Dear members and supporters,
When we asked participants of our Afro-International Feminist Organizing School (AFRO-IFOS) last month to describe how they’re feeling about our upcoming school, their most frequent response was: Connected.
As we launch AFRO-IFOS in Kenya this week, our first one on the continent, we are experiencing the sacred beauty and power of connection. Every time we welcome folks arriving from the Americas, West Asia, and across Africa, converse about the issues we face in our home communities, and join in songs and meals, we are weaving another thread into the fabric of our movements.
Together, we are embodying ubuntu, a foundational principle based on interdependence and recognition of our shared humanity. No one at AFRO-IFOS works in isolation — all of us are working in solidarity for our collective liberation.
"Like the saying goes: if you want to go first, go alone. But if you want to go far, go together. It is with our desire to enrich feminist principles and values that we choose to be part of this school to enhance ourselves with the necessary skills, knowledge, and tools to continue carrying forward our agenda as an organisation.”
—Participant from Uganda
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