Issue No.4
The Bertha Accelerator.
What do you get when you facilitate tailored space and time for activists from around the world to work on and learn more about their own and each other's work?
Bertha Spaces, it turns out, is the perfect lab to explore what this looks like in practice.
Issue No.4
The Bertha Accelerator.
What do you get when you facilitate tailored space and time for activists from around the world to work on and learn more about their own and each other's work?
Bertha Spaces, it turns out, is the perfect lab to explore what this looks like in practice.
Previous Issues.
Issue No.3
The Land Dilemma: from Occupation to Home.
During their 2023 convening the Bertha Challenge team facilitated the ‘Land Dilemma Day’ where Fellows and Alumni worked with members of the local community, land and housing activists and members from the local legal advice office to discuss a future development plan for a recently occupied piece of land in the area.
Issue No.2
Lesotho Uncovered: Diamonds in the pockets of Government.
It was the day before Christmas when Pascalinah Kabi, in the office of Lesotho’s Centre for Investigative Journalism, loaded the final story of her investigative series onto their website. In this series, she focused on the drinking water of rural communities living in extreme poverty on the banks of ever-increasingly polluted drinking water.
Issue No.1
Bertha Retreat: Radical Hospitality in Action.
June 15th 2023 marked the opening of Bertha Retreat in its new home, the York site on the Boschendal Farm. For the Bertha Retreat team ensuring the Retreat felt like the communities’ space was at the forefront of their planning, and the work they are continuing to do.