Honorary afternoon for Audre Lorde: Neue Strasse inaugurated in Kreuzberg

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Am 28. Juni 2024 wird in Kreuzberg die Audre-Lorde-Straße sowie ein Gedenkzeichen für Audre Lorde mit einem Festakt eingeweiht. Die Einweihungsfeier wird von verschiedenen Persönlichkeiten begleitet, darunter Bezirksbürgermeisterin Clara Herrmann, der Vorsteher der Bezirksverordnetenversammlung Werner Heck sowie Wegbegleiterinnen und Mitstreitende von Audre Lorde, wie Katharina Oguntoye, Dr. Marion Kraft, Dagmar Schultz, Tahir Della und Jasmin Eding. Die musikalische und künstlerische Gestaltung übernehmen die Berliner Band 3 Women, der Friendship-Chor des Joliba e.V. und die Künstler*in und Poet*in Lahya Aukongo, moderiert wird die Veranstaltung von Dr. Cassandra Ellerbe. Die Benennung der Straße nach Audre Lorde wurde im Februar 2019 von der …
On June 28, 2024, Audre-Lorde-Straße and a commemorative sign for Audre Lorde will be inaugurated in Kreuzberg with a ceremony. The inauguration ceremony is accompanied by various personalities, including district mayor Clara Herrmann, the head of the district council of Werner Heck as well as companions and fellow competitors by Audre Lorde, such as Katharina Oguntoye, Dr. Marion Kraft, Dagmar Schultz, Tahir Della and Jasmin Eding. The Berlin Band 3 Women, the Friendship Choir of Joliba e.V. and the artists and Poet*in Lahya Aukongo, take over the musical and artistic design, the event is moderated by Dr. Cassandra Ellerbe. The name of the road to Audre Lorde was in February 2019 by the ... (Symbolbild/MB)

On June 28, 2024, Audre-Lorde-Straße and a commemorative sign for Audre Lorde will be inaugurated in Kreuzberg with a ceremony. The inauguration ceremony is accompanied by various personalities, including district mayor Clara Herrmann, the head of the district council of Werner Heck as well as companions and fellow competitors by Audre Lorde, such as Katharina Oguntoye, Dr. Marion Kraft, Dagmar Schultz, Tahir Della and Jasmin Eding. The Berlin Band 3 Women, the Friendship Choir of Joliba e.V. and the artists and Poet*in Lahya Aukongo, take over the musical and artistic design, the event is moderated by Dr. Cassandra Ellerbe.

The name of the street to Audre Lorde was decided in February 2019 by the district assembly. Audre Lorde, an African-American poet and activist, still has an important role in feminist, queer, lesbian, black and women-of-color movements worldwide. It was committed to citizens' rights, peace and the networking of black people, played a central role in the development of the black feminist movement in Germany and significantly shaped the women's movement.

The name of a street to Audre Lorde is considered an important step towards more representation of LGBTQIA*, black people and people of color in public space. District Mayor Clara Herrmann emphasized the importance of this street naming as recognition for Audre Lorde's contribution to diversity, equality and intercultural dialogue.

The event is carried out in cooperation with "decolonial culture of memory in the city". Media contact is available for further information.

In the following table, important information about the event is summarized:

| Date | June 28, 2024 |
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| Time | 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. |
| Location | Corner Audre-Lorde-Straße /Muskauer Straße |
| Speaker | District Mayor Clara Herrmann, Werner Heck, Katharina Oguntoye, Dr. Marion Kraft, Dagmar Schultz, Tahir Della, Jasmin Eding |
| Music | Berlin Volume 3 Women, Friendship Choir of Joliba e.V., Lahya Aukongo |
| Moderator | Dr. Cassandra Ellerbe |

The inauguration of the Audre-Lordstraße and the memorial sign for Audre Lorde thus represents an important step towards recognizing an inspiring personality, which still has a significant influence on different social movements to this day.


Source: www.berlin.de