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
Cordula Eubel
Editorial Director
Sandra Zentner
Managing Director
Dr. Constanze Jaiser
Project Manager
Thomas Hetzel
Project Manager

Service-Learning in Saxony

The goal of the cooperation agreement between the Foundation for Learning through Civic Engagement, the Saxony Youth Foundation, Aktion Zivilcourage e. V., the Freudenberg Foundation and Saxony’s Ministry of Culture and Education is to anchor Service-Learning at all of Saxony’s schools in the long term.
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Fabian Klinker
Research referee

"Young People and Democracy" project study

The practically oriented study examines the questions of why so many young people in the USA are not consistent supporters of democracy and what possible approaches could be adopted to bring about a change in their attitude.
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Dr. Eva Sturm
Association chairwoman
Social inclusion
Johannes Fauser
Project Manager
Kristina Krieft
Coordinator (NRW) Rucksack School
Alexander Diepold
Managing Director

km2 of Education in Fürstenwalde

One Square Kilometer of Education in Fürstenwalde is a network of public and private-sector educational institutions, which enables children to achieve individually successful educational biographies, on the basis of local needs and with the Pedagogic Workshop as a nodal point.
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Silvia Ploner
Director Pedagogic Workshop
Evelyn Scholz
Managing Director

Rudolf Freudenberg Prize

Every year, the Rudolf Freudenberg Prize is awarded in recognition of innovative business ideas from inclusion-driven companies, so as to draw attention to the fact that the vocational inclusion of people with disabilities and mental illnesses is possible and harbors potentials and opportunities for employers as well.
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Dr. Wilfried Kruse
Co-initiator
Katharina Lezius
Managing Director

WIB.Diversity

The WIB.Diversity project of the Weißensee Integration Firms aims to boost diversity in these companies' work with mentally ill people. It does so by focusing their attention not only on people with a migration and refugee background but also on other groups in need of support.
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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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