Endspurt!

 

Thank you for following us on our service-learning study-abroad in Munich. 

We had amazing (and sometimes hard) conversations and encounters with people who did and do amazing (and sometimes very hard) things. 

This is how the rest of our week here in Munich is shaping up:

7/4 Monday: Morning Students work with their assigned groups/agencies; 5 pm – 8 pm: 2nd Migration-Integration Workshops: Migration Germany and Europe: Comparative Narratives 2015 vs. 2022 Ukraine, Afghanistan, and Syria; Exchange with faculty and students of Technische Universität München, Junge Akademie Task Force International, Dipl. Ing. Peter Finger at the Amerikahaus, Karolinenplatz 3, 80333 München.

7/5 Tuesday: Morning Students work with their assigned groups/agencies; 4 pm: 3rd Migration-Integration Workshop: Migration, Integration and Othering in Germany organized and led by Dr. Simon Goeke; meeting at Track 11 at Hauptbahnhof (Main Trainstation) and walking to Eine-Welt Haus to talk with Jennifer Tevi, political Anti-Racism activist and educator; Ms. Tevi was co-organizer of the 2020 BLM demonstration in Munich; today active with AfroYouth; also meeting at Bellevue di Monaco with Saadat Sharistani, 2016 refugee and political activist from Afghanistan; organizes support for Afghanistan (infrastructure, education etc.); if possible, also meeting with Afghan women’s group in Munich.

7/6 Wednesday: Morning Students work with their assigned groups/agencies; Evening: Free

7/7 Thursday: Morning Students work with their assigned groups/agencies; ca. 5:30 pm meeting with students of the Ludwig-Maximilian Universität, Geschwister-Scholl Institut für Politische Wissenschaft 80538 München, at Eisbach (Bus stop: Nationalmuseum) at the English Garden (Munich’s Central Park), then at 6.15 pm 4th Migration-Integration Workshop Series: Ukraine, European Geo-Politics, and Migration at the Institute, Oettingenstr. 67, Room 057, Frau Prof. Dr. Laura Seelkopf (Intersectionalities International Political Economy, Comparative Politics and Public Policy).

7/8 Friday: Morning Students work with their assigned groups/agencies; 6 pm: Good-Bye and Thank-you dinner at Hindukush, Landwehrstraße 44, 80336 München, with NGOs and all who made this project possible; Final reflections/group discussions; Post-Trip Survey.

 7/9 Saturday: End of Program; morning departure from Munich


And please don't forget to leave a comment! 

Herzlichen Dank!

Dr. Sabine Hirschauer 

NMSU Department of Government 

Munich Organizer and Faculty Leader 
Location: Munich, Germany

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