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Dominik Kretschmann, head of the memorial department of Krzyzowa Foundation, takes part in the “Governance Academy”.

Dominik Kretschmann, head of the memorial department of Krzyzowa Foundation, takes part in the “Governance Academy”.

What attitude and what skills are needed to react to a rapidly changing environment and what skills and strategies can help to implement changes in rigid structures? Which competencies are sustainable? These and other questions will be discussed during our 3-day seminar and the topic of change will be explored in all its facets.

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Invitation for Educators to Submit Original Activity Plans

We are excited to announce the opportunity for teachers, educators and youth workers from Europe, Middle East & North Africa (MENA) and Eastern Partnership countries to submit their own original lesson, workshop or activity plans for a single (45 minutes) or a double session (90 minutes).

The activity plans should focus on one or more of the JustNow central themes, i.e. human rights education, international criminal law, refugees and migration, contemporary social issues such as LGBTQIA+ rights, women's rights, climate change activism, extremism, polarisation, media education (media literacy, countering disinformation, digital safeguarding). All materials should be prepared in a blended- learning format, i.e. allowing for their implementation in both the offline and online context.

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UPROOTED. PODCAST ||"First of all to reach elderly people living in Germany". On the behind-the-scenes of the Polish-German media action "Zrabowane dzieci / Geraubte Kinder"

We invite you to listen to an interview with Ewelina Karpinska Morek, journalist, one of the reporters involved in the Interia and Deutsche Welle action entitled "Zrabowane dzieci / Geraubte Kinder", about the work of journalists from Poland and Germany uncovering the fate of children taken from their families by the Nazis, the accounts of the victims and the behind-the-scenes efforts to compensate them.

The conversation, prepared in the form of a podcast, is part of the educational project "UPROOTED. Plundered / uprooted. The fate of children taken from their families by the German occupying authorities during the Second World War".

The podcasts of the Krzyżowa Foundation can also be listened to on the most popular podcast platforms: anchor.fm, Spotify, as well as on: Google Podcast and Breaker.

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"Art without borders" project summary!

The new school year has just knocked on our door, and we are still reminiscing about the wonderful moments from our holiday in Krzyżowa. 🥰
From 13-20 August, the Polish-German-Ukrainian project "Art without borders" took place, which continues the Krzyzowa tradition of an art summer for children and young people.
This year the project was carried out in cooperation with Старочуднівськогутянський ОЗЗСО, с. Старочуднівська Гута, Романівського району and EJF gemeinnützige AG, Kinder - und Jugendhilfeverbund "Schloss Wartenburg".

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