Frankfurt News Magazine – Rainbow Parliament to strengthen diversity skills
The so-called rainbow parliament meets for the first time in Frankfurt on Tuesday. The focus will be on workshops on the topic of “rooms with little discrimination in youth work”.
In cooperation with the VHS Frankfurt, four workshops are offered on the main topic “Low-discrimination areas in youth work”. The first workshop deals with the question “Youth work critical of discrimination. How does that work?”. Andrea Micksch (Anne Frank Education Center) will provide insight into the methods and pedagogy of political education work with young people. In the second workshop, Greens city councilor Mirrianne Mahn provides instructions for methods that are critical of discrimination when working with young people. The workshop with Laura Seyfang (Hessian State Office for Queer Youth Work) deals with questions relating to the queer-sensitive design of youth work. Fatma Tuna and Mehregan Behrouz (ROOTS & ROUTES Cologne) also provide insights into intersectional youth work.
Education department head Sylvia Weber (SPD) likes to talk about the first edition of the rainbow parliament in Frankfurt. The program, she says, gives “tailwind for our measures, with which we are already strengthening the diversity skills of our educational professionals.” In heterogeneous societies and school communities, educationalists not only need to be made aware of discrimination in daycare and school lessons, but also also in the offers of youth welfare in the school. “Because young people should be able to try things out, and in as safe a setting as possible,” says the head of department.
On the eve of the Rainbow Parliament, the VHS is offering queer bar hopping with Josefine Liebing for the second time. The participants should get an insight into the places and structures of the LGBTIAQ* community with a tour through the queer bar life in Frankfurt. The aim is also to show that the scene bars are more than just places for leisure; for many, they are “safe spaces” where they can live and speak openly, and where they can find acceptance and support. The course is already fully booked.