Urgent Call for Funds to Create a Radical Feminist Summer Camp for Teenage Migrant Girls 2020!
*** DUE TO COVID-19, THE SUMMER CAMP IS POSTPONED - CHECK BACK FOR FURTHER UPDATES ***
Please help make our dreams of a radical feminist summer camp a reality and contribute to our fundraiser (last day to contribute is 14 April)!
We are the Radical Girlsss. A young women’s movement that evolved from the European Network of Migrant Women. We aim to get at the root of the subjugation of women, reach out at a grassroots level and raise the urgency for a feminist revolution, while honoring our foremothers, those witches they couldn’t burn.
Our Radical Feminist Summer Camp will take place in Greece from 27-31 July 2020. It is aimed at teenage girls between 16-19 years old with migrant backgrounds. During this week, we will organise workshops and activities on the themes of sexist stereotypes, sex based violence and equality between girls and boys. We will focus on topics such as street harassment, female representations in the media, sexual violence, and more. The girls will be able to debate, draw, perform, create and be empowered to be actors of change. We will also plan outside activities such as a visit of Athens with a local feminist organisation called Melissa. During the entire week, food and housing will be totally taken in charge for the participants whose sole focus will be to learn & grow.
A breakdown of our costs:
1. Facilitation (travelling fees of the facilitators and payment): €2000
Two organisers from Radical Girlsss will spend months preparing the content of the activities that will be proposed during the summer camp. We will then use our expertise in women's rights and education to facilitate the group and make sure to instill consciousness for these girls who would otherwise not come across it.
2. Accommodation: €2000
We will need a house with a yard and a kitchen to be able to sleep and eat throughout this week of feminist activities. As we want girls from very diverse backgrounds to be able to participate, every cost is going to be taken care of by us as to make sure the participants’ sole concerns are to learn and participate.
3. Flights, food and other expenses: €2000
This expense goes 50% beyond our initial goal and would enable us to provide free transport and food for all the girls who wish to participate.
Please help us raise these funds! If you cannot donate yourself, please share our crowdfunder across your feminist networks. We believe that teenage girls are the future of feminism and we want to create intergenerational pathways into the women’s movement. We cannot do this without you! Radical Girlsss is made up out of young women across Europe who are occupied full-time and organising this project out of a passion for a radical feminist future. If we do not raise this money, we cannot organise this summer camp.
We are eternally grateful to our supporters and we are offering an array of rewards for you in our crowdfunder, including feminist posters and tote bags! Thank you from all Radical Girlsss to our many supporters and mentors, including FiLiA. We hope to continue building our network across borders and plan many more radical feminist projects aimed at young women with migrant backgrounds.
Solidarity!