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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice

@fcrj.bsky.social
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Research in service of movement building. We connect feminist thought, organising, and racial justice strategies. 🔗 linktr.ee/thefeministcentre

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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 4h
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 4h
New to Runway to Feminist Justice? Start here. There’s no single way into the archive. Start with a question, voice or idea that speaks to where you are. We’ve selected a few conversations to help you find your way in. Choose one. Press play.
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 4h
You’re listening. Are you following? Runway to Feminist Justice grew from ~3,000 to 4,354 streams and 240 to 295 Spotify followers between Nov 2025 and Jun 2026. Already listening? Follow the podcast and stay with the conversation. tr.ee/FZZwZg8BKM
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🎙️ 10 Questions with Feminist Academics season finale, with Dzodzi Tsikata. Donor policy sold as development, austerity sold as necessity both land hardest on women's labour. 🎧 Listen via link in bio.💬 What would transformative social policy look like where you are?
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Four years and we’re looking ahead. As we mark #FCRJAt4, FCRJ’s leadership reflects on the possibilities ahead and the work still to be done. Read their reflections
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
What has FCRJ’s contribution to the world been? For #FCRJAt4, we asked people who have encountered FCRJ through different projects and collaborations to reflect on one question. Different perspectives. One community. Told by the people in it.
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Four years of work also means four years of learning. As FCRJ marks four years, we’re reflecting on five things the work has made clearer to us from intellectual rigour and partnership to political education, failure and imagination. Explore heyzine.com/flip-book/c6...
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🎙️ Dr. Ida Hadjivayanis argues that the act of translation is political, because language itself carries hierarchies which run through the same lines of gender, class, and power shaping everything else. 🎧 Link in bio Whose language or voice do you think still goes untranslated and unheard?
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Four years. Four interconnected programme streams. FCRJ’s work takes different forms, but the streams do not stand alone. Together, they form part of our wider approach to feminist racial justice. Explore the four streams ↓ FCRJ@4 Impact Story: heyzine.com/flip-book/c6...
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
FCRJ turns four. We’re marking the moment by looking back at the work we have built, what we have learned and the collaborations that have shaped our first four years. We begin with the FCRJ@4 Impact Story. Read: heyzine.com/flip-book/c6...
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This month of FMBS reflection keeps landing on the same point: movements aren't sustained by mobilising, they're sustained by infrastructure — spaces, networks, political education, trust. Tell us about how you're building movement infrastructure. 👇🏿 w/ @JASS #FMBS
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
🎙️ 10 Questions with Feminist Academics with Dr Yolande Bouka. The return of fascism and ethnonationalism feels new to some. But who financed the "discovery"of the New World, the long routes round the Cape to India? 🎧 Listen via link in bio. 💬Where do you see that playing out most openly today?
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Explainer Series No. 4 examines how anti-gender politics travel across borders, adapting to local contexts while advancing remarkably similar attacks on feminist, queer and trans rights. #AntiGenderPolitics #FeministResearch #FCRJ
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
South Sudan marked 15 years of independence on 9th July— its peace transition pushed yet again, to December 2026. Latifah's project documents 6 women peace mediators in Wau who define peace differently: being able to safely talk to your neighbour. What's peace to you? 👇🏿 w/ @JASS #FMBS
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
New UNHCR data around World Refugee Day: displaced women and girls in Eastern & Southern Africa now spend nearly 17 years in asylum on average. Samrawit Assefa's Art Therapy with IDPs project uses painting and sketching to help girls process what silence forces them to hold. 🎨🏿 w/ @JASS #FMBS
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Weeks after Saba Saba and Kenya's June 25 anniversary marches, generational rifts in activism are still raw. Rebecca Odhiambo's Tujijenge Project imagines the opposite: elders and Gen Z organisers building people power together. Tell us about your intergenerational work below. 👇🏿 w/ @JASS #FMBS
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
🎙️ New ep: 10 Questions with Feminist Academics — Alessandra Mezzadri (SOAS) on sweatshops, social reproduction, Marxist feminism, and capitalism. 🎧 Link in bio Crisis doesn't hit everyone the same. Which one exposed that hardest for you?
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Today is International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. We're reflecting on the 2023 FMBS in Mexico and the Indigenous organisers we've had the privilege to learn alongside. ✊🏽 We see you. We stand with you. 🎥 Watch the full Visual Podcast. What has Indigenous organising taught you?
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Christie Banda and Nyatuwe Phiri's documentary In the Quiet follows LBQ women facing conversion practices in family, church, work, community and resisting anyway. One of the outcomes of FMBS This is what political education looks like when it leaves the classroom. @JASS @wovenagendamw.bsky.social
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The archive doesn't have African women who broke the rules in it. Ann K. Holland built one anyway — Rogue Women, tracking resistors and organisers pre-colonial to now. Grew out of FMBS's work on who gets to tell African stories. @doncorleann.bsky.social
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
2023: Mexico. 2025: East & Southern Africa. Two FMBS cohorts. One shared commitment: turning communities' knowledge into movement strategy. 🎧 Listen to Spotlight on FMBS on Runway to Feminist Justice. This year, we pause to reflect as we prepare for the next school in Asia in 2027. 🔗 Link in bio
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Today. Nina Chizungu opens her feminist archive live — photography, testimony and story from women in the DRC who turned survival into governance. 🕓 12–2pm BST · Free · French with English interpretation 👇🏿 Join us. 🔗 Link in bio
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Today. Tamara Isaac on what it costs when institutions can't understand the people standing in front of them and the tools she built to change that. 🕓 4–5:30pm UK · Free 👇🏿 Join us live. 🔗 Link in bio
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
We're back 🎙️We're back with 10 Questions with Feminist Academics! This week, Dr. Kuziwakwashe Zigomo joins us to unpack a question that cuts across borders, politics, and daily life: what does it really mean to belong: legally, politically, emotionally? 👉🏾 Listen via the link in our bio
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Language barriers costing Black immigrants their rights. Women peacebuilders written out of the decisions they make possible. Two responses. One week away. 29 July · 31 July · Both free. 👇🏿 Which speaks to your context? #BlackFeminism #AfricanFeminism #FCRJ
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Language barriers costing Black immigrants their rights. Women peacebuilders written out of the decisions they make possible. Two responses. Two showcases. One week away. 29 July · 31 July · Both free. 👇🏿 Which speaks to your context? #BlackFeminism #AfricanFeminism #FCRJ
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Across Latin America,Black immigrants navigate healthcare, legal systems and institutions in languages that were never designed to include them. Tamara Isaac spent her residency building tools to change that. Hear her speak about it. Showcase: 29 July #Migration #LanguageJustice #BlackFeminism #FCRJ
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Women in the DRC have been rebuilding governance from the ground up through decades of conflict rarely invited into the decisions they make possible. Nina Chizungu spent her residency documenting them. Hear her speak about it. Showcase: 31 July🗓️ · Free #DRC #AfricanFeminism #BlackFeminism #FCRJ
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
New episode 🎙️ Nina Chizungu's project on From Survival to Governance is a living feminist archive documenting how women in DRC, Rwanda & Burundi move from surviving conflict to leading their communities. 🔗Listen now via link in bio.
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Nina Chizungu opens her feminist archive live on 31 July — photography, testimony and story from women in the DRC, Rwanda and Burundi who turned survival into governance. 🕓 12–2pm BST · Free · French with English interpretation 👇🏿 Whose leadership goes unrecorded? 🔗 Link in bio
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Tamara Isaac is ready to share what she found. 🗓️ 29 July · 🕓 4–5:30pm UK · Virtual · Free live roundtable on language justice, her assessment tool, and what it takes to shift institutional practice. 👇🏿Got a question for Tamara? Drop it below🔗Open to all register www.tickettailor.com/events/femin...
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
New episode on Runway to Feminist Justice! 🎙️ Tamara Isaac on language justice across South–South migration (Haiti, Brazil & beyond) — how language, race, gender, legal status & disability intersect to shape access to rights. 🔗Listen now via link in bio.
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Reintroducing Nina Chizungu, FCRJ's 2025/26 Activist-in-Residence. 🗓️ Fri 31 July · 12–2pm GMT · Free virtual exhibition + roundtable on women's leadership in the Great Lakes. 👇🏿Know a woman whose leadership goes unrecorded? Tell us in the comments 🔗Free and open to all — register via the link in bio.
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Reintroducing Tamara Isaac, FCRJ's 2025/26 Activist-in-Residence. 🗓️ Wed 29 July · 4–5:30pm UK 👇🏿Do you consider language as a starting point in your organising or work? Tell us in the comments 🔗Free and open to all — register via the link in bio.
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
3 years. 4 projects. One question: what happens when activists lead the research? Past AiRs took work to the BFI and the UN. This year, Tamara Isaac and Nina Chizungu are tackling language justice and feminist governance. All of July, we open the door. Showcases: 29 & 31 July. #FCRJ
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
🎧 What We Are Listening To Our researcher roundtable is out — 18 months, 77 practitioners. These four podcasts are a useful accompaniment for deeper insights into the study found in our IPV Prevention Hub 👇🏿What podcasts are you listening to? 🔗Explore our IPV Research Hub via link in bio.
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Prof. Awino Okech shares key findings reminding us that prevention isn't a single programme—it's long-term, community-led work that addresses the conditions that allow violence to persist. 💬 What's missing from conversations about IPV prevention where you are? #IPVPrevention #GenderJustice
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
New roundtable discussion episode on Runway to Feminist Justice with the research team for IPV. If you missed past episodes from the IPV Prevention Spotlight series follow us on Runway to Feminist Justice wherever you find your podcasts to catch up 🎧Listen via link in bio.
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
On June 19, we’re revisiting key findings from our IPV Prevention Hub. These findings draw from 77 women’s rights practitioners from Brazil, Mesoamerica, Africa and Europe 👉🏾 Full report in bio 👉🏿 More analysis in our upcoming roundtable podcast #EndSexualViolenceInConflict #GenderJustice #IPV
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
🎬 What We Are Watching Yesterday we published our explainer on colonial revivals, moral panics and who gets scapegoated in the name of ""civilisation."" These five films offer avenues for thinking through counter-imagination, different futures. 🔗Read the Explainer via link in bio.
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Today the EU's Migration and Asylum Pact comes into force. The third country approach paying other countries to manage irregular migrants is not new. Dr. Lucia Kula explains why 🎥 Watch via link in bio 📖 Read our Stop the Boats explainer link in bio #MigrationJustice #EUPact #BorderExternalisation
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
What does the “revival of the West” protect—and who does it exclude? Explainer 3 looks at colonial narratives, racial capitalism, nationalism, and power. Read the full explainer via thefeministcentre.org/resources/fc... What stood out to you in this explainer? Let’s discuss 👇🏿
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
📚 Books We Are Reading We published our cross-regional IPV research in May. Our podcast episodes are out now. These five novels are worth reading alongisde listening to this week's podcast. Melo on feminicide in the Amazon.
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Como o racismo estrutural molda a VPI no Brasil? Novo episódio com Joyce Souza Lopes, da Odara – Instituto da Mulher Negra. Prevenção a partir da experiência das mulheres negras. 🎧 Episódio já disponível 🔗 Link na bio
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Migration cannot be discussed outside race, power, and exclusions Explainer No. 2 looks at how borders, fear, and political rhetoric shape who gets framed as a threat. Read the full explainer: thefeministcentre.org/resources/fc... #FCRJ #MigrationJustice
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Last week we held the London premiere of Ondas: Waves at SOAS. The film was supported by FCRJ. The project highlights a simple point: transnational collaborations are central to transformative change. Explore the FCRJ Research Collaboratory and the projects via link in bio.
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Tonight at SOAS Ondas: Waves A feminist, decolonial film tracing trans lives across Maputo and Rio. Screening + conversation with the research and creative team. 🕠 5:30 PM 📍 Khalili Lecture Theatre 🎟 Register → link in bio
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Tomorrow at SOAS Join us for a screening of Ondas: Waves — a feminist, decolonial film tracing trans lives across Maputo and Rio de Janeiro. Followed by a conversation with the research & creative team. 🗓 29 May 🕠 5:30–7:30 PM 📍 SOAS University of London 🎟 Register → link in bio
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Across Brazil and Mozambique, queer and trans exiles are creating powerful narratives of home, belonging, and resistance.
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Feminist Centre for Racial Justice @fcrj.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Visit the IPV Prevention Research Hub. Case studies, podcasts, practitioner insights, cross regional reflections. Built from conversations with 77 practitioners across Africa, Mesoamerica, and Europe. 🔗 Visit the Prevention Hub via link in bio.
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