berlin-marseille-london exchange and networking initiative activated in 2017 in order to develop basic creative education techniques together with socially marginalised people. Step Across the Border (SATB) was inspired by the work of Refugee Community Kitchen, based in Calais, "Feeding People without Judgement", providing over 2000 nutritous meals every day, with an extensive volunteer networ
k which has its roots in the UK counter culture scene. The partner organisations involved in SATB are: True North Health (London) specialising in music movement medicine and plant and herb medicine workshops for women and LGBTQ+; Compagnie Peanuts (l'Embobineuse/ Marseille) producing social theater and Czentrifuga (Unter Druck Kultur von der Strasse e.V.) SATB is about innovation and the exchange of creative teaching skills. The idea is brought to life through the collective process of combining personal skills and experiences together. As a reflection on the gender and social diversity within the partner organisations, combined with a concern over the endemic mistreatment of women and LGBTQ+ migrants and refugees, the three partner organisations bring their diverse intersecting experiences and skill sets together in order to support and engage with some of societies most vulnerable people. SATB is a collective of people from both formal and informal learning
backgrounds, including teachers, artists, autodidacts, legal, social and cultural workers. With the forces of Brexit, Populism and Nationalism all challenging European unity, and the cultural and gender diversity that it enshrines, engagement through progressive education plays a crucial role in the prevention and fight against exclusion and extremism which necessitates an unprecedented cooperation, across the board, between all support organisations and grassroots initiatives...step across the border!
