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WahlheYmat Talks – “The Right to Have Rights”
Film Screening and Audience Discussion
📅 10 February, 5:30 PM 📍 Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek, Pop-Up Saal
WahlheYmat and moveGLOBAL e.V. warmly invite you to the screening of the short film “The Right to Have Rights.”
The film encourages reflection on the meaning of citizenship, statelessness, and life with a temporary suspension of deportation (Duldung). It portrays the struggles of refugees and non-refugee migrants, BPoC, and/or Romnja and Sintizze in their fight for equal rights in Germany, and asks how we can work together toward a society in which the right to have rights applies without restriction.
The film was created as part of the campaign “Pass(t) uns allen” by With Wings and Roots e.V. and RomaniPhen e.V.
Following the screening, an open audience discussion will take place in the well-established WahlheYmat format, featuring some of the film’s protagonists as well as other inspiring guests.
Come along — let’s talk together about participation, belonging, and the right to have rights!
This event is organized in cooperation with moveGLOBAL e.V. and takes place as part of the project “Empowering Migrant Voices for Local Integration and Inclusion.”
Film: Original version with English subtitles
Event language: German
No registration required. Places are limited.
WahlheYmat Talks is proud and deeply grateful for the cooperation with the Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin.
DIVERSE VOICES TELL THE COMPLETE TRUTH.
Past
WahlheYmat Talks – Digital Challenges Of Our Democracy
🔺Two amazing experts – two highly relevant topics! 🔻
✨Maxim Aleksashkin – Maxim is the longtime mastermind behind mos.ru (the Moscow e-government portal) and the award-winning “My Moscow” mobile app.
He is the former CPO of Russia’s second-largest grocery delivery service — and today a three-year Berliner, husband, father, and member of a punk-rock band.
✨Deana Mrkaja – Deana is a social media expert who has researched why certain political forces are becoming so popular on TikTok.
📅 10 December, 17:30
📍 Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek, PopUp Saal
Join us. Speak up. Shape Berlin.
In cooperation with the Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin (ZLB)
DIVERSE VOICES TELL THE COMPLETE TRUTH
🌍 How does the future of democracy look?
📅 12 November, 17:30
📍 Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek, PopUp Saal
What can Berlin learn from other places?
How can we involve citizens, innovate democratic practices, and make information more accessible so everyone can participate and truly understand how our society works?
Or, very simply: how to berlin?
💬 Join us for the next edition of WahlheYmat Talks, where we’ll explore these questions together.
We’re excited to welcome two inspiring guests:
✨ Rose Longhurst, who once moved to Berlin to lead the Democratic Renewal Team of the Open Society Foundations Europe Program
✨ Janek Gulbis, from Liquid Democracy.
🎙 Moderation: Marta Orosz (ZDF).
Our discussions are always interactive — we encourage everyone to share ideas and experiences from other places that could inspire new ways of living democracy in Berlin.
This edition of WahlheYmat Talks – Future of Democracy is part of Berlin Freedom Week, organized by VisitBerlin,
in cooperation with Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin (ZLB).
DIVERSE VOICES TELL THE COMPLETE TRUTH
🌍 Wahlheimat für Weltberliner:innen – The Opportunity for Berlin
👉 How can we build a new narrative about Berlin’s diverse, international society?
👉 How can public discourse truly reflect people who came from other countries — as they really are: innovative, full of energy, knowledge, and creativity — contributing and enriching this city in every sense?
Berlin’s future is inclusive and collaborative. We’re all writing it!
🗓️ When: October 22, 2025, 5:00 PM
📍 Where: Salon am Moritzplatz
🤝 Hosted by: WahlheYmat e.V. & Stiftung Zukunft Berlin
🌐 Languages: German & English
The event is public — and we’d love your help spreading the word! Invite your network to join. 💌
📧 RSVP: hey@wahlheymat.de or beer@stiftungzukunftberlin.eu
📞 030 26 39 229 61
Thanks for co-creating Stiftung Zukunft Berlin
08.10.2025 – WahlheYmat Talks Open Stage
Co-create Berlin — take the stage!
📆 8 October, 17:30
🏤 Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek, PopUp Saal
This time the audience is the podium.
👉 Share your ideas and stories — what would you like to see in Berlin, that you’ve experienced in other places?
We’ll focus on:
Mobility 🚲
City planning 🏙
Cleanliness 🌍
City administration 🏫
Your ideas will be published in WahlheYmatPost.
Join us. Speak up. Shape Berlin.
In cooperation with Zentral- und Landesbibliothek (ZLB)
12.11.2025 – Make Berlin more inclusive
Zugewanderte share insights on participation, democracy, and civil society worldwide – and what it means for Berlin.
This event is part of the series “WahlheYmat Talks: Co-create Berlin.”
→ Living Together in Diversity
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Bismarckallee 46/48 14193 Berlin
Take the S7 out to the Grunewald Station and then it’s a short walk from there.
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