Peggy Piesche

born and raised in the GDR, is a Black German literary and cultural scholar. At the Federal Agency for Civic Education, she heads the department “Political Education and Plural Democracy” at the new location in Gera with a focus on intersectional transformation and memory, diversity, intersectionality and decoloniality (d_id) and political education critical of racism. This department works with various different communities to develop strategies for breaking down participation barriers. She has been active in the Black (German) movement since 1990 and is a member of ADEFRA e.V. (Black Women in Germany). She is also on numerous advisory boards, including the new Equality Advisory Board on Anti-Black Racism and Equality for People of African Descent within the framework of the UN Decade of the Land of Berlin.