Hello,
We have some exciting news to share!
It is with pleasure that we invite you to our upcoming event Nurturing New Roots: Migration Narratives and the Power of Community Care, taking place in Engels, a cafe in the heart of Neukölln, Berlin. For those of you who will be in Berlin this Thursday evening, we would love to see your friendly faces there! The event is free & open to all. You are welcome to bring family and friends along. Have a read below for more information about the event, and if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to us. We are always happy to hear from the Hudara community!
We hope to see you this Thursday. Warm wishes,
Lena & The Hudara Team
Nurturing New Roots
Migration Narratives and the Power of Community Care
This Thursday, on the 17th of August, we will gather in Engels, a cafe in the heart of Neukölln, Berlin, for a Panel Discussion, Q&A and Live Music Performance. We will explore the intersection of mental health, self-care, and community, through the lens of cultural heritage and the experience of migration.
This event is organised in connection with our project GEZUMI (Unsere Gesellschaft als Zuhause für Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund), launched this year, providing a network of moderated peer support groups for people with migration backgrounds in Berlin, Frankfurt (Oder) and Halle (Saale). Through our event, moderated by GEZUMI project manager Maria, we hope to bring the discussion on mental health and migration to the wider community.
Nurturing New Roots:
Voices on the Panel
Ahmad Hadeda (he/him) is Palestinian, born and raised in Syria. He came to Germany in 2017 due to the Syrian Civil War. While studying renewable energy, Ahmad works for a delivery service. He is involved with education and advocacy for employment rights for migrants in Berlin and Germany, and is a founding member of the organisation Workers Berlin. This is an organisation that provides support to workers with regard to their rights and wellbeing.
Cecilia Gigliotti (she/her) moved from the northeastern United States to Berlin in the summer of 2019 after finishing her master’s degree in English literature, having been offered a unique creative writing job. Since then, she has worked in public relations and as a freelance writer, editor, and music teacher. Cecilia has found community in Berlin by joining choir, dance classes, writing groups, and a ukulele orchestra! She is a facilitator and team member of Women* Writing Berlin Lab e.V.
Dr. Sofia Varino (they/them) is a feminist academic living in Berlin since 2013. They work in the field of transdisciplinary gender studies with a focus on queer, decolonial and feminist science studies, environmental and medical humanities, disability studies and comparative literary studies. Sofia is from Portugal.
Elavisa Maureen (she/her) is a lawyer by profession with a specialisation in refugee rights and migration matters living in Germany since 2019. Professionally interested in the human rights field with a bias on asylum issues, conflict and migration. Personally she likes to immerse herself in books and currently exercise has become her hobby. Self care to her means doing what makes her happy to re-energise her soul and spirit.
Moderator: Maria Zhiguleva, Hudara team member, GEZUMI project manager
Nurturing New Roots
Live Music by BadSasha
Singer and songwriter from Ukraine, Bad Sasha is known for her music, vocal performances, and acting. When her debut album “Hymns of Freedom” was released in 2022, Sasha took the opportunity to organise fundraising performances for Ukraine. You can find her music on Spotify, Apple Music & YouTube. She will be accompanied by Akim Grui on keyboard.
We’re looking forward to welcoming a diverse audience, from people with a migration background themselves, professionals in the field, to those simply curious about the topics we’ll be discussing.
The event is free & for everybody. Come along to hear stories of migration and the power of community, and to find a space where you can share your own story too.
