Category: Community Spotlight
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Rising Ukrainian Engagement Powers Berlin’s Civic Scene
WHP: Can you briefly introduce your initiative? What is its main mission in Berlin? Tetyana Lavuta: Svoji.de is an online platform that increases the visibility of Ukrainian civic initiatives in Berlin and Brandenburg and supports their networking with other migrant communities. The name evokes a sense of belonging and safety: the Ukrainian word “svoji” (written […]
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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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