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This year we are once again participating in UNESCO’s World Radio Day. On 12 and 13 February, you can listen to a number of programmes from other radio stations in an exchange carousel. All programmes will be dedicated an own perspective to this year’s motto of World Radio Day, namely “Radio and Peace”. On Sunday, 12.2. at 10 a.m. the focus is on climate change and music from Canada with a programme by CJLO 1690AM Montreal, at 11 a.m. the children’s programme by coloRadio Dresden informs about “Women in Music”, at 24 a.m. Subcity Radio Glasgow plays peaceful music, at 6 a.m. on 13.2. Radio Marneuli reports on cultural heritage in Georgia, at 10 a.m. Radio FlirtFM Galway gives insights into asylum in Ireland, at 11 a.m. you can listen to a music programme by Radio X Frankfurt, at 7 p.m. Radio FRO Linz talks about community media in Austria and at 11 p.m. we repeat an edition of “Gelesenes zur Nacht” on the topic of “War and Peace”.

Isabel, Shira, Gal and Peter are our new awareness team. The idea for such a team came up at the end of 2021 during the project “Open access and yet diverse”, in which all Radio Blau programme makers could participate. The awareness team is now the contact point for all people who are active at Radio Blau and experience situations in which they would like support. The aim of the team is to make awareness a topic on the radio and, if necessary, to be a discussion partner or to refer people. The team wants to contribute to an open and empathetic climate at the station and association.

At the end of 2022, the team will also implement the project “Associations for All” as part of the initiative fund of the Partnership for Democracy “Leipzig. Ort der Demokratie” initiative fund of the Council of Leipzig. The aim is to develop concrete recommendations for action in exchange with other associations and initiatives on how an awareness team can be successfully installed and work in a medium-sized, locally active association in order to be the point of contact for conflicts that arise in relation to diversity or discrimination.

The team works independently of the other bodies of the association, such as the board, the general plenum or the office crew, and can be contacted at the email address awareness@radioblau.de. All enquiries are treated confidentially; it is also possible to report anonymously. The team speaks German, English and Hebrew.