Consult voor docenten Nederlands voor anderstaligen

! Note: Exceptionally, this session takes place on the second Tuesday of the month because of the holidays! Sharpen your brain at lunchtime with hot topics and a warm bowl of (vegetarian) soup. Fascinating speakers dissect current themes with a Brussels perspective. Difficult issues are explained in an accessible way. Afterward, there is time for questions and thoughts from the public. Food for body and soul, every first Tuesday of the month! Who mourns those who die on the street? “My metro station became a dormitory, then a deathbed,” author Yelena Schmitz recently wrote in De Standaard. The occasion: a woman who died in the Bockstael metro station on April 13, 2026. In her column, Schmitz invites us to pause and reflect on people who die in loneliness on the street. Straathoekwerker Josef Terlaeken from DIOGENES outlines the reality of people living and sleeping on the street. What does their daily struggle look like? What responsibility do politicians bear? And why does attention to homelessness seem to limit itself every single year exclusively to winter, when the thermometer drops? After a spoken word performance by Kavena Gomos / Le Dauphin, we will conclude together with a moment to pay tribute to and mourn those who die on the street. About the speakers Yelena Schmitz is a Brussels writer of books, theater texts, essays, and a regular biweekly column in De Standaard. Her book ‘Hotel Kosmos’ (2024) was nominated for the Boon Literatuurprijs 2025. Her work has previously been awarded the Fintroprijs for Nederlandstalige Literatuur, the Korte Golf Radioprijs, and the Deus Ex Machinaprijs. She collaborates with a range of creative makers and is characterized by her ability to make major themes accessible to young readers. Josef Terlaeken is a street social worker at vzw DIOGENES, an organization that helps people living on the street in Brussels. They do this through street work, with the aim of building bridges between the street and the rest of society. Dolphins are peaceful and cheerful according to mythology. The same goes for the passionate Kavena Gomos / Le Dauphin. Do not simply call him a rapper or slam poet, but a poet-artist, because his art is above all poetry. He is a member of the slam collective SLAMEKE and wants to discover, create, and bring beauty back to life in all things. Praktisch Iedereen is welcome from 12:15 PM for a bowl of vegetarian soup in collaboration with Atelier Groot Eiland De speaker starts at 12:30 PM Afterward, there is time for questions from the public Registration is recommended, but not mandatory ‘Tussen de Soep and the Facts’ is a collaboration between Brussels Academy, CCV, Citizenne, CM, Curieus, Davidsfonds, huisvandeMens, Humanistisch Verbond, Internationaal Comité, Louis Paul Boonkring, Masereelfonds, Mensen & Wetenschap, Muntpunt, Odisee, OKRA, UCOS, Vermeylenfonds, VUB, and Willemsfonds.