Online Support Group for Women and Trans Activists // Samopomocowa Grupa Wsparcia

Publish Date:25 February 2021

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Landecker Democracy Fellow Lena Bielska is founding the first online self-help support group for women and trans activists in Warsaw. This group will work in cooperation with the Preludium Foundation from Poznań.

Learn more about the online support group for women and trans activists here (in Polish).

Lena is one of thirty Landecker Democracy Fellows. This fellowship, a collaboration between the Alfred Landecker Foundation and Humanity in Action, was created to strengthen a new generation of leaders whose approaches to political and social challenges can become catalysts for democratic placemaking and community building. Read more about the fellowship here.

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