r0g_agency @10: Personal Stories
As we celebrate 10 years of impact, community, challenges and friendship, we look back at the journey through the eyes of our community.
It’s time to celebrate! r0g_agency is turning 10 years old!
Come out and join us in celebrating a decade of collaboration with local organizations, achieving incredible milestones, and fostering positive change in communities around the globe.
We will host an evening garden party on Saturday, September 23rd at our r0g_agency Open Culture Space in Berlin-Charlottenburg.
We will also be hosting other events that week.
Cameroon Diaspora Dialogues Panel Discussion
On Saturday, September 23rd 2023 we will be hosting our first Diaspora Dialogues, an online panel discussion that will bring together experts to discuss the conflict and potential ways to support peacebuilding by enlisting the diaspora.
Join us from 3pm – 5pm Berlin time to listen to talks and discuss different perspectives.
The event is free and open to everyone.
Open Culture Feminist Cafe: Women Game-Changers in the digital arts
As part of our r0g_10 year anniversary celebration, the r0g_agency will be hosting the next open culture feminist café (#OCFC) on Monday, September 18th at 6pm at the r0g_agency open space in Berlin Charlottenburg.
For this upcoming #OCFC we are very happy to have Nina Czegledy be our speaker. Nina is an artist, curator, and educator based in Toronto, Canada.
She will be talking about women in the digital arts and about her experience with film and media-based art throughout the decades, from her time growing up behind the iron curtain to the years immediately following the opening up of borders in eastern Europe to the present time.
We're hiring: Finance/Logistics Administrator, Ethiopia
We’re currently looking to fill the role of Finance/Logistics Administrator, to be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where we have an exciting project on mobilizing civic and digital action to counter social media hate speech and online incitement to violence in Ethiopia.
Click on the link for more information and to apply.
We're hiring: Community Outreach, Mobilisation, and Training Associate, Ethiopia
We’re currently looking to fill the role of Community Outreach, Mobilization, and Training Associate to be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where we have an exciting project on mobilizing civic and digital action to counter social media hate speech and online incitement to violence in Ethiopia.
Click on the link for more information and to apply.
We're hiring: Project/Communications Coordinator, Ethiopia
We’re currently looking to fill the role of Project/Communications Coordinator to be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where we have an exciting project on mobilising civic and digital action to counter social media hate speech and online incitement to violence in Ethiopia.
Click on the link for more information and to apply
Open Culture Feminist Cafe event: ''Feminist Resistance Beyond Borders for Freedom, Peace, and Justice
Join us for an important and timely conversation with feminists* and activists from diverse regional contexts, centering on the leadership of women in the everyday practice of peace processes and peacebuilding while dismantling systems of patriarchy, Imperialism, militarization, colonialism and neoliberalism.
Free admission - registration is required due to limited space.
Apply now: Fact-checking and verification masterclass for journalists
Africa Check in collaboration with #defyhatenow is hosting a two-day fact-checking and verification masterclass in Cameroon for journalists from 9am to 4pm on 22 -23 June 2023. To register for the workshop, follow this link to complete the form by Thursday 26 April 2023.
#defyhatenow - Africa Fact Checking Fellowship – #AFFCameroon, Call for Applications – 8th Cohort
#defyhatenow Cameroon is initiating a call for applications for its eighth cohort of professionals from April to June 2023. The objective is to establish a critical mass of fact-checkers, right information advocates, online and offline hate speech, and digital rights defenders.
JamNOrassismus; A jamming session against Racism!
JAMMING - SESSION AGAINST RACISM
Join us next Friday, March 24th in a jam session against racism! So come on out to our Berlin office, bring an instrument, a song, your voice, or your poetry along - and speak out against racism!
2023 #beproactive
With 2022 behind us we thank all those who supported and participated in our work on reducing conflict and strengthening proactive community empowerment and open tech innovation! Read more on our 2022 achievements and our choice of "#beproactive" as our motto diving into 2023.
Football, Peacebuilding, and Human Rights: An evening of discussion and reflection & Launch of the #237footBERLIN Calendar 2023
Join us at the r0g_agency space in Berlin Charlottenburg for an evening event. We will present the 2023 calendar, discuss the work we do, and have a discussion about diaspora football and its importance in peacebuilding.
“No Roses From My Mouth’’ Featuring Stella Nyanzi
The Open Culture Feminist Café is proud to host Stella Nyanzi in an event themed after one of her poetry books, “No Roses From My Mouth.’’
Was macht eigentlich “Open Culture”
Read r0g_agency's feature in Berlin’s local newspaper, the Kiezblatt.
Open Culture Feminist Cafe - Event
Shifting Power: Towards Decolonial Feminist Foreign Policy
Crushing The Hate curve - r0g_ event
Discussion: How Peace Technologies Counter Violent Extremism Online
#ONEdefyhatenow Nairobi trip
#defyhatenow lead team members meet to create #ONEdefyhatenow
#AFFCAMEROON COHORT 7
Know more about these future actors in the fight against misinformation
Gender relations as part of #ASKnet hub work
Part 3: Talk About Success
Gender relations as part of #ASKnet hub work
Part 2: Women in Science
#PeaceJam2022
Find more information at defyhatenow.org.
#PeaceJam2022 - Register now!
Join us from anywhere around the world for a live online event as we jam for peace!
Gender Relations as Part of #ASKnet Hub Work
Part 1: The Cultural Mindset
OFF-Biennale Budapest @ the r0g_agency
We are excited to host curators from the OFF-Biennale Budapest at the r0g_office in Berlin for an evening event. OFF is the largest contemporary art event in Hungary set up to foster exchange between artists and society.
LEAD
Read Yine Yenki's article about LEAD, the #ASKnet network and the role of its members in enhancing youth initiatives.
#ROSHOP
You want to know more about #ROSHOP? Then listen to Vuga William from the #ASKnet hub Youth Empowerment Foundation. At the Global Innovation Gathering, he talked about open source modular housing and how the team used it to build the YEF - Pagirinya community space in North Uganda.
LEAD
Find out more about Vuga William at lead.asknet.community
#ASKnet Community
Visit us at https://asknet.community. On the site you can find information about the #ASKnetprojects, what each hub does, and useful resources. The heart of
the website is the LEAD page, where people associated with the #ASKnetproject present themselves, their skills, and how they can help as consultants.
#CC4D: Empowering women
Dawa Edina and the repair cafés of #CC4D (Community Creativity for Development) help women overcome at least some of these barriers. They create safe spaces for women to freely express themselves, explore their skills, and develop confidence.
Our colleague at r0g, Lisa Glock, talked with Dawa Edina about female empowerment and independence.
“Run” by Jaiksana
Through his art and in his day-to-day work Jaiksana encourages others to use their creativity to promote peace and solidarity. You can listen to his song RUN on YouTube.
About us
Learn more about our approach.
Interview with Music in Africa
Read Jaiksana's interview with Music in Africa about his music, Platform Africa and his vision for a peaceful, prosperous South Sudan.
#AFFCameroon
Learn more about the fact-checking fellowship program in Cameroon.
#211check
Learn more about the fact-checking fellowship program in South Sudan.
An Evening of r0g
Last month, at the beginning of May, the Netherlands-based organization V2 invited us to present our work during A Night of r0g.
New Podcast: Refugee talk
We are excited to announce the launch of a new podcast: REFUGEE TALK
Apply now: Fact-checking masterclass for civil society organisations
Africa Check in collaboration with #defyhatenow is hosting a two-day fact-checking masterclass in Cameroon for civil society organizations that work in the fact- checking, media literacy and media education space. To register for the workshop, follow this link to complete the form by Thursday 26 April 2023.
Apply now: Fact-checking and verification masterclass for journalists
Africa Check in collaboration with #defyhatenow is hosting a two-day fact-checking and verification masterclass in Cameroon for journalists from 9am to 4pm on 22 -23 June 2023. To register for the workshop, follow this link to complete the form by Thursday 26 April 2023.
#defyhatenow - Africa Fact Checking Fellowship – #AFFCameroon, Call for Applications – 8th Cohort
#defyhatenow Cameroon is initiating a call for applications for its eighth cohort of professionals from April to June 2023. The objective is to establish a critical mass of fact-checkers, right information advocates, online and offline hate speech, and digital rights defenders.
JamNOrassismus; A jamming session against Racism!
JAMMING - SESSION AGAINST RACISM
Join us next Friday, March 24th in a jam session against racism! So come on out to our Berlin office, bring an instrument, a song, your voice, or your poetry along - and speak out against racism!
2023 #beproactive
With 2022 behind us we thank all those who supported and participated in our work on reducing conflict and strengthening proactive community empowerment and open tech innovation! Read more on our 2022 achievements and our choice of "#beproactive" as our motto diving into 2023.
Football, Peacebuilding, and Human Rights: An evening of discussion and reflection & Launch of the #237footBERLIN Calendar 2023
Join us at the r0g_agency space in Berlin Charlottenburg for an evening event. We will present the 2023 calendar, discuss the work we do, and have a discussion about diaspora football and its importance in peacebuilding.
“No Roses From My Mouth’’ Featuring Stella Nyanzi
The Open Culture Feminist Café is proud to host Stella Nyanzi in an event themed after one of her poetry books, “No Roses From My Mouth.’’
Was macht eigentlich “Open Culture”
Read r0g_agency's feature in Berlin’s local newspaper, the Kiezblatt.
Open Culture Feminist Cafe - Event
Shifting Power: Towards Decolonial Feminist Foreign Policy
Crushing The Hate curve - r0g_ event
Discussion: How Peace Technologies Counter Violent Extremism Online
#ONEdefyhatenow Nairobi trip
#defyhatenow lead team members meet to create #ONEdefyhatenow
#AFFCAMEROON COHORT 7
Know more about these future actors in the fight against misinformation
Gender relations as part of #ASKnet hub work
Part 3: Talk About Success
Gender relations as part of #ASKnet hub work
Part 2: Women in Science
#PeaceJam2022
Find more information at defyhatenow.org.
#PeaceJam2022 - Register now!
Join us from anywhere around the world for a live online event as we jam for peace!
Gender Relations as Part of #ASKnet Hub Work
Part 1: The Cultural Mindset
OFF-Biennale Budapest @ the r0g_agency
We are excited to host curators from the OFF-Biennale Budapest at the r0g_office in Berlin for an evening event. OFF is the largest contemporary art event in Hungary set up to foster exchange between artists and society.
LEAD
Read Yine Yenki's article about LEAD, the #ASKnet network and the role of its members in enhancing youth initiatives.
#ROSHOP
You want to know more about #ROSHOP? Then listen to Vuga William from the #ASKnet hub Youth Empowerment Foundation. At the Global Innovation Gathering, he talked about open source modular housing and how the team used it to build the YEF - Pagirinya community space in North Uganda.
LEAD
Find out more about Vuga William at lead.asknet.community
#ASKnet Community
Visit us at https://asknet.community. On the site you can find information about the #ASKnetprojects, what each hub does, and useful resources. The heart of
the website is the LEAD page, where people associated with the #ASKnetproject present themselves, their skills, and how they can help as consultants.
#CC4D: Empowering women
Dawa Edina and the repair cafés of #CC4D (Community Creativity for Development) help women overcome at least some of these barriers. They create safe spaces for women to freely express themselves, explore their skills, and develop confidence.
Our colleague at r0g, Lisa Glock, talked with Dawa Edina about female empowerment and independence.
“Run” by Jaiksana
Through his art and in his day-to-day work Jaiksana encourages others to use their creativity to promote peace and solidarity. You can listen to his song RUN on YouTube.
About us
Learn more about our approach.
Interview with Music in Africa
Read Jaiksana's interview with Music in Africa about his music, Platform Africa and his vision for a peaceful, prosperous South Sudan.
#AFFCameroon
Learn more about the fact-checking fellowship program in Cameroon.
#211check
Learn more about the fact-checking fellowship program in South Sudan.
An Evening of r0g
Last month, at the beginning of May, the Netherlands-based organization V2 invited us to present our work during A Night of r0g.
New Podcast: Refugee talk
We are excited to announce the launch of a new podcast: REFUGEE TALK
r0g_newsletter: spring 2022
While we have been busy with our projects countering online incitement to violence in Cameroon and supporting young innovators in South Sudan and Uganda, we’ve also taken steps to respond to the devastating news coming out of Ukraine.
The iroko of peacebuilding in her community
- Rose Obah.
We talked to Rose Obah, a peace journalist and trainer in conflict transformation. She has worked with various communities ensuring their voices are heard. She is passionate about peacebuilding and community development.
#women4peace
For International Women's Day we asked African feminists and peacebuilders about what needs to change in order to bring about peace, the role of women in peacebuilding, and their own advocacy work.