Harambee – All Pull Together
by Harambee
Since Oct 25, 2021 17:00 UTC
Our Story The team’s story started with the itch to be part of a solution to the problems faced by Africans, Afro-Finns, anyone with African blood flowing in their veins in Finland. In looking for a solution, the team came across the Sitra Lab 3.0 call for applications. The team saw it as a chance to look at the bottlenecks to democracy from the lens of people of African descent; this then birthed the Think Africa Democracy Action Team (TADAT). The three founding members of TADAT are originally from Nigeria, Ethiopia and Liberia, bringing a combined diversity and expertise to finding solutions to the problems at hand. Our commonalities and strengths come from having multiple identities and identifiers in Finland such as ‘immigrants’, ‘Africans’ ‘foreigner’ and ‘internationals,’ and sometimes ‘refugee/asylum seekers’, making us a triple force in writing the narrative in our way while reconceptualising and renegotiating our space in the Finnish society. With this understanding, we aim to collate our experiences and those of others in the same positions, curate meaningful conversations and create dialogue (s) aimed at forging a better path for immigrants of African descent in Finland. At Harambee, we take a knowledge-based approach to participation and inclusion in Finnish society. We open up dialogue and bring to the spotlight crucial issues that affect the everyday lives of immigrants, especially those of African descent. Academicians, politicians, media, and everyday people will have the floor to impact change we all want to see in Finland – a vibrant, all-inclusive Finnish society.
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