In the organizer's words:

Our guests on the third storytelling evening bring very different experiences and perspectives to the debate on decolonization. But what they have in common: They open up structures, seek friction, question knowledge hierarchies, find tools for change - and advise organizations and people on how to use these levers.

Miriam Gyamfi and Meryem Choukri navigate their way through obstacles and resistance - and discover unexpected paths to change. How do they deal with the power relations they encounter in institutions, projects and public spheres? What do they draw strength from?

In conversation with Dan Thy Nguyen and anyone interested, we will talk about their journey, their motivation and the meaning of power, who has it, how it surrounds us and how it can be used in a transformative way. Afterwards there will be soup and time to chat.

The event is being organized in cooperation with hamburg.global and Fair Trade Stadt Hamburg.

When? 11.12.2025 | 18:30
Where? WelcomeCultureHouse Ottensen

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With:

Miriam Gyamfi is an organizational developer, moderator and founder of the consulting agency "Punk & Perspektiven". Since 2011, her work between Europe and sub-Saharan Africa has significantly shaped her view of privilege, power dynamics and personal responsibility and informs her consulting practice in dealing with organizations comprehensively. From the end of 2023 to mid-2025, she was press spokesperson for the Schleswig-Holstein Ministry of Finance.

Meryem Choukri holds a doctorate in cultural studies with a research focus on resistant archives, intertwined memory, intersectional feminism, the history and present of German colonialism - and food. As an educational consultant, she gives seminars, lectures and accompanies groups on the subject of criticism of discrimination and racism as well as participation and mediation.

Moderator: Dan Thy Nguyen is a freelance theater director, actor, writer and singer in Hamburg. He works with institutions such as Ballhaus Naunynstraße, Kampnagel, Mousonturm Frankfurt and MDR. With his production company Studio Marshmallow, he has been running the Hamburg festival "fluctoplasma - 96h Kunst Diskurs Diversität" since 2020. He is also deputy chairman of the LAG Kinder- und Jugendkultur Hamburg. In 2021, he received the German Radio Play Award for his acting performance.

With its three storytelling evenings, the hamburg.global network office is once again inviting two guests each to different locations on the topic of decolonization to hear their personal perspectives and enter into conversation with each other. The current series is completed by the storytelling evenings "The decolonial tandem 1: Mimi Harder & Mèhèza Kalibani" on 27.11.2025 and "The decolonial tandem 2: Madeline Danquah & Christoph Hassler" on 04.12.2025.