systemic challenges, and how narrative power can inspire and amplify collective actions.
- Creative Political Campaigning: get inspired by creative tools and strategies for effective political advocacy and how to choose the right approach for your cause.
- First Dates Café: engage in meaningful one-on-one conversations with activists to share ideas, exchange experiences and discover how different contexts shape activism.
- Embodied Activism: we will move through the program with care and intention, grounding ourselves, setting intentions and taking time for reflections. There will be time dedicated for integration and radical healing through movement and dance.
- Creativity: strike a pose to show your commitment to gender justice on your socials or go on a first date with someone you don’t know yet...
- Drinks, Bites & Music
Join!
Whether you are a student, activist, or simply someone ready to learn - you're warmly invited to join Activist Lab! Apply now via the registration form above.
We have space for 150 changemakers. Participation is free of charge, but not without commitment.
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Good to know
Activist Lab is for everyone with an interest in (in)equality. Whether you are a newbie or an experienced activist. This is a special one-day edition of Oxfam Novib's Activist Lab. All plenary sessions and most workshops will be in English (please let us know if this is a problem for you).
The location of this Activist Lab, Equals in Amsterdam, has a special entrance for people using wheelchairs providing access to most parts of the building, except for two workshop rooms. There is a lactation room for nursing and pumping. There are also phone booths you can use if you need to be in a low-stimulus environment for a bit. Snacks will be vegetarian.
We organize different Activist Lab activities throughout the year. Check out this page for more information. If you want to stay informed about future editions of the Activist Lab, you can leave your contact details here.
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