News – Living Diversity in Germany and Israel

Project Funding Ended – Insights Live On!

iliraaliai — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 09:45:53 +0000

“Switching between identities and being able to decide myself … this is actually a feeling of freedom.” Freedom, self-determination and being able to be different without fear – that’s what diversity-conscious education in Germany and Israel is about. This is not always an easy topic. Conflicts and friction are part of the process, and yet...

“No One Seemed to Care About My Skin Color in Israel. It Was like Going Undercover…”

iliraaliai — Mon, 16 Dec 2019 15:19:36 +0000

Masaneh Ceesay is 27, dialogue moderator for “Dialogue at School” and participant of “Your Story Moves! Encounters of Young People in Migration Societies”. He comes from Wiesbaden, lives in Berlin und works as teacher for German as a foreign language. What connects you to the topic of “migration” and how did you get involved in...

Conference in Potsdam Sheds Light on the Diversity of Narratives in Germany and Israel

LivDiv — Mon, 16 Dec 2019 14:46:55 +0000

On November 26 and 27, the final conference of the project “Living Diversity in Germany and Israel – Challenges and Perspectives for Education and Youth Exchange” took place in Potsdam. ConAct and the Israel Youth Exchange Authority had implemented this project from 2015 to 2019. 80 participants followed the invitation to the conference, entitled “Expanding...

“Being Able to Switch Between Identities and Being Able to Decide, That’s Actually a Feeling of Freedom”

iliraaliai — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 15:28:03 +0000

Frederic Gülbeyaz is 29, a dialogue moderator and alumnus of “Dialogue at School “, one of the partner organizations involved in the exchange program “Your Story Moves! – Encounters of Young People in Migration Societies”. He lives in Berlin, works as a lecturer and project coordinator at the organization Interkulturell-Aktiv and is particularly interested in...

New Publication on Youth Exchange in Migration Societies Has Been Released

LivDiv — Mon, 02 Dec 2019 14:42:46 +0000

In the years 2018 and 2019 ConAct worked intensively on the topic of youth exchange in the migration societies of Germany and Israel. At the core of those efforts a series of new exchange projects with six cooperation partners has been implemented under the title Your Story Moves!. Young people were invited to share their...