Category: Community Spotlight
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Newcomers Are Not a Problem to Solve: How SINGA Deutschland Builds Participation
WHP: Could you briefly introduce SINGA Deutschland? What is its main mission in Berlin? Sen Zhan: SINGA Deutschland was founded in 2016 by a brilliant team of three co-founders — Luisa Seiler, Sima Gatea, and Vinzenz Himmighofen — as a humanitarian response at a moment when many newcomers were arriving in Germany. From the beginning, […]
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“We Can’t Let Protection Become a Privilege”
WahlheYmatPost: Can you briefly introduce your organization? What is its main mission in Berlin? Vicky Germain: The Migrationsrat Berlin e.V. (Migration Council Berlin) is an umbrella organization of more than 90 BIPoC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) and/or migrant self-organizations and post-migrant groups in Berlin. Its central mission is to improve the social, political, […]
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Remembering as Resistance – How AKEBI Confronts Racism in Berlin
WahlheYmatPost: Can you briefly introduce your organization? What is its main mission in Berlin? Erkin Erdoğan: AKEBI e.V. is a Berlin-based non-profit association, founded by migrants from Turkey in 2014. The name “AKEBI” is the acronym of “Association of Activists Against Racism, Nationalism, and Discrimination” from the Turkish language. We had a preceding anti-racist network […]
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Giving Voice to Eastern European Migrants: The Polnischer Sozialrat’s Work for Equality
WHP: Can you briefly introduce your organization? What is its main task in Berlin? Dr. Kamila Schöll-Mazurek: The Polnischer Sozialrat (Polish Social Council – PSR) is one of the oldest Polish migrant organizations in Germany. Since our founding in 1982, we have advocated for the social participation and equal rights of Polish people in Berlin. […]
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“Civil Courage Begins in Everyday Life – and Ends Where We Look Away” – Diana Henniges on 12 Years of Moabit hilft
WHP: Can you briefly introduce your organization? What is its main mission in Berlin? Diana Henniges: Moabit hilft e.V. is an independent, civil society association that emerged in 2013 from a spontaneous neighborhood initiative. We support people in urgent need – whether they are refugees, have a migration background, or need help for entirely different […]
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From Budapest to Berlin: “The biggest change for me was this strong sense of locality”
WahlheYmatPost: When did you move to Berlin, and what brought you here? Balázs Dénes: I moved to Berlin with my family in 2017 for professional reasons, as, together with others, I established a non-profit organization here. I am still happy with that decision from 10 years ago, and it brought us to where we are […]
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