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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, Blücherplatz 1, 10961 Berlin
30“ Film „Das Recht, Rechte zu haben“
Discussion featuring:
Bahar Şanlı– Protagonist – Nachbarschaftshaus Urbanstraße e.V. / Co-initiator of the alliance “Wahlrecht für alle”
Mallika Basu– Migrationsrat Berlin e.V.
Katarina Niewiedzial – Commissioner of the Berlin Senate for Participation, Integration and Migration
Christiana Bukalo – Co-Founder of Statefree e.V.
Cathy Narriman – Moderator
We will show the 30-minute film “Rights to Have Rights”, made by With Wings and Roots e. V. and RomaniPhenh e.V for the “Pass(t) uns allen” campaign. The film explores what citizenship means, what it takes to fight to stay in Germany, and what equal rights mean—from the perspectives of refugees, people of color, and Sinti and Roma.
After the screening, we will have an open panel discussion, including some of the protagonists.
The event is co-hosted by WahlheYmat e.V. and moveGLOBAL e.V.
The event will be in German. (You can ask questions in English as well.)
In cooperation with Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin.
We would be grateful if you could RSVP to: hey@wahlheymat.de
DIVERSE VOICES TELL THE COMPLETE TRUTH
Gefördert aus Mitteln der Senatsverwaltung für Arbeit, Soziales, Gleichstellung, Integration, Vielfalt und Antidiskriminierung im Rahmen des Partizipations- und Integrationsprogramms.
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)
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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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Digital tools, AI, and new civic formats from other cities: What innovations can help Berlin move forward?
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For the past few months representatives from the EAB have been showing up at the talks and conducting interviews. This presentation will be the result of their work. I suspect the presentation will be in German. Here’s the address:
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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