Emilia Roig

Emilia Roig, who holds a Ph.D. in political science, published a widely discussed book titled *Why We Matter: The End of Oppression*, in which she draws on her family history to describe how systems of power and oppression reproduce themselves, but also how they can be combated. Roig, a French citizen born to a Jewish-Algerian father and a mother from Martinique, has been living, teaching, writing, and working in Berlin for 20 years. Her new book, *Dear Son, or How to Save the World*, is a plea for radical care as an antidote to capitalist boundary-less expansion and proto-fascist movements. “I am writing to you because I believe that you—that all of us—can choose a different path.” Roig adopts the epistolary form already used by James Baldwin and Ta-Nehisi Coates to address the next generation—in the hope that this message in a bottle will wash ashore for many people and open their eyes.

Sophie Kara (she/her) holds a degree in political science. Her work focuses on diversity, anti-discrimination—with an emphasis on anti-racism—as well as organizational development and transformation. For over 7 years, she has been advising on, developing, curating, and facilitating processes, projects, and events in these areas. She works primarily in the cultural sector, at the National Theater in Mannheim, and as a freelancer for (cultural) organizations, institutions, civil society initiatives, government and public administration, and businesses.