Opening postponed

Learning about the financial cuts and the government’s (un)vision for a (non)future for the city of Berlin has hit us hard. After years of exhausting survival and in an increasingly dangerous political climate for many communities, it is shocking to see how many cultural, social, educational spaces of inclusion, diversity and anti-discrimination will have to close already next year. Among them, centers for children & youth in marginalized neighborhoods are disproportionately affected. These cuts will impact us all and for a long time coming.

We spent the last months preparing an exhibition in collaboration with children and youth initiatives, inviting their perspectives, visions and voices. The young people we work with often come from marginalized communities and they already navigate precarious conditions due to a lack of structural and financial support. We are shaken to the core by the state’s decision to withdraw even more funding from initiatives that provide essential physical, emotional and spiritual care to them. 

We have decided to postpone the opening by one day to be able to give space to the shock and grief as well as to be able to join the protests on Friday, our initial opening day, fighting for equitable funding and support for the spaces that nurture the diversity of our communities in the city. The postponed opening takes place now on 30.11.2024 at 16:00. The opening is not a celebration but a space to be together, form alliances, strategize for the future and also to show these beautiful kids that they matter. We want to learn together from and with them about their rights and agencies.

This moment calls for collective reflection, strength, and action. It is crucial that we raise our voices and stand together to ensure the future of spaces remains open, inclusive, and accessible to all. We warmly invite you to come together in this time of resistance to cultivate spaces we so deeply need – spaces that are endangered but vital for nurturing connection, creativity, and solidarity. Join us in transformando nuestros gritos en perreo revolucionario, turning our shouts into revolutionary perreo.