Nora Ellerbrock is a project coordinator for Youth Network Lambda, working with LGBTIQ* youth in Germany. They took part in the professional exchanges as well as in the conference of the project “Living Diversity”. We talked with them about their work, the institution Lambda and their experience with our project “Living Diversity”. Nora, what was…
“Identity and Cross-Cultural Encounters in a Pluralistic Society” – Living Diversity in Germany and Israel: The Israel Youth Exchange Authority and ConAct – Coordination Center German-Israeli Youth Exchange hosted a follow-up of 2016 professional exchange program from November 27 to December 1, 2017 in Israel. During this exchange, around 40 participants from both countries got…
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The diversity in German-Israeli youth exchange is steadily increasing: Young people from Germany and Israel are increasingly bringing together a variety of personal stories, different cultural identities and national affiliations. An open and reflected approach of this diversity should be consciously included also in the educational work of German-Israeli youth encounters. As part of the…
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As part of the ongoing project “Living Diversity in Germany and Israel – Challenges and Perspectives for Education and Youth Exchange” ConAct and the Israel Youth Exchange Authority offered a bilateral professional seminar in Leipzig from September 11 to 15, 2017. For more than 40 participants this seminar provided a comparative insight into established approaches…
Diversity-conscious education – what does that mean? During our one-day professional forum “Facing Diversity – Living Diversity in Germany and Israel” on June 22, 2017 in Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Haus in Berlin, we tackled that crucial question from many sides. Immanuel Benz (German Federal Youth Council) gave a good definition, but many other participants shed light on important…
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