AUDREAM – that stands for “Audre Lorde & Our Dreams” and is the name of a mobile anti-racist, feminist library.
“Inspired by AUDRE LORDE and her words ‘Your silence will not protectyou ‘ – we want to raise our voices, make our stories accessible and fight for our causes and dreams as FEMINIST*INNES OF COLOR.“This is how the initiators describe their project. The hearing and visibility of Black feminist perspectives, positions, thoughts, questions and demands is the main concern of AUDREAM.
“Audream is a compilation of approximately 90 books, magazines and DVD’s to date, with anti-racist and Black feminist claims in the form of children’s and young adult books, biographies and theoretical works, to make marginalized knowledge accessible:
- Black Historythat is often un_perceived, inaccessible, and/or told from a white perspective. Black knowledgewhich includes social analysis and Black research findings and knowledge production Black perspectives, biographical narratives, experiential accounts, and perspectives on various life issues
- Children’s booksThe main focus is on children’s books that address racism, depict black children or children of color as active subjects, or deal with topics such as “I love my hair” and thus enable children to positively self-identify far away from stereotyped depiction or total absence in speech and writing.
- Criticism of racismwhich, despite the numerous publications on the subject, is still far too seldom the subject of profound debate.” Self-description of AUDREAM
An orderable book box is designed to facilitate access to books that inspire and empower, offer opportunities for identification, tell Black stories and depict realities of life, critically analyze whiteness, and present postcolonial theories.