Turning Crisis into Power

Across the world, political and financial challenges are intensifying. For movements working toward justice and equality, the question is no longer just how to survive, but how to grow stronger, sharper, and more effective in the process. That means rethinking how we build participation from the ground up, and how we form alliances that might not have seemed possible before.

In this episode of The Frontline LGBTI activism podcast, we ask a pressing question: how do we transform uncertainty into momentum, and pressure into real, collective power?

Guiding the conversation is ILGA-Europe board member Masen Davis, bringing together a diverse panel of voices working across very different contexts, but facing connected struggles.

From Hungary, we hear from Tamás Dombos of Háttér Society. From Germany, Claudia Bollwinkel joins us, representing the philanthropic foundation Dreilinden gGmbH. From Croatia, we’re joined by Antonija Stojanović of LORI. And from South Africa, Jabu Pereira, Senior Fellow at Equality Without Borders and founder of Iranti, an organisation focused on LGBTI rights across Africa.

Together, they tackle the hard questions that sit at the heart of movement-building today: How do we bring more people into the fold without diluting our purpose? How do we work across differences while holding onto solidarity? And how do we use limited resources in smarter, more collective ways to sustain long-term impact?

This isn’t just a conversation about resilience. It’s about strategy. It’s about connection. And it’s about what it takes to build movements that don’t just endure pressure, but learn how to lead through it.

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