Network meeting on 23 and 24 April in Berlin

The network meeting starts on Saturday, 23 April at 12 noon and ends on Sunday, 24 April at 3 p.m. The Care Revolution network was founded at the action conference in March 2014 and since then regular nationwide meetings have been held twice a year. They serve as a platform to get to know actors and campaigns from other cities and regional networks, but also simply to exchange ideas and get to know other people who have to deal with the pressure of the care gaps. The aim is to intensify networking and to further develop activities in the spirit of a care revolution or to gain fellow campaigners for new projects. All interested parties are welcome to get involved! Registration (1 email per person): care-revolution-anmeldung@gmx.de. There is enough space for everyone, there is no limit to the number of participants. If you are looking for or can offer carpooling and overnight accommodation, please use this PAD. Childcare, awareness and food will be provided. The rooms are barrier-free and we will endeavour to provide assistance if required. Enquiries and child registrations to: care-revolution@riseup.netThe meeting will be in German, if translation is required we will provide whispered translations together. People who can translate are very welcome. Location: Seminartrakt, RLS, Franz-Mehring-Platz 1, Berlin, near Ostbahnhof The programme of the network meeting can be found here (PDF). If you are looking for or can offer carpooling and accommodation, please use this PAD.Three main topicsAt a preparatory meeting in December 2015, three main topics were selected for the upcoming meeting, which reflect the diversity of the topics represented in the network and at the same time can lead to each other. To this end, working groups were formed to prepare the respective topics. The first focus area deals with the topic of flight from a care perspective. What insights and demands arise when looking at this topic from a care perspective? What needs and demands do refugees articulate? How is the immediate care of refugees currently organised and how could this be better guaranteed? What do we demand from the state and what role should voluntary work play or not play? How can self-organisations of refugees be strengthened? The second focus is dedicated to the struggles of assistance recipients for self-determination and good care and of assistance workers for good working conditions and pay. How can these struggles be led in solidarity? The approaches to assistance from the disability movement are still far from being broadly anchored in society and paternalism and devaluation have not yet been overcome, but disability and self-determination should be the benchmark for a good life. Assistance workers are also fighting for a collective labour agreement, which is long overdue. Finally, the third focus is on the topic of home care. A lack of time and financial resources, too little choice and too few safeguards prevent good care for everyone involved. This often leads to poverty and exhaustion. The allocation of care tasks is structured along sexist and racist power relations and people who carry out these tasks receive little appreciation. An absurd situation in view of the fact that all people were, are and/or will be dependent on this form of care. What changes are needed in terms of a more needs-based organisation? All three topics make it clear that we are currently experiencing an increasing withdrawal of the state from basic care and the framework conditions in the "care professions" are becoming more and more questionable, while politicians are increasingly focusing on the so-called strengthening of voluntary work. This is increasingly leading to part-time work and wage dumping in the various care professions, 24/7 employment in the private sector, poor conditions for needs-based social contacts, political engagement and times of leisure and, finally, to structural violence through framework conditions that violate human dignity. We want to coordinate our struggles, discuss our analyses, formulate demands and refine political strategies - always with the aim of advancing the Care Revolution.Discussions on structural and strategic issues of network workAn integral part of the network meetings is to discuss organisational matters. Elections for the coordinating committee, the executive body so to speak, are held at each network meeting. For this meeting, it is also planned to hold a discussion about the strategic direction and to look back on the past two years of the network, take stock and address possible adjustments to the organisation to date. The possibility of a further action conference will also be discussed. Join in and get involved! Step by step to the Care Revolution!

City: Berlin
Location: Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, Mehringplatz 1
Topic: Care Revolution
Time: 12:00