in English
Go Equal
Whose equality?
3.12.2011
Go Equal is organized in collaboration with local voluntary associations and free action groups. The essential target is to highlight equality related issues from different angles. The basic principle of the event is working together in a positive way. Our wish is open-minded attitude towards dissimilarity and the abandoning the tyrannical stereotypes. Everyone should have the same rights and opportunities despite the different backgrounds and that´s what equality is all about!
Program:
Workshops at 10.00-17.00
Vessel center (Koulukatu 24 B 2)
Dance workshop at 10.00- 11.00
Riikka Lindström and Anna Venäläinen
Welcome to the dance class which is open to everyone. The movement of an own body is explored by improvisation exercises. The dancing in the workshop is based on the starting point of ones own, physical disabilities wont be an obstacle and no precious dancing experience is required.
Time bank discussion at 11.15-12.00
Tuomas Järvenpää
Meeting for all interested in the principles of time bank. Through the time bank you may get help for the daily chores in your own neighborhood. The principle is, that the skills and help is shared within the community without prejudices – the only prise and means of ehance is the time.The possibilities of time bank in Joensuu is discussed in the workshop. Preliminary plans are made in order to orgaice a local group and its actions.
Towards equality! Discussion at12.15-13.15
Hobiles ry
Discussion of the positions of the “rainbow people” in the society.
Lunch (vegan) at 13.15-14
Vallaton kyökki
Optional charge from the lunch is collected in order to cover the costs of the event.
What ”word” whose voice? -Zine workshop at 14.00-17.00
Tiitu Takalo ja Mari Väänänen
By adopting the principles of language we reclaim the right to state our opinions freely. Dispite that there is plenty of keepers in the gates of thinking. The meaningful is not only the message and the reciter but also where and how the message is said. In Go Equal – zine workshop the writing is processed in and from the margin and the mechanisms how to break or maintain the boundaries of your own whit the act of writing.
The text origin from the workshop is used in order to put together an own Go Equal zine. Tiitu Takalo tells the premises of zine-magazines and directs the making of the Zine.
Panel discussion from the topic “Whose equality?”
in Teatteriravintola (Rantakatu 20), at 18:00
Who we are talking about, when we talk about eqaulity, ad whose equality is fell silent? What are the factors that define our position in society and how could we learn to see dissimilarityes as a The discussion is in Finnish, but will be translated in English.
Dicussing from the equality issues:
Tiitu Takalo (Comic artist and illustrator)
Mari Käyhkö (Researcher and sociologist)
Marjukka Leppänen (mouth painting artist and poet)
Seija Lehikoinen (volunteer activist)
Gazale Öngörur (Meille saa tulla / You Can Come With Us -campain)
Chair of the discussion Tuomas Järvenpää
Participation in workshops and panel discussion is free and without an age limit.
Go Equal Club
in Teatteriravintola (Rantakatu 20), at 22:00-
Tickets to the club 2,5e, age limit 18 years
Appearing:
Aamu:
Electronic popmusic in Finnish, whit influences from several music styles ad art (techno, pop). Composed: Aamu and Jasse Tuukki Lyrics:Aamu
Jolla
Band from Joensuu, playing energetic alternative music whit a dashes of indie and punk. http://www.myspace.com/jollabandi/music
and
Erirytmi DJ´s
Art exhibition related to the event is on view at the entrance hall of the Carelia bilding at the University of Eastern Finland Yliopistonkatu 4) 30.11.-2.12.
Aboard on organizing the event:
Joensuun Amnesty-ryhmä
Joensuun Feministit ry
Joensuun seksuaalinen tasavertaisuus Hobiles ry
Joensuun seudun invalidit ry
Joensuun seudun monikulttuurisuusyhdistys JoMoni ry
Joensuun seudun vasemmistonuoret ry
Joensuun vihreät nuoret ja opiskelijat
Maailmankauppa päiväntasaaja
Meille Saa tulla Kampanja
Subjekti ry
Vallaton kyökki -kasviskeittiö
Virtapiiri
Supporting the event:
City of Joensuu
The organizers of the event are presenting in the market of associations after the panel discussion in Teatteriravintola at 20-21.30