"Nie mehr leise – Die neue migrantische Mittelschicht" - Lesung & Talk mit Betiel Berhe

In the organizer's words:

Now it's our turn!

From migrant working-class child to successful academic: Betiel Berhe's childhood among high-rise buildings has sharpened her view of class differences and structural discrimination. Today, she works as an economist and anti-racism and classism trainer and co-founded the Institute for Social Justice & Radical Diversity in Munich.

Based on her own biography and other life stories, she explains how difficult social advancement is, what subtle differences never disappear - and how a new migrant middle class is growing that opposes structural classism and racism and is committed to intersectionality. But Berhe's diverse role experiences also open her eyes to solidarities where others have already given up all hope. She shows how an entire society is currently undergoing change, with people who have experienced discrimination and oppression having their say and gaining influence. Provocative, personal, eye-opening.

Betiel Berhe is an author, economist and activist. In the past, she has worked for numerous international and national organizations and NGOs. Today she is active in various networks critical of racism, gives lectures, workshops and advises on social justice issues such as class/classism, (anti-)racism, migration and education. She is currently focusing on the connection between "race and class" - in the German context.

Note: Free admission, limited places.

The event takes place in cooperation with We Won't Shut Up.
It's worth taking a look at the festival program: www.wewontshutup.org