• From Hate Brands to Love Brands: A Different Vision for Democracy

    From Hate Brands to Love Brands: A Different Vision for Democracy

    “We need impactful love brands… that blend purpose, impact, innovation, and emotion.”This challenge was launched by the GICA Impact Network, founded and led by our amazing friend Alexander Sascha Wolf. Sure, Sascha is right — but using the term love brand made me think. What are the love brands of our democratic and political life? The ones that make you feel…

  • 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 than three and a half decades,…

  • Stay: The New Migration Challenge Germany Can’t Ignore

    Stay: The New Migration Challenge Germany Can’t Ignore

    If nothing changes demographically, Germany will have 16 million fewer workers by 2060 than today. According to most projections, the country needs around 400,000 new workers every year from abroad. We often hear this fact in the news, but what we hear much less about is how many international people leave Germany again—and this seems to be becoming a growing problem.…

  • “Without Migrants, Berlin Wouldn’t Be Berlin” – Berlin Polyphon on Visibility, Resistance, and Building a Society for All

    “Without Migrants, Berlin Wouldn’t Be Berlin” – Berlin Polyphon on Visibility, Resistance, and Building a Society for All

    WahlheYmatPost: Can you briefly introduce your organization? What is its main mission in Berlin? David Häußer: Berlin Polyphon was founded in the summer of 2024 in response to the debate and protests against the “remigration” plans earlier that year. At the invitation of the State Commissioner for Participation, Katarina Niewiedzial, about a dozen migrant associations met to discuss what kind of…

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