Our awareness team

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.

Tickets for the “Claim the Waves”-festival

The registration for the queer-feminist radio festival “Claim the Waves” is now open. All women, lesbians, inter-, non-binary, trans and agender people interested in radio can come to the festival. There are many workshops, both for total radio newbies and for professionals, no matter whether you are a teenager or retired. We also offer an audio walk, a book reading, a discussion event, party, hangout, food and of course networking with many exciting people from Germany and Europe. All events can be provided with translation to many languages, with childcare if needed and we will try to be accessible to your needs. Also, you can decide yourself, what price you can pay for the ticket. So sign up now here!

Statement from our awareness crew

In June, Radio Blau received several complaints from listeners about a programme announcement that was shown on our website for a short time. The issue was also discussed at our last general meeting. Read the statement of our awareness crew about this here. (more…)