Panel conversation

speakers TBA
14:30-16:00
Domzaal

In this panel conversation we weave together the threads of food, roots and diaspora communities, we challenge ideas on how identity, commitment, and daily practises converge within food systems and with social justice. 

Philsan Osman 

Philsan Osman (she/her) is a student, writer, and community builder. She studies African Languages and Cultures at Ghent University. She is also active at both Black History Month Belgium and the online feminist magazine Spijker Magazine and co-author of the essay For Whom Do We Want to Care? Ecofeminism as Inspiration (Epo 2021).

Mahécor

For those who don't already know him... Mahécor was born and raised in a large family of farmers, in the West of Africa, more specifically in Senegal. Since childhood, he has been passionate about the earth and all that nature brings us.
 At the beginning of his professional career in Belgium, he practiced several professions. During those years, his fascination for the earth and his love for nature remained.
         
For many years he grew vegetables and experimented in his vegetable garden at home. Every year he shared the bountiful harvests with his neighbors.In 2018, he decided to enroll in a course in organic vegetable growing. He is very interested in permaculture because of its biodiverse approach. He grows his vegetables with respect for the soil and the environment.Mahécor's dream is to grow delicious, beautiful and healthy vegetables that are not treated.  

Tumba

Tumba (they/them) is a performer, facilitator and organiser using the potency of poetry to create spaces of grounded reflection. On and off the stage, Tumba aims to be a walking offering, a resilient reminder to breathe, and return our sorrows back to the soil. Believing in the healing power of collective ritual, they use guided meditation, breathwork and movement as a way of holding, molding and creating space. Throughout Tumba’s practice, the common thread connecting everything is woven from vulnerable reflection, the magical metaphors hidden in (our) nature, and the shared prayer to be seen for who we are.  

Tumba is planting seeds and growing community with Back2SoilBasics, a collective seeking to make the philosophy of permaculture accessible to marginalized communities in and around Brussels through urban interventions. This translates into workshops, participatory design, collective cooking sessions, foraging, and much more. B2SB holds the belief that finding connection with nature is a portal to a more loving and living society