Advisory Council for Participation and Integration Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf

About the Advisory Board
The Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf District Advisory Council wants to give diversity in the district a voice, peacefully and regardless of origin. We want to establish a new social image in which all people from different backgrounds, religions and cultures feel at home together. We want to shape cooperation effectively and actively in diversity, variety and multiplicity. Mutual respect, recognition of our different values and respect for our diversity are the foundations of our commitment.

Self-image
The members of the District Advisory Council are involved on a voluntary basis and in various contexts. We see ourselves as bridge builders and as the voice of the migrant communities in the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district. We want to create a diverse and open society in the district, and communication and cohesion are important to us.

Tasks and objectives
The district advisory council combines the professional and intercultural competencies of the members, sets topics and helps shape them politically and socially. We want to sensitize the majority society when it comes to dealing with diversity. We are contact and interest representatives for citizens and actors on activities and measures in the various relevant subject areas in the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district.

Members of the District Advisory Council

Miguel Góngora
My name is Miguel Góngora, I am 20 years old and I have been politically active for almost 12 years. First I was chairman of the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf children's and youth parliament, then in 2020 Berlin's state student representative and since 2022 AStA chairman at the HWR Berlin. In addition to my work on the district advisory council, I study law for public administration at the HWR Berlin and work part-time on the staff of the Vice President of the Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management.

My main areas of focus on the District Advisory Council are education, youth, anti-discrimination and inclusion (for all). It is particularly important to me to make Berlin's administrative structures more accessible for everyone and to eliminate all forms of discrimination.

Personal motto:
Even the longest journey begins with the first small step! Accept or change!

Memberships/profession:
Chairman of the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf children's and youth parliament

I want to stand up for these issues:
I want to prevent the problems that are the reasons for the constitution of this committee from arising in the future in the first place, but address them in the education of young people in order to prevent them.

Contact: buero@miguel-gongora.de

Marina Koren
My name is Marina Koren. I come from Riga, I am a Russian Jew, I have lived in Germany for 30 years and I am the mother of two magical boys.
Here I represent my association Kulturschafft e.V. The association works at the interface of inclusion and cultural education, networks its stakeholders and serves many refugees as a platform and springboard into Berlin's cultural landscape.
My main job is coordinating a project of the Hildegard Lagrenne Foundation for education, inclusion and participation of Sinti and Roma in Germany and managing a refugee shelter in Charlottenburg Wilmersdorf. My heart is filled with inspiring people, Argentinian tango and world music.

Contact: marina.koren@kulturschafft.de

Hamudi Mansour
Personal motto:
Understand diversity as enrichment and use it positively!

Memberships/profession:
1st FC Wilmersdorf - Chairman of the Board Paulinenkrankenhaus - Deputy Head of Administration

I would like to campaign for these issues:
Integration through sport b) Stronger networking of all initiatives and projects and thereby develop an overall concept

Contact: Mansour@migrationsbeirat-cw.de

Bilgin Lutzke
Personal motto:
"Live individually and freely, like a tree.
But fraternal like a forest.
That is our longing"
Nazim Hikmet

Memberships/profession:
Chairwoman of the board of the Divan Neighborhood Center e.V. Degree in education

I would like to work on these topics:
Social education Intercultural social work and community work Women's projects Helping people to help themselves Bilingual education Mother tongue language support

Contact: Lutzke@migrationsbeirat-cw.de

Ehsan Djafari
Personal motto:
More education Living and defending democracy Sustainability Asking the right and relevant questions

Memberships/profession:
Chairman of the Board of the Iranian Community in Germany e.V. Board member of the Association for Intercultural Welfare, Empowerment and Diversity e.V. Representative of IGD at the Federal Association of Immigrant Associations e.V. (BAGIV) Member of the PANGEA Advisory Board Member of the organizational team of the Federal Conference of Migrant Organizations IT Entrepreneur & Media & Cultural Event Manager

I would like to campaign for these issues:
Equal participation of people with a history of migration in social, economic, cultural and political life in the district where we like to live and work. Jointly strengthening democracy by promoting participation Expanding effective measures against discrimination and racism at an operational level Promoting and deepening cultural dialog

Contact: Djafari@migrationsbeirat-cw.de