Nothing about us without us - community perspectives

The fourth workshop contribution will represent the important perspective of self-organisation and NGOs. A debate on discrimination-sensitive communication can only and exclusively take place if the people who are being talked about have a say - people with experiences of racism and other forms of discrimination. The focus herein should be on partnership and participation rather than paternalism. It is therefore important to talk about self-organisation, self-advocacy and empowerment - and how language, concepts and categories can be sensitively developed with the participation of all those concerned.