timeline
2022 – praler is launched
– reclamation
PRALER is launched through a week-long reclamation of Walter Rodney Freedom Square at SOAS University in October.
Listen to the Glocal Dialogues from the square here
– TRAINING
Training begins of local youth community organisers to work towards the Decolonisation of Education in their schools, universities and community spaces, totalling between 50-75 people in 15 locations.
– THE PRALER FUND
Launch of the PRALER Fund, an action-learning Fund owned by Communities of Resistance, and emerging through discussions and reasoning about the role of fundraising and Just Restitution of Resources to support the struggle for Reparatory Justice.
rEAD MORE:
https://praler.net/2024/12/19/praler-fund-report-2022-2024/
2023 – GLOBAL LAUNCH
– GHANA: Planet Repairs Action Dialogue
Glocal launch of Ghana in Planet Repairs Action Dialogue with participation of scholar-activists and community organisers from across the UK.
Listen to the contributions made here
– UK Afrikan Reparations Conference
Youth leadership in the first UK Afrikan Reparations Conference where PRALER activists convened and led panels on Education, International Relations, and Environmental Justice.
Listen to the recordings from the conference here
– Just Peace, Reparations and indigenous peoples rights
Glocal community mobilisations for Just Peace, Reparations and indigenous peoples rights.
2024 –
– Ghanaian Delegation Study Visit to the UK
Study-visit to England by Planet Repairs organisers from Ghana.
– LAUNCH OF THE DECOLONIALISATION OF POLITICS
read more: https://praler.net/decolonising-politics/
– PARISC-Led Study Visit to the Alliance of Sahel States
Study-visit to the Alliance of Sahel States led by the Pan-Afrikan Reparations Internationalist Standing Conference (PARISC) with the aim to develop internationalist solidarity with Communities of Resistance, and the beginning of local campaigning to amplify the Planet Repairs gains by communities in the Sahel.
read more: https://praler.net/2024/03/05/co-liberation-for-planet-repairs-mural/
– Decolonial Open Communiversity: National Launch Programme
Launch of the Decolonial Open Communiversity as a process to introduce youth organisers to indigenous and other Global South community educators and Activists. Taking place at SOAS, Brixton, Haringey, Oxford, Bristol, Cambridge and Sheffield with between 500-700 participants.
read more: https://praler.net/decolonial-open-communiversity/
2025 –
– Afrika–Europe People-to-People Planet Repairs Internationalist Forum
The Afrika-Europe People-to-People’s Planet Repairs Action Dialogue Internationalist Forum (AEPPRADIF) convened successfully in Berlin, with simultaneous satellite groundings in South Africa, Ghana, and the AES. This historic gathering marked a powerful moment of international solidarity, reflection, and action, bringing together committed comrades, movements, and communities from across Afrika, Abya Yala, Oceania, Asia, and Europe.
– PRALER Fund Campaign Launch and Year-Long Reparatory Justice Programme
The launch of the PRALER Fund Campaign and a year-long series of workshops, stalls, fundraising events and the development of partnerships with festivals and community spaces with a Reparatory Justice interest. Partnerships include INTERACT Berlin, UK Afrikan Reparations Conference, The World Transformed, LoveJam Festival, The Peoples Republic of Stokes Croft and the Trinity Rooms Community Hub.
The story of the International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) is a powerful example of what can be achieved through internationalist solidarity fundraising which we seek to learn from for our work in building the PRALER Fund. IDAF succeeded in channelling millions of pounds to liberation movements resisting Apartheid: