We are Ame Panzh ("Our Five"), five Romani young people in their thirties who, in a friendly conversation, decided to create an independent online space where they can speak out because they increasingly feel that the values they represent are not getting attention in the Hungarian

media and intellectual conversations. This is us. During 2020, we engaged several of our friends/friends to form opinions on socially important topics related to minorities.

Our goal is to form an opinion on topics resonating in society that have been previously silenced or inadequately covered. This may be the salon racism of the "progressive" elite, but it can also be educational segregation or the shallow representation of Roma culture in our society. We would also like to strengthen solidarity with other minorities and oppressed groups, highlight new aspects and look at various international activist tendencies.

In our online conversations every two to three weeks we respond to current public events or simply topics that should have been publicly discussed for a long time.

We are diverse, from different backgrounds and with different professional experiences. Using this diversity, we now speak not on behalf of our professions or workplaces, but on behalf of ourselves. We consider it important for our Roma friends to participate in this discourse, so in relation to our themes we regularly invite those who want to engage in the same way in a new kind of discourse with regard to the interests of another minority and excluded group.

Ame Panzh Principles:

We are radical:

We want to bring new, sometimes shocking, but at the same time honest views on the dominant power structures in the spheres of state, civil society and activism.

We are international:

We live in several countries and have worked in many places, so we look at global contexts.

We are queer:

We are against homophobia and transphobia, racism, sexism, discrimination against the disabled and class discrimination in all its forms.

We are resilient:

Part of our activism is to develop positive self-representation and group identity and to overcome racist, sexist, anti-LGBTQ+ and other stereotypes that are imposed on us.

We are a collective:

We focus on seeking consensus and making decisions together without hierarchies, keeping in mind that everyone should have a positive experience working together.

We are open:

We welcome constructive criticism compatible with our principles and are open to engaging with formal and informal organizations, institutions and companies that may identify with our work. In order to strengthen our voice and show our diversity, we will continuously invite Roma young people to participate in group work.