Author: Jekhipe

Institutions and members of the Roma community came together to celebrate cultural heritage and collective memory through song, dance, and music, in an event highlighting the importance of resistance and historical recognition. This year, the traditional Cultural Days organized by the Federation of Roma Associations of Catalonia (FAGiC) focused on the 600th anniversary of the […]

On June 26, 2025, a special book presentation and artistic reading titled “We Escaped on Our Own: Eyewitness Accounts of Romanian Roma from the Pogrom in Rostock-Lichtenhagen (1992)” took place, exploring the experiences of Romanian Roma during one of the most significant episodes of racist violence in post-war Germany. The Rostock-Lichtenhagen pogrom, which occurred in […]

KHAMORO festival, known as the festival of sunlight, reaffirmed that diversity is not a barrier but a source of collective richness. The participants at the 2025 edition showed strong interest and support for the campaign against antigypsyism, organized by Slovo21. Many attendees proudly wore ribbons featuring the Czech and Roma flags—a small symbol, yet a […]

The commemoration of the 600th anniversary of the arrival of the Roma people to the Iberian Peninsula has created, more than ever before, an opportunity for Roma demands to take a central place on both the national and regional political agenda. In Catalonia, alongside the legislative proposal to develop a National Pact against Antigypsyism and […]

The KHAMORO festival, organized by Slovo 21, is known primarily for its cultural programming, but its scope extends far beyond music. As part of the 2025 program, the festival hosted a panel discussion focused on the role of culture in addressing and countering antigypsyism. The discussion brought together representatives from the Sound of Diversity project […]

On January 24, 2025, the Museum of History of Catalonia hosted a significant conference organized by Roma student associations to commemorate 600 years since the first official mention of Roma people on the Iberian Peninsula. The event brought together historians, policymakers, and cultural leaders to reflect on the historical roots of antigypsyism, its continuing impact […]