Bergþórugata 20, 101, Reykjavik andrymi@riseup.net

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Sep
16
Sun
Folk Dancing / Danse folk
Sep 16 @ 16:00 – 18:00

An independently organised event.

I will be teaching some dancing that are usually danced during bal folk (scottish, mazurka,…), without gender roles.

Accessibility:

The event will be adapted to people with different physical abilities. It is easier of access for people who are not hearing
impaired (dancing to music). The building is currently not wheelchair accessible, unfortunately, but it is our top priority to make it so. An architect is already working on drawing a ramp and making an accessible bathroom in the space.

There is a step before the garden gate and then 5 steps leading to the main entrance, each 17 cm high, door widths in the building vary between 50 cm (upstairs washroom door) and 80 cm (entrance door), and the washrooms are so far only on the upper floor and in the basement. The door to the meeting room is 75 cm wide (as most other doors in the building).
Both washrooms in the building are gender neutral.

closed event
Sep 16 @ 18:00
Sep
18
Tue
‘Defend the Sacred’ – Indigenous Resistance Against Industrial Projects in the So-Called-Canada
Sep 18 @ 19:00 – 21:00

An independently organised event.

An informal introduction to the current Indigenous-led struggle to protect the waters and land in Mi’kma’ki (specifically the so-called Nova Scotia and New Brunswick) and Secwepemcul’ecw (so-called South-Central British Columbia) followed by discussion.

The talk will focus on the Mi’kmaq resistance against the Alton Gas salt cavern project on the Shubenacadie River, and the Secwepemc Tiny House Warriors protesting in similar way against the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline Project, together with very brief setting in the context of the history of Indigenous resistance in so-called Canada. Additional information will be available on site (texts in English).

Canada’s trying to preach reconciliation but in fact things are as dire as ever – Indigenous unceded land is being quietly sold to corporations such as Alton Gas and BP Canada; Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people still routinely go missing, and Indigenous lives are treated as disposable.

Let’s come together to remember Tina Fontaine, Loretta Saunders, Colten Boushie and many more & talk about action.

There’s no entrance, but we’ll try to collect some money to support the Mi’kmaq water protectors & the Treaty Camp (https://stopaltongas.wordpress.com/donate/) on Shubenacadie (please bring cash). The talk will take place in English.

 

Accessibility:
The building is currently not wheelchair accessible, unfortunately, but it is our top priority to make it so. An architect is already working on drawing a ramp and making an accessible bathroom in the space.

There is a step before the garden gate and then 5 steps leading to the main entrance, each 17 cm high, door widths in the building vary between 50 cm (upstairs washroom door) and 80 cm (entrance door), and the washrooms are so far only on the upper floor and in the basement. The door to the meeting room is 75 cm wide (as most other doors in the building).
Both washrooms in the building are gender neutral.

Sep
19
Wed
closed event
Sep 19 @ 17:00 – 19:00
Sep
20
Thu
Presentation: Respect Existence or Expect Resistance! Hambacher Forst Bleibt!
Sep 20 @ 19:00 – 21:00

Presentation: Respect Existence or Expect Resistance! Hambacher Forst Bleibt!
7 PM, Thursday, 20th of September, Andrymi.

An independently organised event.

This wants to be a brief presentation and discussion about the powerful resistance movement against one of the most unnecessary imposed megaproject of coal mining in Germany. The talk will sum-up the actions of this large movement since 2012, when the first occupation of the Hambacher forest took place, until today when the occupation is threatened with eviction as we speak and a huge Ende Gelande (#stopdigging, #KeepItInTheGround) action is planned for the end of October.
The presentation wants to take a look at the way resistance is build around this case, and less about the industry which is opposing. On one hand there are the occupiers of the forest, which struggle daily on the spot against the company’s machines and exploitation; on the other hand, there is a self-organized campaign of direct action which took incredible sizes, being spread through the masses of activists, different formal and non-formal groups and individuals. Some lines of possible actions will be presented at the end and open discussions expected.
The discussions will take place in English.

Accessibility:
The building is currently not wheelchair accessible, unfortunately, but it is our top priority to make it so. An architect is already working on drawing a ramp and making an accessible bathroom in the space.
There is a step before the garden gate and then 5 steps leading to the main entrance, each 17 cm high, door widths in the building vary between 50 cm (upstairs washroom door) and 80 cm (entrance door), and the washrooms are so far only on the upper floor and in the basement. The door to the meeting room is 75 cm wide (as most other doors in the building).Both washrooms in the building are gender neutral.

Sep
23
Sun
Fjölskyldumorgnar // Family Mornings
Sep 23 @ 11:00 – 13:00

–English below–

Við erum hópur fjölskyldna sem komum saman í Andrými þar sem við skipuleggjum vikulega viðburði á sunnudögum. Komið og takið þátt í að skipuleggja þann heim sem við viljum skapa fyrir fjölskyldurnar okkar, og hjálpið okkur við að láta framtíðarsýn verða að veruleika.
Ykkur er velkomið að koma með mat fyrir fjölskyldu ykkar, og einnig til að deila með öðrum ef þið viljið. Vinsamlegast látið vita ef einhver fjölskyldumeðlimur er með fæðuóþol eða þarfnast aðstoðar, t.d. vegna fötlunar eða öryggis, og við reynum að sjá til þess að allir geti verið öruggir og notið sín.

Við viljum skapa umhverfi sem er skemmtilegt, en um leið berjumst við gegn félagslegri kúgun og umberum hvorki mismunun né ofbeldi. Ætlunin er að viðburðirnir séu aðgengilegir öllum, óháð einstaklingsgetu.
Við bjóðum sérstaklega velkomna þá einstaklinga sem finnst þeir vera jaðarsettir, kúgaðir eða ekki eiga heima í öðrum fjölskyldusamkundum. Sem hluti af Andrými félagshreyfingunni, leggjum við áherslu á samstöðu með þeim sem eru kúgaðir, stuðning við náttúruna, baráttu gegn ofbeldi – þar með talið efnahagslegt ofbeldi – og hvetjum til þátttöku í sameiginlegri ákvarðanatöku.

Aðgengi:
Andrými er flutt í nýtt húsnæði á Bergþórugötu 20. Húsið er því miður ekki aðgengilegt fyrir hjólastóla í augnablikinu en það er mikið forgangsatriði hjá okkur að gera fyrstu hæð hússins aðgengilega sem fyrst. Við erum enn að bíða eftir samningi frá borginni sem myndi gera okkur kleift að gera breytingar á byggingunni. Teikningar af húsinu eru komnar til arkítekts sem er að vinna í teikningu af rampi og aðgengilegu klósetti svo við getum sent þær til Minjastofnunar í umsagnarskyldu og svo til borgarinnar.

Það er eitt þrep við hliðið að garðinum og svo fimm þrep sem leiða upp að aðalinngangi. Hvert þrep er 17sm hátt. Breidd dyra í húsinu er á milli 50sm (dyr að baðherberginu á efri hæð) og 80sm (aðaldyrnar). Dyrnar að fundarherberginu eru 75sm á breidd eins og flestar aðrar dyr í húsinu.
Baðherbergin eru einungis á efri hæð og í kjallara eins og er. Bæði baðherbergin eru kynlaus.

Sunnudagar
10-13
Bergþórugata 20
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We are a group of families who meet in Andrými where we organize weekly events on Sundays.
Please join us to relax, talk, create, plan, build, construct, deconstruct, and form the world we want for ourselves and our families. You are welcome to bring food for your family, and to share, if you would like. If someone in your family has special needs (accessibility, safety, allergies, etc.) we will try to make the space and activities safe and enjoyable for everybody! There is space to relax and some tea and coffee.

We are cultivating an environment for fun and reflection where we fight oppression and do not allow discrimination and violence. The space where we meet, and the activities we organize, are intended to be accessible to people of all different abilities, and we welcome people who may have felt marginalized or excluded from other family groups. As a part of the Andrými social cooperative, we adhere to the policies of solidarity with oppressed people, support of the natural world, fight against violence including economic violence, and encourage collective decision making.

Accessibility:
The building is currently not wheelchair accessible, but it is our top priority to make it so and we are working on getting city approval to make changes to the building. There is a step before the garden gate and then 5 steps leading to the main entrance.

The washrooms are on the upper floor and in the basement. They are gender neutral, and have both adult and child-sized toilets and sinks.

There is plenty of space to park prams and pushchairs outside the entrance.

Sundays
10-13
Bergþórugata 20

Skiptimarkaður – Toys And Children’s Clothes Swap
Sep 23 @ 11:00 – 16:00

(English below) Við vitum að börnin okkar hætta aldrei að stækka, en föt, leikföng og bækur vaxa ekki með þeim. Þess vegna erum við að skipuleggja þennan skiptimarkaður fyrir barnaföt og leikföng. Hugmyndin er sú að þú leggir til þá hluti sem börnin þín þurfa ekki lengur og þú getur í staðinn tekið með þér heim það sem þú og börnin þín getið nýtt ykkur.
Reglurnar eru einfaldar:
1. Átt þú bækur, skó, föt, leikföng eða eitthvað annað sem börnin þín þurfa ekki lengur? Vinsamlegast komdu með það/þessa hluti, helst flokkaða eftir stærð.
2. Fannst þú eitthvað sem þú vilt fyrir börnin þín? Þú ert velkomin að taka það heim!
3. Eigðu góðar stundir með góðum félagsskap!
Með því að mæta með föt eða leikföng til skiptanna tryggjum við að gömlu hlutirnir þínir komi til nýrra eigenda, annaðhvort hjá öðrum gestum eða Rauða Krossinum. Við athugum ekki eða teljum það sem þú tekur með, þér er frjálst að koma með eins mikið eða lítið og þú vilt.
Upplýsingar um aðgengi er að finna á www.andrymi.org

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We know our children never stop growing but clothes, toys and books don’t grow with them. That’s why we organise this swap event for children’s clothes and toys. The idea is that you bring the stuff that your kids don’t need anymore and you can take home the things you and your children like and can make use of.
The rules are simple:
1. Do you have books, shoes, clothes, toys or anything else that your children don’t need anymore? Please, bring them, ideally organised by size.
2. Do you find something you like for your kids? Feel free to take it!
3. Spend some quality time with good friends and like-minded people, and above all have fun!
By attending this event you will make sure that your old items find new owners, either other swappers or the Red Cross. We don’t check or count what you bring, just take what you like.
You can find info about accessibility on www.andrymi.org
Contact: anika@hjalli.is

Folk Dancing / Danse folk
Sep 23 @ 16:00 – 18:00

An independently organised event.

I will be teaching some dancing that are usually danced during bal folk (scottish, mazurka,…), without gender roles.

Accessibility:

The event will be adapted to people with different physical abilities. It is easier of access for people who are not hearing
impaired (dancing to music). The building is currently not wheelchair accessible, unfortunately, but it is our top priority to make it so. An architect is already working on drawing a ramp and making an accessible bathroom in the space.

There is a step before the garden gate and then 5 steps leading to the main entrance, each 17 cm high, door widths in the building vary between 50 cm (upstairs washroom door) and 80 cm (entrance door), and the washrooms are so far only on the upper floor and in the basement. The door to the meeting room is 75 cm wide (as most other doors in the building).
Both washrooms in the building are gender neutral.

Sep
25
Tue
Discussion Workshop: Anarchism, Democracy and the Icelandic Constitution
Sep 25 @ 18:00

An independently organised event.

Anarchism, Democracy and the Icelandic Constitution

In 2012 Iceland embarked on a process of rewriting its national constitution. Unlike many examples around the world where countries renew or change their constitutions, this was to be a ‘crowd-sourced’ constitution, with the people of Iceland having a more direct and participatory role in how the new constitution was to look. This discussion workshop will reflect on that process and ask what it means for something a process like writing a constitution to be genuinely democratic. How can people be actively involved? What barriers are there stopping certain people from taking part? How can those barriers be overcome. Drawing on anarchist ideas of democracy, the workshop builds on discussions with activists and others in Iceland to explore what it would take for participatory democracy to work properly.

The workshop takes place in English (interpretation by request) and is hosted by Dr. Thomas Swann:

“I completed my PhD at the University of Leicester School of Management in September 2015. Prior to that, I gained an MA in Social and Political Philosophy from Radboud University Nijmegen in 2010 and an MA in Philosophy from the University of Glasgow in 2008.
My research has examined the connections between anarchism and organisational cybernetics, aiming to develop ‘anarchist cybernetics’ as a framework for understanding radical left social movement organisation. More broadly, this included looking at the nature of autonomy in anarchist organisation, the relationship between tactics, strategy and grand strategy and the ways in which communication can be understood in a radical left context. An important element of this work focused on the notion of alternative social media.”

Accessibility:
The building is currently not wheelchair accessible, unfortunately, but it is our top priority to make it so.

There is a step before the garden gate and then 5 steps leading to the main entrance, each 17 cm high, door widths in the building vary between 50 cm (upstairs washroom door) and 80 cm (entrance door), and the washrooms are so far only on the upper floor and in the basement. The door to the meeting room is 75 cm wide (as most other doors in the building).
Both washrooms in the building are gender neutral.

Sep
26
Wed
Presentation: Anarche – creating a spectacle against the spectacle!
Sep 26 @ 20:00

Presentation: Anarche – creating a spectacle against the spectacle!
8 PM, Wednesday, 26th of September, Andrymi.

An independently organised event.
This wants to be a short presentation sharing some information about “Anarche” with you – a project in Berlin, where a group of people demanding space in a seemingly space-less city decided to built a boat on the river Spree and thereby created a constantly self-made platform for discussions, support of activist groups, manifestations, theatre performances, movie screenings, concerts and so on. The presentation is going to give a short overview on how the idea and the project evolved and show examples of actions that happened on and with Anarche in the past and present.

The presentation will take place in English.
More information: https://anarche.noblogs.org/ (sadly still mostly in German)

Accessibility:
The building is currently not wheelchair accessible, unfortunately, but it is our top priority to make it so.

There is a step before the garden gate and then 5 steps leading to the main entrance, each 17 cm high, door widths in the building vary between 50 cm (upstairs washroom door) and 80 cm (entrance door), and the washrooms are so far only on the upper floor and in the basement. The door to the meeting room is 75 cm wide (as most other doors in the building).
Both washrooms in the building are gender neutral.