Author: Michaela Vas
Michaela Vas is the Editor-in-Chief of the WahlheYmatPost. A Budapest-born, Berlin-based journalist and communications professional, she is passionate about storytelling, civic engagement, and building bridges across cultures. Outside of her professional work, she plays the flute in several orchestras in Berlin.
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“Berlin taught me to dislike the word integration”
WHP: You worked in humanitarian aid around the world for many years. What ultimately motivated you to found Just-Go-For-It? Marilena Chatziantoniou: I started working in the field of humanitarian aid in 1998. My first assignment was in Albania, where I worked for a small German NGO, just months before the Kosovo crisis. I remember falling in love with the job and…
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“Treat Every Case as Your Own”: How Zaki e.V. Supports Berlin’s Overlooked Migrants
WHP: Can you briefly introduce Zaki e.V.? What is your main mission in Berlin? Pia Bergmann: Zaki – Bildung und Kultur e.V. is a migrant-led organization, with its main office located at the Berlin Global Village in Neukölln and another office in Pankow. The organization’s focus can be summed up in one sentence: arrival and inclusion through education. Zaki (ذكي) comes…
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“Democracy Is More Than Voting”: Sami Atris on Organising Communities in Berlin
WHP: Can you briefly introduce the Berliner Bürgerplattformen? What is its main purpose in Berlin? Sami Atris: Who actually decides what happens in our lives? How much influence do we have over how high our rent is — or whether we can even afford to stay in our neighbourhood? Who decides whether our children go to a good school? What the…
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Ukrainian Voices in Berlin: “People Are Not Objects for Integration Debates”
WHP: Can you briefly introduce the Allianz Ukrainischer Organisationen e.V (Alliance of Ukrainian Organizations)? What is its main task in Berlin? Oleksandra Bienert: The Allianz Ukrainischer Organisationen e.V. is a nationwide association currently bringing together 23 civil society organizations in eight federal states. These organizations were founded by people with a Ukrainian migration background and work predominantly on a voluntary basis.…
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“Discrimination is not an individual problem, but a structural one”
WHP: Can you briefly introduce Yekmal? What is your main task in Berlin? Remziye Uykun: Yekmal e.V. is a migrant education, parent and community organisation based in Berlin that now operates nationwide, with locations in several federal states. Our main task is to strengthen multilingualism as a democratic resource, enable equal participation and structurally anchor anti-racist educational work. Yekmal works at…
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35 Years of Integration Work: CLUB DIALOG and the Power of Community Networks
WHP: Can you briefly introduce your initiative? What is its main task in Berlin? Dr. Natalia Roesler: CLUB DIALOG e.V. is a migrant organisation that was founded in Berlin in 1988 to stimulate social dialogue between Russian-speaking migrants and local Berliners, as well as to promote the integration of immigrants. Over the course of more than three and a half decades,…
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