Tag: Wahlheymatpost
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The Berlin Blueprint: Participation as the Ultimate Act of Self-Determination
In the glossy catalogs of modern wellness, “self-help” is often sold as a retreat from the world: a private journey of healing through products and quiet contemplation. Berlin’s history, however, offers a more rugged, democratic alternative. In this city, wellbeing has never been found in isolation. It has been forged through participation. To be a […]
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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 […]
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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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Building Home in Berlin: The Inside-Out Approach with Katarina Stoltz
Katarina Stoltz, originally from Sweden, spent her first months in Berlin crying over Prosecco on a friend’s balcony in Prenzlauer Berg. She’d left behind a thriving career as a Reuters photojournalist in Warsaw. Her work was published in the New York Times, capturing Poland’s entry into the European Union. She’d quit her job, sold her […]
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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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Nebenkostenabrechnung: The Reckoning No One Explains
TL;DR If you’re in Germany, be ready for big costs at the end of the year. You should also always have a savings pool to deal with random, crazy, unexpected bills that might show up. They tend to do that as the year ends. We just had another Christmas in Germany. And wasn’t it magical, […]
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