Demo­cratic culture

COMMUNITY art CENTER mannheim

The COMMUNITY art CENTER mannheim (CACM) is a center for dialog-driven, transformational art, which deploys art-based modes of campaigning for the open society and democratic culture.
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Maren Düsberg
Managing Director RAA Saxony
Isidora Randjelović
Managing director
Dr. Cornelia Schu
Managing Director
Benjamin Winkler
Project manager
Jasna Jašarević
Managing Director

timetrail I Urban.History & Remembrance

The timetrail I Urban.History & Remembrance project aims to develop innovative, sustainable formats for politico-historical and human-rights education for children and young people in Neubrandenburg.
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Thomas Hetzel
Project Manager

Digital Awareness

In its "Digital Awareness" project, the Institute for Democracy and Civil Society Jena (IDZ) monitors German-language debates with a broad political impact in digital space. It uses the results to strengthen civil-societal organizations campaigning for diversity, equality and the rule of law.
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Matthew MacWilliams
research director
Social inclusion
Kristina Krieft
Coordinator (NRW) Rucksack School
Jürgen Ripplinger
Managing Director
Mia Zickerow-Grund
Director Pedagogic Workshop

km2 of Education in Hoyerswerda

After the end of the One Square Kilometer of Education program in Hoyerswerda, the aim of the continuation phase is to continue central components of the program. A citywide transfer of the approaches is underway through the local education coordination.
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Silvia Ploner
Director Pedagogic Workshop
Eva Somrei
Director Pedagogic Workshop

Learning-Practice Workshop

The Learning-Practice Workshop prepares young people with a refugee background for (re-)entering the workplace world, even if they cannot as yet meet the formal requirements of school and vocational training options. The particular focus here is on young adult refugees.
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Sabrina Kremzow
Director Pedagogic Workshop
Dr. Claudia Seele
Project Manager

km2 of Education Meerane

One Square Kilometer of Education Meerane is a network of public and private-sector educational institutions. Based on the perceived local needs, and with the Pedagogic Workshop at the heart of its operations, it helps children optimize their own personal educational biographies.
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Who we are
The Freudenberg Foundation was set up in 1984 by partners of the Freudenberg & Co. KG company as an independent, civil-societal organization tasked with fostering education and peaceful co-existence.

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