• “Treat Every Case as Your Own”: How Zaki e.V. Supports Berlin’s Overlooked Migrants

    “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 […]

  • “Democracy Is More Than Voting”: Sami Atris on Organising Communities in Berlin

    “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 […]

  • Ukrainian Voices in Berlin: “People Are Not Objects for Integration Debates”

    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 […]

  • No Permission, More Love: Building Your Vision in Berlin Like Nalan Sipar

    No Permission, More Love: Building Your Vision in Berlin Like Nalan Sipar

    When Nalan Sipar asked her boss at Deutsche Welle if she could create content in Turkish to help inform the German-Turkish community during the early days of the 2020 global pandemic in Berlin, the answer was no.  Her boss at the time told her that a state contract prevented the government-funded broadcaster from covering information […]

  • “Discrimination is not an individual problem, but a structural one”

    “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 […]

  • 35 Years of Integration Work: CLUB DIALOG and the Power of Community Networks

    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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