The intercultural and antiracist platform #StopHatredNow takes place during 15-19 May 2023. The theme for this year is Rooting Change.

Organised in mid-May, #StopHatredNow is the product of the collaboration of several art and cultural organisations, creating discourse on diversity, inclusivity, power structures, otherness, and intersectional feminist strategies.

This time #StopHatredNow plants the seeds of change and uproots obstacles in the way of a more inclusive and intersectional art and culture field. 

In this session, Ceyda Berk-Söderblom will host Maria Vlachou, Cultural Management and Communications consultant, Founding member, and Executive Director of Acesso Cultura (Access Culture). Maria Vlachou, in her keynote, will critically reflect on the ignorance among cultural professionals regarding discriminatory and, at times, violent realities of many people, how little or no time we dedicate to getting informed, and discuss the supposed "neutrality" of cultural organisations and a culture of care.