Pride Connects: Protest in quarantine: Digital Earth Day – How the environmental movement went online

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Pride connects events are at rest this days, too. Still we try to be active and continue to prepare content for and with you.

Year 2019 was the year of the protests. The rise of worldwide street actions was so big, it was named the Global protest wave of 2019. Then, the virus hit and put a stop to one of the key components of street protests: public gatherings. Our realities have changed within days and it seems that social distancing and limitations on public gatherings will be a part of our new normal. This affected many mobilisations but it didn’t stop the people. We adapted, and daily we are finding new ways of nonviolent and safe protesting. The common denominator is creativity and solidarity and if we look at just Slovenia we can see online support groups (with almost 60.000 members!), bike riding, balcony singing and fundraising collective actions. Let’s explore together how people are protesting here and worldwide and figure out how we will make our voices heard in the future.

On Tuesday, 12th May we will explore what happened to the environmental movement, which in 2019, along with many others, was in full swing. This year we celebrated Earth Day digitally, there were various campaigns. The case study will be followed by a discussion of our experience with the “digitization of activism”.

?️ With ‘Pride Connects’, we strive to connect the local LGBTIQ+ youth, activists, and all those interested in the political side of Pride(s) and LGBTIQ+ Human Rights Struggles in Slovenia and across the world.

We know that being an openly LGBTIQ+ person and walking down any public space is a political act, and we know it is not easy – so we want to create a safe(r) space for all LGBTIQ+ people and a place of empowerment.