Interim report: strong participation in the opening, podium and art actions - further program items by June 28th
The Friedrich Ebert Foundation, which can still be seen Justus-Liebig-Haus , In an interim report, the initiatives involved- "Democracy lives" , "Grandma's against Right" and the regional group of the common good economy -already evaluate the project as a success. art collective also contributes to a positive response with posters and objects.
Even at the opening of the exhibition, over 100 visitors came from politics and civil society. Reinhard Bartmann took over the musical mood. Mayor and Social Affairs Director Barbara Akdeniz underlined the relevance of democratic education - especially for young people. As a guest speaker, Dr. Manuel Glittenberg from the German Society for Democracy Education on the importance of civic engagement for the preservation of democratic structures.
The focus on participation and dialogue
Another highlight was the panel discussion of the common good economics regional group on the subject of "Citizen Participation-Citizens' Council" , in which Matthias Kleinbach (more Democracy EV Hesse), Heike Hofmann (Hessian Minister of Social Affairs), as well as Katrin Jäger and Jana Freund (Caritas Eberstadt-Süd). Klarbach presented various forms of direct democracy in his impulse lecture. Caritas explained the structure of the district round of Eberstadt-Süd . Heike Hofmann announced that he continued to work politically to secure funding structures in disadvantaged quarters.
Around 40 participants also counted the performance "quadrolog" of the art collective in Mittenander. Stephanie Wagner (flute) , Norbert Dömling (bass) , Paul-Hermann Gruner (language) and Nicole Schneider (live drawing) creative impulses on the subject of democracy with music, language and digital live drawing
Program continues until June 28th
In the second week of exhibition, numerous school classes the exhibition with their teachers. Other program items are:
- June 25 : Creative writing workshop and reading with students from the TU Darmstadt, musically accompanied by Farnaz Laleh (flute).
- June 28 : Finissage with Halima Gutale , board spokeswoman for the foundation against racism and chair of Pro Asyl . The event is accompanied musically by Victor Pribylov (accordion) .
The exhibition is freely accessible during the regular opening times of the city library. Further information at: www.democratielet.de
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