JINA. EINE STIMME FÜR DIE FREIHEIT

In the organizer's words:

WORKSHOP FOR CHILDREN 08.02.2025 10:00-14:00
WITH Zilan Kößler, Clara Gilod, Berfin Aktay
LANGUAGE The event will be held in German, English, Kurdish and Turkish
Free admission Donations welcome
VISIT SAVVY is accessible by wheelchair

PARTICIPATION The workshop is aimed at children aged 6-11 years, caregivers are also welcome. If you would like to participate, please register at weddingaffairs@savvy-contemporary.com with the subject "Jina" and tell us your name and where you live.

JINA is a picture book aimed at readers aged 6-11. It is inspired by the true story of Jina Amini, the courageous young Kurdish-Iranian woman who stood up against injustice and sparked a global feminist movement. All over the world, people chanted "woman, life, freedom" and demanded equal rights for women and girls everywhere. The reaction to Jina's courage still reverberates and poses a question for us all: do we have the courage to stand up against injustice?

We warmly invite children and their caregivers to read the JINA picture book together with author Zilan Kößler and illustrator Clara Gilod and discover Jina's story through the interactive JINA storyboxwith musician Berfin Aktay and the Blue Boat Books team. In three stages of creative and musical activities, we will explore the following questions:

When do you feel free?
What does courage look like to you?
What voices do you have?

The book and workshop sensitively address difficult political events while offering a voice, hope and courage for children and adults.

ZILAN S. KÖSSLER is the author of the book and a Kurdish woman. She fled her homeland as a child and came to Germany. She is currently training as a child and youth psychologist and is involved in social and cultural work to strengthen the rights of women and girls. She founded the transcultural medicinal herb garden Hevrin Xelef, is an active member of Flamingo e.V. and event and community outreach coordinator at the Spore Initiative. She is currently writing her second children's book.

CLARA GILOD is a French illustrator whose drawings for the Jina book combine the power of people with the soft colors of the land. She is currently working with Zilan on her second picture book, which also deals with human rights, memory and social responsibility.

BERFIN AKTAY is a Kurdish singer-songwriter who has a broad repertoire of her own music as well as traditional Kurdish folk songs. In memory of Jina Amini, she had a two-necked guitar built and named it "Kezî" - which means "plaited braid" in Kurdish.

BLUE BOAT BOOKS is a publishing platform founded and run by Claudia Frickemeier and Sofia Burchardi. Both are professionals in the fields of illustration, children's crafts, cultural education, literature and visual media. Storytelling is one of the cornerstones on which BBB is based. They choose our illustrations, texts, music and craft projects with great care. BBB strives for a quality of storytelling that reaches beyond the pages of a story and into the experiences of everyday life.

FUNDING The workshop is part of Wedding Affairs, our neighborhood meetings that take place as part of the 15-month program TRANSITIONS and is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.