Applications will open in February.
Full information to follow end of January.
Feminist allyship & collective care for folks with masculine privilege* with Liminal
In this workshop we will:
- explore how patriarchy hurts people with male privilege, for example by isolating them and limiting their access to emotional support
- explore how feminism can be liberating for people of all genders
- support people with male privilege* to gain the tools to offer each other emotional support and care, so that they are no longer dependent on women and LGBTQIA+ people for this
- support people with male privilege* to take on a more active role as allies, including by taking on more care responsibilities.
Who is this training for
This training is specifically for folks who have access to male privilege. This includes men (heterosexual, bisexual, homosexual, queer cisgender, intersex, transgender) and non-binary individuals who consider themselves to have access to male privilege.
Practical info and accessibility
We will confirm the venue later, but it will be within Bruxelles and accessible by public transport.
Doors open at 10h and we will start the workshop at 10h30 sharp. Depending on participant needs we might implement a safety protocol for respiratory virus’ which means you need to be present at 10h15 latest. We close around 18h30.
We will provide tea, coffee, biscuits, and a vegan lunch on both days.
The venue was selected to meet as many neurodivergent accessibility criteria as possible (sensory sensitivities, type of lighting, ambient noise, multiple rooms, etc.). Given our limited budget, we were unfortunately not able to find a “perfect” space. The venue is not wheelchair accessible, there are some stairs to enter the main room and stairs to go to the toilet.
A quiet space is available for isolation, noise-canceling headphones available. Wide chairs without armrests for larger-bodied people.
We alternate seated and standing exercises, but you are welcome to stay seated, stand up, or leave the room at any time. This workshop is open to everyone, regardless of physical condition. However, we want to point out that the venue and the workshop content are unfortunately not fully accessible for people with reduced mobility. For any specific needs, please contact us : training@feros.be or leave us a voice message via DM (Messenger or Instagram).
The workshop will be facilitated in English. Facilitators may be able to provide occasional translatation to Dutch or French and you may express yourself in this language if that’s more accessible to you.
Financial contribution
We strive to offer our activities to those who need them, whatever their financial capacity. As a young collective, we have no fixed income and rely mostly on participant donations to organise our activities. Even though this is a try-out workshop, we do not consider it appropriate to ask working class facilitators to facilitate on this topic for free and will make the same costs as for a regular workshop.
Money should not be an obstacle to taking part in this workshop. The actual cost is 55 euros per person. We encourage all those who can to give more, to create space for those who can contribute less financially. In particular, we are asking white, able-bodied, university-educated or otherwise privileged participants to contribute more, up to 110 euros per person.
We will send you our bank details after you have attended the workshop. If you would like to make an anonymous donation, please contact us.
Trainers
The training will be facilitated by Hugo (he/him), Jo (he/him) and Robin (he/they). All three facilitators are white and hold Belgian passports. They bring diverse lived experiences across gender and sexuality, disability, (mental) health, class, education and housing.
Feros and Liminal
This training is a collaboration between Feros and Liminal.
Liminal is a Brussels-based organisation for critical reflection, dialogue and experimentation around masculinity, male privilege and gender equality. Through discussion groups, training programmes, body-oriented workshops, conferences and the Positive Masculinities Festival, Liminal contributes to the emergence of pluralistic and non-violent forms of masculinity.
Feros is a collective of facilitators organising workshops that support individuals, groups, collectives and organisations that work towards social and ecological justice in Belgium, the Netherlands and France. All of our trainings are firmly rooted in a queer, intersectional, decolonial feminist political analysis. We organise both open workshops, to which anyone can apply, and bespoke workshops for existing organisations, groups or collectives.