Austen Peter Brandt

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Austen Peter Brandt (born December 1, 1952 in London ) is a German-British-Nigerian Protestant pastor .

Life

On his father's side, Brandt comes from a Nigerian family, his mother is German. He was born in London. He therefore has three nationalities. He came to Essen when he was two years old. After his high school days, during which he first experienced discrimination , he studied theology. The father of three children has been active as a Protestant pastor in the Walsum - Aldenrade district of Duisburg since 1993 .

From 1979 on he took part regularly in race awareness workshops in London. At Sybil Phoenix he received training as a trainer for anti-racism training and black awareness training. In 1986, at the request of the Churches Committee for Migrants in Europe, he began to develop such training courses for Germany. In 1993 he founded the group "Phoenix - For a culture of understanding" to institutionalize them. The aim is to sensitize people to racism in its everyday and structural form. The group, which has been an association since 1996, also trains anti-racism trainers. The association also takes part in campaigns against right-wing extremism and promotes interreligious dialogue .

Brandt also works with the Initiative Black People in Germany (ISD), the Intercultural Council in Germany , School without Racism - School with Courage and the advisory board of the meeting place of the DITIB Merkez Mosque in Duisburg-Marxloh.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chrismon magazine , Special on Reformation Day 2013, p. 10
  2. ↑ Everyday racism . In: Neue Westfälische of November 9, 2013, accessed on February 12, 2017.
  3. ↑ Austen Peter Brandt on the website of Phoenix e. V., accessed on August 31, 2017
  4. ↑ Aachener-friedenspreis.de - Prize Winner 2010 ( Memento of the original from June 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 8, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.aachener-friedenspreis.de
  5. ^ Peace Prize to Duisburg , TAZ report from May 8, 2010
  6. ^ Aachen Peace Prize goes to Duisburg and Peru , report in the Süddeutschend Zeitung from September 1, 2010
  7. ↑ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 64, No. 9, January 17th, 2012. Award ceremony on honorary office day
personal data
SURNAME Brandt, Austen Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-British-Nigerian Protestant pastor
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH London