Discussion
Radical Diversity: Washington, DC

Wed, 02/17/2021
12:00 PM - 13:30 Online

A discussion with Max Czollek and Mohamed Amjahid and Washington, DC-based guests Dr. Imani Woody and Ruby Corado.

“Radical Diversity” is a discussion series presented by several Goethe-Institut locations in North America in collaboration with its Goethe Pop Ups, the Thomas Mann House, and the Institute for Social Justice & Radical Diversity under the sponsorship of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung North America.

This event takes place on February 17, 2021, at 12pm EST.
Please register here Right-wing extremism, everyday racism and racialized microaggressions, and pressure to “assimilate” – all of these constructs affecting racialized minorities result from an inability and unwillingness to respect and appreciate the radical diversity that underscores our societies. Max Czollek (“De-integrate Yourselves”) and Mohamed Amjahid (“Among Whites: What It Means to Be Privileged”) are two Millennial generation voices that have emerged from Germany in recent years. With a critical, multidimensional approach, Czollek and Amjahid will examine the challenges faced by German and North American societies, as well as various visions for progress, by discussing them with experts in the USA, Canada, and Mexico.

The discussion series continues in 2021 with its first installment in Washington, DC, where Mohamed Amjahid and Max Czollek speak with Dr. Imani Woody and Ruby Corado about LGBTQI+ / SGL housing and related issues for the community, such as homelessness, social isolation, economic insecurity, health issues, and age discrimination.

Speakers:

Dr. Imani Woody is a nationally recognized thought leader and an advocate of women, people of color, and LGBTQI/SGL people for more than 25 years. She has spoken out locally and nationally about the circumstances of elder LGBTQ+/SGL individuals and the specific jeopardies that LGBTQ+/SGL elders of color face as they age. She is the founder and CEO of Mary’s House for Older Adults, (MHFOA) with the vision and commitment to serve LGBTQ+/SGL elders, experiencing housing insecurity and isolation.

© Ruby Jade Corado

Ruby Jade Corado is the founder and president of Casa Ruby, and has devoted the last 25+ years to advocating for the inclusion of transgender, genderqueer, and gender-non-conforming gay, lesbian, and bisexual people in mainstream society. She has fought for LGBTQI human rights, transgender liberation, immigration equality, and access to healthcare, and fought against hate crimes/violence and many other disparities and issues facing the communities that she represents.

Speakers:

Dr. Max Czollek completed his doctorate studies at the Center for Research on Antisemitism at the Technical University Berlin. Since 2009, Czollek has been a member of poetry collective G13, which has published books and organized lectures. In 2018, his essay Desintegriert Euch! (Disintegrate!) was published at Carl Hanser. His second essay, Gegenwartsbewältigung (Coping with the Present), will be published in August 2020.

©Mohamed Amjahid

Mohamed Amjahid studied political science in Berlin and Cairo, and conducted research on various anthropological projects in North America. Amjahid is freelance journalist and author. Anthropologically and journalistically, Amjahid focuses on human rights, equality, and upheaval in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. Amjahid is a 2020 Thomas-Mann Fellow.