In case you missed this month’s journal, it is not too let to catch up; well July was filled with lots of excitements, activities and above all celebrating 21 years. Do not forget to listen to the new Episode of Miracle for Kara Podcast.
Feminist Leadership Training.
Strengthened Activist Leadership is one of the strategic objectives as an organization in building womxn movement. The feminist training for new emerging womxn leaders was to offer support, explore and expand their knowledge and understanding on feminism, feminist principles, and practices to better challenge patriarchy and its norms, as well explore different feminist approaches in building leadership.
Virtual Mental Health Space; Check in; How Do you feel about the Supreme Court appeal.
Following the nullification of certain sections of the Law, the mental health and wellbeing of the womxn community continue to take unhealthy trail and as a result, with the recent appeal of the Anti-Homosexuality Law to the supreme Court, we convened a virtual safe mental health space, where we explored and updated the womxn community on the appeal and its impact on our mental health and wellbeing of the womxn community, taking precautions on measures of safety and security hence addressing and cultivating a collective self-care, coping, healing and wellbeing space for womxn members.
Virtual Support Circle for LBQ womxn’s Leaders/Activists; ‘’Burden Bearing’’
Regeneration/ support circles continue to play a holistic approach in addressing mental wellbeing and care, the fears experienced by the community members become challenges that need redress, which on the other hand, pose as burdens upon the womxn leaders and activists hence challenging their mental health and wellbeing. So this virtual support circle offered space for leaders to share, relief off their burden without fear of judgement, when one should stop should and when to continue, regenerating and refueling each other so as they can continue serving the community in a healthy and stable state.
Social Informative Gathering; Celebrating FARUG@21 with the womxn community
On the 4thJuly, FARUG turned 21 years, as a movement getting here is an undeniable achievement that should be honored and celebrated. Therefore, for our social Friday engagement, we intended to explore the members’ journey of resilience with FARUG, reflecting on what the challenges and success have been and what more do we want to see FARUG achieve. This was also important for the new members to know the history of FARUG thus this social Friday. #FARUG@21
Social Friday; Leveraging on opportunities to Strengthening Activist Leadership.
As part of strengthened Activist leadership, leveraging on opportunities to strengthen womxn leadership is an element in movement building. Opportunities come in different forms such as scholarships, fellowships, employment, funding, and leadership institutes among others, and from these bear beneficiaries that further share and encourage others to take up and utilize the available opportunities. Our social informative gathering sought to avail the space to share, encourage womxn to leverage and utilize opportunities to strengthen their activist leadership and the agency to compete and meaningfully participate in these opportunities. READ MORE
We thank you for witnessing and supporting our work, together, let us embrace the Midyear August, Terikuzukuza,” Don’t Give up. August Journal.
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