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The Blueprint of Structural Oppression

October 14, 2026, 6:00 - 7:30 PM CET

Our organizations often champion inclusivity, yet many struggle to include the voices of those most impacted by patriarchal and colonial capitalism. Without intentional intervention, we unintentionally mirror the barriers of the outside world.

This webinar deconstructs how systemic oppression functions as an interlocking matrix of structural power. We will examine how historically established dominance operates at multiple levels—from public institutions like education systems and laws right down to our innermost cultural norms, decision-making habits, and individual feelings of self-worth.

Participants will walk away with a clear diagnostic framework to identify where their group or movement is accidentally replicating competitive or discriminatory patterns, along with the foundational tools needed to begin reshaping institutional structures for true resilience.

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Presemters

Alex

Location:

United Kingdom

Alex has been designing and facilitating training, geared towards social and personal transformation, for over a decade. They have been part of building long term programs for sustainable activism and psycho-social resilience which have informed Ulex’s work, and coordinated multiple international projects to support propagating this work throughout Europe. Their commitment to social justice and history of activism have involved them in direct action and affinity group work focused on climate justice, anti-capitalism, queer politics and gender identity. As part of the Ulex team, they are involved in project coordination, resource development and course facilitation.

Gee

Location:

Catalunya

G has been involved in social movement organising and education since the late 1980’s. He is a highly regarded trainer and has designed numerous training programmes covering areas such as psychosocial resilience in activism, the ecology of social movements, and leaderful organising. As a founding member of the Ulex Project, he is known for highly innovative work blending pedagogical methodologies. This holistic approach to activist learning has inspired numerous training initiatives across Europe. He currently steers the strategic development of the Ulex Project and its social movement capacity building programme.

Hilal Demir

Location:

Catalunya

Hilal Demir, an anarcha-queer DJing at home is an activist, trainer, facilitator for 20 + years and has experience on organizing, strategizing on nonviolent direct action, campaign and social movement levels, working with power, active solidarity, resilience, repression and security. She is passionate about leading informal learning experiences, community organizing, group dynamics and organisational cultures, supporting activists and organizations to build long lasting transformative social movements for a just future.

Neus

Location:

United Kingdom

Neus has been passionate about education since she was 8 years old and went dumpster diving in teachers’ recycling bins for worksheets to help other students learn at break-time. They moved from Castellon to Scotland to study Community Education, with a focus on youth work and adult education, where she co-founded The New Leaf Co-op, a successful workers’ co-op in Edinburgh. Whilst there Neus developed their understanding of how productivity meets good working conditions meets overturning the food system meets resourcing the commons with resilient and democratically managed capital. These passions now underpin her multiple roles at Ulex; from team culture and coordination to training and writing funding applications.