{"id":32786,"date":"2022-03-06T20:51:15","date_gmt":"2022-03-06T19:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/?p=32786"},"modified":"2025-09-19T17:06:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T15:06:41","slug":"fellows-who-stand-in-solidarity-with-displaced-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/de\/fellows-who-stand-in-solidarity-with-displaced-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Fellows Who Stand in Solidarity With Displaced People"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"project":[357],"project_type":[775,725,726,743],"class_list":["post-32786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","project-solitude-blog","project_type-community","project_type-formats","project_type-text","project_type-themes"],"acf":{"bgcolor":"","bgcolor_custom":"","custom_color_css_variable":"","content_type":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content_txt","acfe_flexible_layout_title":"Text","bgcolor":"","bgcolor_custom":"","layout_col_size":8,"txt_cols":"is-1-txtcol","txt":"March 6th, 2022\r\n\r\nWe, the undersigned fellows of the Akademie Schloss Solitude, stand in solidarity with displaced people from Ukraine and the whole world, regardless of the origins of their displacement such as the violence of war, settler-colonial enterprises, imperialistic economic trade, and\/or natural disasters. We ask all cultural institutions inside of the European Union, especially those based in Germany, to mobilize their bureaucratic instruments to support and uplift the movement of migrants and displaced people, black, brown, indigenous and Roma folks, people of the LGBTQIA+ community of all ages and abilities, across borders. We ask for institutions to urgently step in as networks of aid and to implement a set of ongoing support structures for forced migrants.\r\n\r\nWe call upon the Ministry of Culture from Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg to do everything in their power to facilitate the safe passage of individuals of these communities and to ensure accommodation, medical care, food, and accompaniment in terms of all legal matters related to their rightful stay in Germany. We stress this necessity, especially in regards to trans- and gender-non-conforming individuals, who may face even more difficulty moving across borders in Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia due to conflicting information on their legal documents. This support should not be offered depending upon people\u2019s occupation or nationality, but it should be extended to those most vulnerable. Migration is a long process that does not end once a border is crossed. We urge for a long-term plan to be developed so that such movements are not interrupted by the limitations of inhabiting a new legal system and society.\r\n\r\nTo support the movement of those who are facing extreme adversity right now, including those who are not in close proximity to whiteness, we urge all cultural institutions to issue letters of invitation, to extend funding, and provide jobs so that people are not only able to enter Germany but sustain their livelihoods.\r\n\r\nThese struggles can hardly be eased by individuals and independent communities. Their ability to stay in the country and intertwined right to safety is directly dependent on European institutions. Currently, as we know and see, there are a number of vacant studios at Akademie Schloss Solitude. We ask that these spaces be allocated to people in need and be used as leverage to argue in favor of those intending to come to Germany. Additionally, Akademie Schloss Solitude enjoys facilities that can function as gathering spaces for those who come, so that collective gatherings can be held within the national protocols for COVID-19. The funds from the Ministry of Culture allocated for the support of displaced people should be used at the discretion of the Akademie Schloss Solitude.\r\n\r\nTransparency in this process is of the utmost urgency and necessity. There is no time for unending paperwork and administrative wormholes. Action is needed now. All people should be welcomed in all available spaces.\r\n\r\nIn SUM, our writing aims at specific goals. We ask for:\r\n