The XIX Feminist-Queer Summer Action

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The XIX Feminist-Queer Summer Action will take place from 21.07 – 30.07.2023 at the Place for Positive Initiatives Kacze Bagno (Warmia).

Want to find out if FAL is right for you? Take the feminist holiday test!

  • Do you want to meet in person the people who make up the most enduring feminist initiative in Poland?
  • Or are you looking for inspiration for feminist action?
  • Want to take a break from the noise, the smog, the concrete? Or are you simply comfortable in nature?
  • Are you active, working, studying and/or bringing up children? Retired? On sick leave?
  • Or do you live outside Poland now and miss it?
  • Want to take part in yoga, WenDo, classes and discussions around the most pressing feminist issues, film screenings, feminist D.Y.. I., radical actions, dance, create even the most utopian visions of the world, reclaim your body and voice?
  • Are you looking for a place that is accessible to different people (including those with disabilities, low income)?
  • Want to make new friends, spend time with a fascinatingly diverse group from Poland and beyond?

If you answered YES to at least one of these questions, then FALa is the place for you!

 

When: 21-30 July 2023
Where: Place of Positive Initiatives Kacze Bagno in Warmia
Initiators: informal group Sister Street

 

What is FALa?

The Feminist-Queer Summer Action is an educational and development initiative with accommodation under tents or in a dormitory, for approximately 65 women** and children.

FALa is a COMMUNITY where we interact with each other, talk, learn and take care of each other (supporting each other, cooking, cleaning), play, dance, dream. Every few days we all meet together and talk about how to put the ideas of FALa into practice.

FALa IS DEVELOPMENT AND ACTION: during FALa there are workshops, social actions, film screenings, discussions: from the history and theory of feminism, to WenDo workshops, to movement activities and learning how to repair bicycles. Each person can take part in around 40 hours of activities. Children have a separate programme.

FALa is NON-COMMERCIAL, not for-profit generation. Your entire contribution goes towards providing you with a place to sleep, classes, food, cleaning supplies and materials for the workshops. Participants contributions will also cover the costs of running the children activities, the participation of assistants for people with disabilities and interpreters (FALi will most likely involve Polish and/or Russian speakers). The organisation of FALa and the running of the activities are on a reciprocal exchange basis.

FALa strives to be ACCESSIBLE for people of all abilities, for people experiencing visual, hearing and mobility disabilities: the ground floor of both buildings, including the toilet, is wheelchair accessible.

FALa’s ideas and values:

  • COMMUNITY AND INTERACTION
  • FEMINISM/S, VEGANISM, ECOLOGY
  • DIVERSITY, EQUALITY, ACCESSIBILITY
  • MUTUAL EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT
  • SAFE SPACE
  • EXCHANGE AND RESPONSIBILITY SHARING
Who is FALa for?

Approximately 65 women** and girls and 15 children over the age of 3 can take part in FALa including:

  • girls from 3 to 13 years old; above this age, girls participate in FALa on the same basis as adults,
  • boys from 3 to 10 years of age – if they have not previously attended FALi,
  • boys from 3 to 11 years old – if they have been on FALi before,
  • non-binary and transgender children from the age of 3 to 13 – above this age they participate  in FALi on the same basis as adults.

We do not recommend coming to FALa with a child under the age of three. If you have such an idea it is essential to consult with us. We are happy to share our experiences in this area.

Cost to participate in FALa:

Adult:
Standard cost: payment up to 15.05.2023 999 PLN
Standard cost: payment after 15.05.2023 1199 PLN
Solidarity/support cost over 1199.00 PLN

Child
Standard cost: payment up to 15.05.2023 499 PLN
Standard cost: payment after 15.05.2023 599 PLN
Solidarity/support cost over 599 PLN

!!! PLEASE NOTE: it is possible to pay for the trip with a travel voucher, for this please send a private message no later than 25. March on Facebook or to: ulica.siostrzana@gmail.com.

The cost of FALA consists of:

  • the cost of accommodation, use of activity rooms and sanitary facilities.
  • the purchase of food, the use of the kitchen with equipment and utensils (three vegan meals per day, prepared together in the framework of duty by the FALi participants),
  • purchase of cleaning products and materials for workshops,
  • cost of preparing and running activities for the children,
  • transport costs (food and materials).

We are waiting for your application until 31 May 2023!

 

Registration

 

* The history of the Street Feminist Camp name is rich . It started with Feminist Action Information and Recreation (FAIR), then there was Feminist Summer Action (FALa), now there is Feminist and Queer Summer Action.

**Woman/girl – wherever we use this term, we mean all people with experience of living as a woman or girl, including transgender and non-binary people.e.