Þorbjörg Þorvaldsdóttir, president of Samtökin ’78 will inspire us for the weekend

Tótla and Katrín Odds will ask us many questions. A special group will be created for this event as it will be hosted through Facebook Live.

Staff and board members of Samtökin will scatter around town and welcome you to different bars and pubs.

Children and adolescents from The Queer Youth Center set the tone for the symposium with a message to the community.
Att. This programme item is in Icelandic.

Samtökin‘s former presidents will discuss the past, the present and the future of Samtökin. Þorvaldur Kristinsson, Margrét Pála Ólafsdóttir, Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir og Hilmar Hildar Magnúsarson sit down with Vera Illugadóttir who facilitates.
Att. This programme item is in Icelandic.

No further description…it’s coffee, pretty basic

The queer community and their strategies are rapidly changing and we have to be up to date for best practises when it comes to advocacy. Kennedy Walker is a campaigner, researcher, and facilitator who first came into change making through grassroots organising in London he co-founded activist and organiser network, KIN. Nim Ralph has over 15 years of experience in senior leadership and organisational development consultancy. Nim has worked with a diverse number of organisations including 38 Degrees, Centre for Intersectional Justice, Gendered Intelligence, Global Justice Now, SumOfUs, Transgender Europe, Working On Our Power, and many more. Kennedy and Nim will discuss their work and best practises on framing for change with Ugla Stefanía, trans activist who we all know.

In Iceland over 20.000 people are Polish or of polish heritage, but oftentimes they are forgotten or aren‘t given space to be heard. How is it being queer in Poland? How is it being queer Pole in Iceland? Wiesiek Kaminski sits down with good guests to discuss the issue.

A newly passed parliament bill on Gender Autonomy will be discussed. The story of the bill is more extensive then one may imagine and goes back to the year 2014. Þorbjörg Þorvaldsdóttir, Kitty Anderson, Ugla Stefanía og Svandís Svavarsdóttir discuss the meaning of the bill and what rights it gives people inside the queer community. Vilhjálmur Ingi Vilhjálmsson facilitates.
Att. This programme item is in Icelandic.

The summer of 2019 Veiga Grétarsdóttir traveled on kayak counter-clockwise around Iceland or up the stream. She is the first woman to row around Iceland and the first person to do it counter-clockwise. Veiga speaks on her journey, both in life and on kayak, moving up the stream.
Att. This programme item is in Icelandic.

Again, pretty basic, maybe some music?

Will be published here online day before the AGM.

Will be published here online day before the AGM.

Will be published here online day before the AGM.

Will be published here on the web the 21st of February.

Nothing more or less, just have some coffee…or tea? Or perhaps coffee, yes…coffee

Electoral voting.

Electoral voting.

Electoral voting.

Electoral voting.

Electoral voting. Will be published here on the web before the AGM.

Data and/or documents regarding other subjects will be published here day before the AGM. If you want to add other subjects to the meeting, please contact our office at office@samtokin78.is