Feminist Centre for Racial Justice
@fcrj.bsky.social
Research in service of movement building. We connect feminist thought, organising, and racial justice strategies.
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Thank you for listening, sharing, and growing this community with us 🚀💜
We’re excited to bring you:
• New series with academics on why their work matters beyond the academy
• A renewed dive into our Leadership & Legacy series
• More voices, more perspectives, and more pathways to feminist justice
We’re excited to bring you:
• New series with academics on why their work matters beyond the academy
• A renewed dive into our Leadership & Legacy series
• More voices, more perspectives, and more pathways to feminist justice
November 19, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Thank you for listening, sharing, and growing this community with us 🚀💜
We’re excited to bring you:
• New series with academics on why their work matters beyond the academy
• A renewed dive into our Leadership & Legacy series
• More voices, more perspectives, and more pathways to feminist justice
We’re excited to bring you:
• New series with academics on why their work matters beyond the academy
• A renewed dive into our Leadership & Legacy series
• More voices, more perspectives, and more pathways to feminist justice
📢 New episode of Runway to Feminist Justice now live!
Nadia Asri speaks with Samrawit Assefa about feminist responses to sexual violence, genocide, and trauma in humanitarian settings — and what resistance looks like through care and collective power.
🎧 Listen via the link in our bio.
Nadia Asri speaks with Samrawit Assefa about feminist responses to sexual violence, genocide, and trauma in humanitarian settings — and what resistance looks like through care and collective power.
🎧 Listen via the link in our bio.
November 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
📢 New episode of Runway to Feminist Justice now live!
Nadia Asri speaks with Samrawit Assefa about feminist responses to sexual violence, genocide, and trauma in humanitarian settings — and what resistance looks like through care and collective power.
🎧 Listen via the link in our bio.
Nadia Asri speaks with Samrawit Assefa about feminist responses to sexual violence, genocide, and trauma in humanitarian settings — and what resistance looks like through care and collective power.
🎧 Listen via the link in our bio.
✨What do feminist theories and movements show us about transformative change?
✨How do we prepare for just and equitable power to curtail the inevitable usurpation of people’s power?
✨How do we ideologically and intellectually prepare the next generation of feminist intellectuals and activists?
✨How do we prepare for just and equitable power to curtail the inevitable usurpation of people’s power?
✨How do we ideologically and intellectually prepare the next generation of feminist intellectuals and activists?
November 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
✨What do feminist theories and movements show us about transformative change?
✨How do we prepare for just and equitable power to curtail the inevitable usurpation of people’s power?
✨How do we ideologically and intellectually prepare the next generation of feminist intellectuals and activists?
✨How do we prepare for just and equitable power to curtail the inevitable usurpation of people’s power?
✨How do we ideologically and intellectually prepare the next generation of feminist intellectuals and activists?
“I use feminist research and storytelling to make visible the everyday activism of women in the Great Lakes region — women who rebuild communities, challenge exclusion, and lead with courage in the face of systemic injustice.” — Nina Chizungu
👉🏿Learn more via the link in our bio.
👉🏿Learn more via the link in our bio.
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM
“I use feminist research and storytelling to make visible the everyday activism of women in the Great Lakes region — women who rebuild communities, challenge exclusion, and lead with courage in the face of systemic injustice.” — Nina Chizungu
👉🏿Learn more via the link in our bio.
👉🏿Learn more via the link in our bio.
We’re thrilled to welcome Nina Chizungu, Programme Director & Gender Expert at Sote Pamoja RDC, as one of our new Activists-in-Residence.
Her project celebrates women activists in the DRC, Rwanda & Burundi who’ve turned survival into leadership—rebuilding peace and shaping feminist governance.
Her project celebrates women activists in the DRC, Rwanda & Burundi who’ve turned survival into leadership—rebuilding peace and shaping feminist governance.
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM
We’re thrilled to welcome Nina Chizungu, Programme Director & Gender Expert at Sote Pamoja RDC, as one of our new Activists-in-Residence.
Her project celebrates women activists in the DRC, Rwanda & Burundi who’ve turned survival into leadership—rebuilding peace and shaping feminist governance.
Her project celebrates women activists in the DRC, Rwanda & Burundi who’ve turned survival into leadership—rebuilding peace and shaping feminist governance.
“I am not a scholar – I am an immigrant, a practitioner, and an advocate who has lived the barriers I now work to dismantle.” — Tamara Isaac 💜
Tamara's work builds multilingual, trauma-informed tools that help communities advocate for dignity, justice, and inclusion.
👉🏿Learn more via link in bio.
Tamara's work builds multilingual, trauma-informed tools that help communities advocate for dignity, justice, and inclusion.
👉🏿Learn more via link in bio.
November 7, 2025 at 11:19 AM
“I am not a scholar – I am an immigrant, a practitioner, and an advocate who has lived the barriers I now work to dismantle.” — Tamara Isaac 💜
Tamara's work builds multilingual, trauma-informed tools that help communities advocate for dignity, justice, and inclusion.
👉🏿Learn more via link in bio.
Tamara's work builds multilingual, trauma-informed tools that help communities advocate for dignity, justice, and inclusion.
👉🏿Learn more via link in bio.
We’re proud to welcome Tamara Isaac, Haitian lawyer, language-justice practitioner, and poet, as one of our new Activists-in-Residence.
Tamara's project, Language Justice Across South-South Migration, tackles the systemic barriers Black immigrants face in Brazil and across Latin America.
Tamara's project, Language Justice Across South-South Migration, tackles the systemic barriers Black immigrants face in Brazil and across Latin America.
November 7, 2025 at 11:19 AM
We’re proud to welcome Tamara Isaac, Haitian lawyer, language-justice practitioner, and poet, as one of our new Activists-in-Residence.
Tamara's project, Language Justice Across South-South Migration, tackles the systemic barriers Black immigrants face in Brazil and across Latin America.
Tamara's project, Language Justice Across South-South Migration, tackles the systemic barriers Black immigrants face in Brazil and across Latin America.
The AiR programme is about mutual learning.
Residency holders use feminist and community-based methods to build tools, stories, and strategies that challenge racism and racialisation.
👉🏾Learn more via the link in our bio.
Residency holders use feminist and community-based methods to build tools, stories, and strategies that challenge racism and racialisation.
👉🏾Learn more via the link in our bio.
November 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The AiR programme is about mutual learning.
Residency holders use feminist and community-based methods to build tools, stories, and strategies that challenge racism and racialisation.
👉🏾Learn more via the link in our bio.
Residency holders use feminist and community-based methods to build tools, stories, and strategies that challenge racism and racialisation.
👉🏾Learn more via the link in our bio.
✨ Where activism meets research.
We’re excited to introduce our 2025/26 Activists-in-Residence.
The programme connects activists, researchers, and students to co-create feminist approaches to racial justice. ✊🏽
We’re excited to introduce our 2025/26 Activists-in-Residence.
The programme connects activists, researchers, and students to co-create feminist approaches to racial justice. ✊🏽
November 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
✨ Where activism meets research.
We’re excited to introduce our 2025/26 Activists-in-Residence.
The programme connects activists, researchers, and students to co-create feminist approaches to racial justice. ✊🏽
We’re excited to introduce our 2025/26 Activists-in-Residence.
The programme connects activists, researchers, and students to co-create feminist approaches to racial justice. ✊🏽
“Feminist worldmaking is how we build the worlds we need - through knowledge, community, and resistance.”
As researchers, our role is to produce knowledge that strengthens movement building and organising for a better world. Grateful to all who joined Dr. Awino Okech’s Inaugural Lecture.
As researchers, our role is to produce knowledge that strengthens movement building and organising for a better world. Grateful to all who joined Dr. Awino Okech’s Inaugural Lecture.
October 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“Feminist worldmaking is how we build the worlds we need - through knowledge, community, and resistance.”
As researchers, our role is to produce knowledge that strengthens movement building and organising for a better world. Grateful to all who joined Dr. Awino Okech’s Inaugural Lecture.
As researchers, our role is to produce knowledge that strengthens movement building and organising for a better world. Grateful to all who joined Dr. Awino Okech’s Inaugural Lecture.
At her inaugural lecture 'Feminist Worldmaking: On Knowledge Infrastructures and Social Transformation' Professor Awino Okech reminded us that feminist worldmaking also means transforming the institutions we inhabit.
Cite your Black women professors.
Cite your Black women professors.
October 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
At her inaugural lecture 'Feminist Worldmaking: On Knowledge Infrastructures and Social Transformation' Professor Awino Okech reminded us that feminist worldmaking also means transforming the institutions we inhabit.
Cite your Black women professors.
Cite your Black women professors.
🎙 Legacy Series Finale Out Now!
What does it mean to imagine freedom beyond borders?
In our final legacy series episodes with Françoise Vergès, we look forward to explore radical acts of imagination.
🎧 Listen via the link in our bio.
What does it mean to imagine freedom beyond borders?
In our final legacy series episodes with Françoise Vergès, we look forward to explore radical acts of imagination.
🎧 Listen via the link in our bio.
October 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
🎙 Legacy Series Finale Out Now!
What does it mean to imagine freedom beyond borders?
In our final legacy series episodes with Françoise Vergès, we look forward to explore radical acts of imagination.
🎧 Listen via the link in our bio.
What does it mean to imagine freedom beyond borders?
In our final legacy series episodes with Françoise Vergès, we look forward to explore radical acts of imagination.
🎧 Listen via the link in our bio.
When Miriam Makeba asked Thandiswa Mazwai what kind of artist she wanted to be, her response became a lesson in politics, community, and purpose: art as a practice for liberation.
🎧 Listen to the full conversation on our podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/5iC2VOwF7dV5RZNgklneMm
🎧 Listen to the full conversation on our podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/5iC2VOwF7dV5RZNgklneMm
October 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
When Miriam Makeba asked Thandiswa Mazwai what kind of artist she wanted to be, her response became a lesson in politics, community, and purpose: art as a practice for liberation.
🎧 Listen to the full conversation on our podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/5iC2VOwF7dV5RZNgklneMm
🎧 Listen to the full conversation on our podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/5iC2VOwF7dV5RZNgklneMm
💜Thank you to everyone who sent a Revolutionary Love Letter.
We’ll contact selected contributors by 7th November 2025.
All submissions are received with gratitude and care.
We’ll contact selected contributors by 7th November 2025.
All submissions are received with gratitude and care.
October 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
💜Thank you to everyone who sent a Revolutionary Love Letter.
We’ll contact selected contributors by 7th November 2025.
All submissions are received with gratitude and care.
We’ll contact selected contributors by 7th November 2025.
All submissions are received with gratitude and care.
🌍 Research Collaboratory
Transnational action research connecting academics and social justice movements.
We co-create feminist methodologies and outcomes that imagine and build racially just worlds. Explore the projects we’ve supported so far: thefeministcentre.org/programmes/research-collaboratory
Transnational action research connecting academics and social justice movements.
We co-create feminist methodologies and outcomes that imagine and build racially just worlds. Explore the projects we’ve supported so far: thefeministcentre.org/programmes/research-collaboratory
October 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
🌍 Research Collaboratory
Transnational action research connecting academics and social justice movements.
We co-create feminist methodologies and outcomes that imagine and build racially just worlds. Explore the projects we’ve supported so far: thefeministcentre.org/programmes/research-collaboratory
Transnational action research connecting academics and social justice movements.
We co-create feminist methodologies and outcomes that imagine and build racially just worlds. Explore the projects we’ve supported so far: thefeministcentre.org/programmes/research-collaboratory
Movement Builders’ Schools
Five-day immersive spaces bringing together experienced activists to strengthen collective knowledge and advance movement strategy. Check out the past editions in Kenya and Mexico on our website: thefeministcentre.org/programmes/movement-building-schools/
Five-day immersive spaces bringing together experienced activists to strengthen collective knowledge and advance movement strategy. Check out the past editions in Kenya and Mexico on our website: thefeministcentre.org/programmes/movement-building-schools/
October 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Movement Builders’ Schools
Five-day immersive spaces bringing together experienced activists to strengthen collective knowledge and advance movement strategy. Check out the past editions in Kenya and Mexico on our website: thefeministcentre.org/programmes/movement-building-schools/
Five-day immersive spaces bringing together experienced activists to strengthen collective knowledge and advance movement strategy. Check out the past editions in Kenya and Mexico on our website: thefeministcentre.org/programmes/movement-building-schools/
🎓 Doctoral Fellowships
In partnership with Makerere University’s School of Women and Gender Studies, we support PhD research that builds the next generation of feminist scholars working on racial justice.
In partnership with Makerere University’s School of Women and Gender Studies, we support PhD research that builds the next generation of feminist scholars working on racial justice.
October 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
🎓 Doctoral Fellowships
In partnership with Makerere University’s School of Women and Gender Studies, we support PhD research that builds the next generation of feminist scholars working on racial justice.
In partnership with Makerere University’s School of Women and Gender Studies, we support PhD research that builds the next generation of feminist scholars working on racial justice.
💡 Innovation Incubator
Transnational interventions that shape narratives, transform power, and influence policy.
Includes our Activist-in-Residence fellowships, where activists co-develop action-oriented research with communities, scholars, and FCRJ.
Transnational interventions that shape narratives, transform power, and influence policy.
Includes our Activist-in-Residence fellowships, where activists co-develop action-oriented research with communities, scholars, and FCRJ.
October 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
💡 Innovation Incubator
Transnational interventions that shape narratives, transform power, and influence policy.
Includes our Activist-in-Residence fellowships, where activists co-develop action-oriented research with communities, scholars, and FCRJ.
Transnational interventions that shape narratives, transform power, and influence policy.
Includes our Activist-in-Residence fellowships, where activists co-develop action-oriented research with communities, scholars, and FCRJ.
Announcing the professorial inaugural lecture of Prof. Awino Okech, FCRJ's Director.
The lecture explores African feminist knowledge making for social transformation and the role of Prof Okech's scholarship and work.
🗓️23 October 2025 l 18h00
📍SOAS Gallery Lecture Theatre
🎟️Link in bio.
The lecture explores African feminist knowledge making for social transformation and the role of Prof Okech's scholarship and work.
🗓️23 October 2025 l 18h00
📍SOAS Gallery Lecture Theatre
🎟️Link in bio.
October 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Announcing the professorial inaugural lecture of Prof. Awino Okech, FCRJ's Director.
The lecture explores African feminist knowledge making for social transformation and the role of Prof Okech's scholarship and work.
🗓️23 October 2025 l 18h00
📍SOAS Gallery Lecture Theatre
🎟️Link in bio.
The lecture explores African feminist knowledge making for social transformation and the role of Prof Okech's scholarship and work.
🗓️23 October 2025 l 18h00
📍SOAS Gallery Lecture Theatre
🎟️Link in bio.
💜Submit a Revolutionary Love Letter!
Write a love letter to a feminist who inspires you — share why you’re grateful and how their work moves you.
🌍 Any language | 📅 20 Oct 2025
Up to 30 letters may be featured in our online booklet.
👉🏿 Read the full call via the link in our bio before submitting
Write a love letter to a feminist who inspires you — share why you’re grateful and how their work moves you.
🌍 Any language | 📅 20 Oct 2025
Up to 30 letters may be featured in our online booklet.
👉🏿 Read the full call via the link in our bio before submitting
October 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
💜Submit a Revolutionary Love Letter!
Write a love letter to a feminist who inspires you — share why you’re grateful and how their work moves you.
🌍 Any language | 📅 20 Oct 2025
Up to 30 letters may be featured in our online booklet.
👉🏿 Read the full call via the link in our bio before submitting
Write a love letter to a feminist who inspires you — share why you’re grateful and how their work moves you.
🌍 Any language | 📅 20 Oct 2025
Up to 30 letters may be featured in our online booklet.
👉🏿 Read the full call via the link in our bio before submitting
When activists, artists, and scholars meet, new solidarities take shape. We create the spaces where these dialogues can begin - and strategies can grow across borders.
October 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
When activists, artists, and scholars meet, new solidarities take shape. We create the spaces where these dialogues can begin - and strategies can grow across borders.
Borders, prisons, and data systems often speak the same language of control. We study how gendered and racialised logics sustain them - and how movements resist. +
October 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Borders, prisons, and data systems often speak the same language of control. We study how gendered and racialised logics sustain them - and how movements resist. +
Feminist racial justice is already being built in the majority world - through art, research, and organising. That’s where our work begins - testing, practising, and amplifying feminist experiments in justice. +
October 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Feminist racial justice is already being built in the majority world - through art, research, and organising. That’s where our work begins - testing, practising, and amplifying feminist experiments in justice. +
Our work moves through three interlocking pathways - connecting research, organising, and practice.
Which one speaks to your work or activism? We’d love to hear from you. +
Which one speaks to your work or activism? We’d love to hear from you. +
October 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Our work moves through three interlocking pathways - connecting research, organising, and practice.
Which one speaks to your work or activism? We’d love to hear from you. +
Which one speaks to your work or activism? We’d love to hear from you. +
Françoise Vergès on carceral feminism and the NGO-isation of justice work.
We discuss:
🚨 What we lose when movements are absorbed by institutions
📚 Disobedient archives & radical memory
🌱 Alternatives rooted in abolition & community-based organising
🎧 Listen here: lnkd.in/eMXgqkYT
We discuss:
🚨 What we lose when movements are absorbed by institutions
📚 Disobedient archives & radical memory
🌱 Alternatives rooted in abolition & community-based organising
🎧 Listen here: lnkd.in/eMXgqkYT
October 6, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Françoise Vergès on carceral feminism and the NGO-isation of justice work.
We discuss:
🚨 What we lose when movements are absorbed by institutions
📚 Disobedient archives & radical memory
🌱 Alternatives rooted in abolition & community-based organising
🎧 Listen here: lnkd.in/eMXgqkYT
We discuss:
🚨 What we lose when movements are absorbed by institutions
📚 Disobedient archives & radical memory
🌱 Alternatives rooted in abolition & community-based organising
🎧 Listen here: lnkd.in/eMXgqkYT