Integration for Everyone

Finding a job is hard even if you speak the language, know how to write the perfect cover letter, craft just the right CV, and give all the right answers in an interview. Imagine having to learn to do all of that in a completely new country. Where do you even start?

Jobs 4 Refugees, helps newcomers with that start. In Germany, those who are seeking safety and stability often look for a job as a means to gain experience in ...

This week's guest is Dr. Corinna Krume of Mosaique, a cultural center in Lüneberg that creates space for refugees and locals to meet, interact, and create cultural events. The organization hosts yoga, German practice, meet-ups over coffee, and much more.

In this episode, you'll hear about what Mosaique does and why it serves as an important model for our society as a whole.

We also address the importan...

This week you'll hear from Katharina, a volunteer with the Begegnungscafe Babelsberg.

We discuss what it's like to be a volunteer in Geramny and Katharina draws on her experience of helping at refugee integration organizations in several German Bundesländer (States of Germany).

We hear about the struggles of community integration, some of the successful approaches, and why this organization has been suc...

Welcome to Dallgow, a small town on the outskirts of Berlin of about 10,000 people. Here you can find the welcome initiative Willkommen in Dallgow which formed to create a welcome community for refugees when they arrived in Germany and found themselves temporarily placed in refugee accommodations. This week's episode highlights the importance of those first days, weeks, and months for organizing community members for a welcome...

This episode is a follow-up from last week's conversation with Julia from Amal, Berlin!. Amal is a news organization that publishes news stories in German, Farsi/Dari, and Arabic. After speaking with co-founder and reporter Julia, she recommended here colleague, a reporter writing in Arabic, Asmaa for another conversation. Getting another perspective from Amal was incredibly valuable as Asmaa was able to draw on her experience...

In this week's podcast episode I speak with Julia Gerlach, co-founder and journalist for Amal, Berlin! a news website that reports in German, Farsi/Dari, and Arabic. Their reporting helps refugees who are still learning German learn about current events in Berlin, Hamburg, and Germany. Amal, helps refugees be part of the society by staying informed and taking part in civic discussions even before they are fluent in German.

In this episode, I talk with Jo of the organization Potsdam Konvoi about their campaign to bring 2000 people living in refugee camps in Greece to the German Federal State of Brandenburg.

Kurzgesagt YouTube video on the European "refugee crisis" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnT-iF0CAZk

Potsdam Konvoi Website  - https://www.potsdam-konvoi.de/

Brandenburg hat Platz Campaign site (click here...