LET’S TALK: Discrimination and Conflict Cases in Club Culture
Regardless of the club or group, many challenges are similar. Simply discussing such situations together can be a source of relief and empowerment. It becomes clear that others are facing similar questions and difficulties and that you are not alone in dealing with these challenges. Even if a concrete solution cannot be found immediately for every situation, a space is created that provides support, broadens perspectives, and fosters collective learning.
In our new format, “LET’S TALK: Discrimination and Conflict Cases in Club Culture,” stakeholders from various sectors of club culture come together to discuss cases of discrimination and/or conflict and develop solutions in a collaborative manner across clubs and industries.
On April 29 from 5 to 8 p.m.
On site in Berlin
In English
Register at: https://tally.so/r/81kR9r
The focus is on peer-to-peer exchange: participants share examples from their club, organization, or event setting and receive feedback, new perspectives, and potential approaches for further action within the group. This exchange fosters different perspectives on complex situations—ranging from structural issues to concrete courses of action in the day-to-day operations of clubs and events.
The aim of the exchange session is to share knowledge, create opportunities for learning from experience, and collaboratively develop practical strategies for addressing discrimination, power imbalances, and conflict-ridden situations. This fosters a collegial learning environment that goes beyond individual cases and heightens awareness of structures, incidents, and conflicts within the community.
Networking across different clubs, collectives, and trades fosters resilience: it allows experiences to be shared, solidarity to be put into practice, and collective strategies to be developed. We aim to address these needs and opportunities through this exchange format for Berlin clubs and collectives—to create a space together that not only informs, but also empowers and connects.
Participants are invited to share their own case studies or questions. These can be submitted in advance or brought up during the session. The goal is to reflect on specific situations together, learn from one another, and develop new approaches to handling difficult or conflict-ridden situations in one’s own work environment.
The discussion session is facilitated by two certified mediators. They create a safe environment, structure the discussions, and help ensure that different perspectives are heard and that the exchange remains respectful and solution-oriented. At the same time, they draw on mediation techniques to help resolve deadlocked situations.
Agnes Dyszlewski and Lian Fleitmann will facilitate the session.
Agnes focuses on moderation and maintaining the framework, while Lian supplements this with content-related input from awareness and conflict resolution efforts.