POLYRHYTHMS for Queer Refugees
What is this project all about?
POLYRHYTHMS for Queer Refugees
An initiative founded with the goal of providing LGBTQIA+ asylum seekers with the tools and resources they need to cope with intense experiences of trauma and re-traumatization.
LGBTQIA+ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersexual, asexual, and identities and sexualities that transgress these categories.
This 12-month pilot project combines Systemic Coaching techniques with TaKeTiNa® rhythms method —a unique e… Show more
What is the project goal and who is the project for?
The POLYRHYTHMS pilot project is]catered to the needs of a group of refugees from Cameroon and Venezuela from the Queer Refugees Network (QRN), a refugee support network initiated by Rosa Linde e.V., an LGBTQIA+ association in Leipzig.
The individualized Systemic Coaching sessions will take place with Ali Schwartz with the aim of stabilisation. In an environment of respect and appreciation, a trauma sensitive space will be created for each individual's sel… Show more
Why would you support this project?
If you believe that everybody, regardless of their legal status has a right to mental health resources and healing, then please support this project and make it a reality.
For many LGBTQIA+ refugees, trauma is a permanent companion. Its weight can't be measured but it can be felt. Along with the challenges many refugees who arrive in Germany face with starting their new lives, many also carry overwhelming experiences of abuse and marginalisation.
Those who h… Show more
How will we use the money if the project is successfully funded?
If we successfully reach our first funding goal of 10,000 Euros, a group of four LGBTQIA+ refugees will have the opportunity to participate in our intensive 3-month long POLYRHYTHMS pilot project.
This includes bi-weekly TaKeTiNa® sessions in a group setting, as well as bi-weekly individual systemic coaching coupled with language mediation led by professional translators. The process will be monitored and evaluated throughout.
If we reach our second funding… Show more
Who are the people behind the project?
The Leipzig-based POLYRHYTHMS for Queer Refugees pilot project was conceived by Ali Schwartz and Matthias Schirmer. The project is supervised by Karina Kehlet Lins.
- Ali is a professional dancer, systemic coach (GST Berlin), and prospective family therapist (DGSF) with a background in philosophy and pedagogy. She is working with the mixed-abled performance collective POLYMORA Inc.
- Matthias, is a musician, TaKeTINa rhythm pedagogue and Betzavta-Trainer. He … Show more
Denis (co-founder of Startnext)