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7:00 PM
Meet the Author with Emilia Roig: Why We Matter. Das Ende der Unterdrückung
Online Reading and Discussion|Online Reading and Discussion
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Online Online
- Language German
- Price Free entry
- Part of series: #MeetTheAuthor - International Book Club
The event will take place online and in German. As always, participation is free of charge and everyone is welcome.
Why We Matter
Emilia Roig exposes the patterns of oppression — in love, in marriage, at universities, in the media, in the courtroom, at work, in the healthcare system and in the justice system. She calls for radical solidarity and shows — using her own family history as an example — how racism and Black Pride, trauma and Auschwitz, homophobia and queerness, patriarchy and feminism collide.‘A revolutionary declaration of love that everyone should read.’
Tupoka Ogette
‘The answer to many questions in our uncertain times is: equality for all. And this great book is a step in that direction.’
Sibylle Berg
Participants
Dr Emilia Roig
Author
Dr Emilia Roig is a political scientist, author and one of the most influential voices for social justice, healing and social change in Germany. In her books and essays – including the bestsellers Why We Matter, Das Ende der Ehe, Lieben und Lieber Sohn and So rettest du die Welt – she outlines new visions for a freer, more loving and fairer society.
She teaches at universities and speaks at conferences and events across Europe on topics such as feminism, racism, structural discrimination and collective transformation. As an Ashoka Fellow and award-winning catalyst for change, she operates at the intersection of political change and personal responsibility.
Romy Straßenburg
Moderation
Romy Straßenburg has been working as a freelance journalist in Paris since 2007, directing TV documentaries, reporting for television news and writing for print and online media. In 2019, her book Adieu liberté – Wie mein Frankreich verschwand (Farewell Freedom – How My France Disappeared) was published by Ullstein Verlag. She works both in front of and behind the camera for the German-French cultural channel ARTE. Her journalistic work focuses on social and political change in France.