Conversations with Milena Berić, Nađa Bobičić, Aida Čorović and Vladimir Arsenijević at the Liberté, Egalité, Solidarité! 2.0 Forum

25 Nov Conversations with Milena Berić, Nađa Bobičić, Aida Čorović and Vladimir Arsenijević at the Liberté, Egalité, Solidarité! 2.0 Forum

Conversations with Milena Berić, Nađa Bobičić, Aida Čorović and Vladimir Arsenijević at the Liberté, Egalité, Solidarité! 2.0 Forum

During the four days of the second Liberté, Egalité, Solidarité! forum, participants will have the opportunity to engage in workshops, lectures, and discussions that encourage collective action and long-term partnerships. On the first and the second day of the forum, two reflective lectures and dialogues will take place.

After the guided tour around Subotica and visit to Cultural Center of the NGO Klara and Rosa on Monday, December 1, the second day will be open by the presentation of the Liberté, Egalité, Solidarité! research with proposals and recommendations for the involvement and cooperation of civil society organizations regarding activities in response to the aggression against Ukraine, prepared by the authors Srđan Hercigonja and Milena Berić who will do the presentation.

After the meeting in speed dating format and work in groups Nađa Bobičić will explore in her presentation how young artists, writers, and activists across the former Yugoslavia engage with the unresolved past through feminist perspectives. 

The presentation will showcase how the members of the younger generation – those born during the nineties – relate through art and activism to the legacy of the wars during the breakup of socialist Yugoslavia. Their childhoods were marked in different ways by the tragedies and destruction that followed. She will also present feminist books from this body of work and follow the history of feminist antimilitarist cooperation from the Balkan region.

The program continues with a conversation between Aida Ćorović, one of the most prominent antiwar and feminist voices in Serbia, and writer Vladimir Arsenijević. Together, they will reflect on her decades of activism, the personal and political costs of speaking out, and the pressures of patriarchy. It is a dialogue about persistence and resistance

The LIBERTE, EGALITE, SOLIDARITE! 2.0 project responds to the urgent need for strengthened cooperation between Serbian and Ukrainian women’s grassroots organizations, initiatives, NGOs, and activists in the face of the social challenges produced by the ongoing war. By facilitating cross-border exchange, feminist solidarity, and practical collaboration, the initiative aims to empower those working on the frontlines of social justice, peacebuilding, and community resilience. The project is implemented with the support of the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI).