AfroSwissters conversation on diaspora perspectives
In Kooperation mit Afroswissters
This AfroSwissters conversation explores how people across diaspora communities in Switzerland carry heritage as a living compass for identity, resilience, responsibility, and action. At a time when experiences of belonging are increasingly complex and fluid, the evening explores how cultural roots shape the way we navigate opportunity, respond to exclusion, rebuild after rupture, and create new forms of care, leadership, and economic agency.
In conversation, Tallulah Patricia Bär (AfroSwissters founder) and Lys Silva (lead and project manager at AfroSwissters) will reflect on diasporic life, migration, microaggressions, visibility, and the ongoing negotiation of identity across cultures. Drawing on her Brazilian background and her experience of fleeing the war in Ukraine, Lys Silva provides a unique perspective on resilience, belonging, and rebuilding life in a new country.
The evening invites an honest exchange on heritage as a source of resilience, trust, contribution, and collective possibility. AfroSwissters warmly welcome all who have fled, all who have offered support, and all who want to understand more deeply what it means to rebuild, belong, and stand in solidarity
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AfroSwissters conversation on diaspora perspectives
In Kooperation mit Afroswissters
This AfroSwissters conversation explores how people across diaspora communities in Switzerland carry heritage as a living compass for identity, resilience, responsibility, and action. At a time when experiences of belonging are increasingly complex and fluid, the evening explores how cultural roots shape the way we navigate opportunity, respond to exclusion, rebuild after rupture, and create new forms of care, leadership, and economic agency.
In conversation, Tallulah Patricia Bär (AfroSwissters founder) and Lys Silva (lead and project manager at AfroSwissters) will reflect on diasporic life, migration, microaggressions, visibility, and the ongoing negotiation of identity across cultures. Drawing on her Brazilian background and her experience of fleeing the war in Ukraine, Lys Silva provides a unique perspective on resilience, belonging, and rebuilding life in a new country.
The evening invites an honest exchange on heritage as a source of resilience, trust, contribution, and collective possibility. AfroSwissters warmly welcome all who have fled, all who have offered support, and all who want to understand more deeply what it means to rebuild, belong, and stand in solidarity across cultures, histories, and lived experiences.
AfroSwissters is a platform for Black (1) women in Switzerland and across the Afro-diaspora. Members create spaces for dialogue, solidarity, and cultural exchange. While the focus lies on the experiences of Black women, the organization is open to the general public. AfroSwissters’ programs foster connection, mutual support, and personal and collective growth: Connect. Heal. Grow. Thrive.
- «Black» with a capital «B» does not refer to a color or skin tone, but is a political self-identification used by people who have experienced racism. The capital letter differentiates the term from the color adjective. On the Schauspielhaus Zürich website, you find a glossary with additional basic terms for language that is sensitive to and critical of discrimination.
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