Concept note
Taking place in a post-pandemic context and facing several geopolitical shifts, the 2022 convening aimed to address challenges like the climate crisis and inequality by empowering people-centred social movements. Hosted in Johannesburg, South Africa, the convening welcomed a diverse representation of social movement actors to engage participate.
The world’s failure to deal equitably with COVID-19 stands as the ultimate indictment of a global system that prioritises profit over people and ignores the needs of the most vulnerable in society. Additionally, geopolitical reconfigurations threaten to unravel all existing platforms for multilateral engagement with huge implications on issues of fundamental concern for progressives including energy, climate and just transition; economic justice as well as democracy and political rights.
Convening report
The 2022 Baraza hosted discussions on the challenges and opportunities that social movement actors addressed during the convening, which examined the global political context, the experiences and provocations of these movements, and radical alternatives for reimagining the future.
Key areas of conversation include energy and climate justice, the economy, and politics and democracy. The participants discussed themes related to reimagining the future for transformation while exploring imperatives and provocations faced by movements and envisioning radical alternatives.
Additionally, several practical recommendations for organizing for transformation were offered.
Re-imagining energy, climate and a just transition
Reimagining politics and democracy
Movement experiences and collective insights
Briggs Bomba
Coumba Toure
Bhekinkosi Moyo
Dirk Shaka
Boniface Mwangi
Ebrima Sall
Ellen Dorsey
Mbolatiana Raveloarimisa
Deji Adeyanju
Bobby Peek
Mazibuko Jara
Shaeera Kalla
Soundz of the South
Lebohang Liepollo Pheko