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Hosted in English with simultaneous translation in GermanThe experience of migration touches something essential in all of us, our longing to belong, to be seen, and to find our place in a new world. In this global social witnessing event, we turn toward the human dimension of arrival and integration, creating a space to listen across differences and hold multiple realities at once. At a time when migration is so often reduced to policy and polarization, we return to what lies beneath: the stories, the resilience, and the quiet courage that shape every journey.Across the United States and Europe, the question of how societies respond to migration has never felt more urgent. In the US, mass deportation operations, the dismantling of asylum protections, and the criminalization of migrants have created a climate of fear for millions of people with lived migration experience. In Europe, border crackdowns, and the erosion of humanitarian commitments have left many who sought safety feeling unwelcome and unseen. And yet, within these same societies, countless individuals, communities, and institutions are quietly working to hold open a different possibility, one rooted in dignity, care, and genuine welcome.Listening to voices from German institutions and from people with lived migration experience, we explore how sustainable integration depends not only on systems, but on our capacity to stay present and meet complexity with openness. What does it feel like to arrive somewhere new and not yet belong? And what becomes possible when those who hold institutional roles truly listen, not to manage or fix, but to witness and receive?Together, we will inquire into how a culture of welcome emerges, whether in the moments where we attune to one another across difference, where trauma and resilience are honored side by side, or where belonging begins to feel like something we co-create rather than grant.Rooted in the vision of the Cultures of Welcome Project, this gathering invites us to sense what shifts when stories are truly witnessed and received with attention.In this event, we will explore:Deep Listening and Social Witnessing: Cultivating the inner steadiness to stay present with stories that differ from our own, and to hold complexity without collapsing it. Bridging Institutional and Lived Perspectives: Exploring how cultures of welcome are built across the gap between systems and the people they serve, and what it asks of each of us. Trauma and Resilience: Sensing how our own histories shape our ability to welcome others, and how healing happens in relationship. Co-Creating Cultures of Welcome: Exploring what becomes possible when arrival is met not just with procedures, but with genuine human presence and care. 

The wellbeing of our individual nervous systems and the wellbeing of our communities are deeply intertwined. In this community call, we turn toward what it means to cultivate cultures of resilience—within ourselves and with one another. Resilience is the inner capacity to regulate, ground, and find agency in the face of challenge. It is not the absence of pain or difficulty, but the ability to stay connected—to our bodies, to each other, and to what matters most.In this session with Anne Huhn and Heidi Wohlhüter, we will explore the interplay between self-regulation and co-regulation, between personal wellbeing and the collective field. How do we become steady enough within ourselves to stay present in moments of tension or uncertainty? And how do we extend that steadiness outward, contributing to spaces where others can soften, land, and belong?Together, we will inquire into how resilience is not something we build alone, but something that emerges in relationship—in the spaces where we listen, attune, and respond with care. As we deepen our capacity to be with our own experience, we become more available to meet the experiences of others, weaving threads of mutual support within our communities.This call offers a space to slow down, listen inwardly, and practice being in connection—with ourselves and with one another. It also marks the launch of the Pocket Project’s Resilience Program—a body of work evolving over the past four years through the Ukraine Trauma Relief Project, now opening as an invitation to deepen into resilience together.In this community call, we will explore:Inner Resourcing: Cultivating nervous system awareness and recognizing our needs, rhythms, and capacities. Relational Skills: Strengthening our ability to show up with honesty, presence, and care in our relationships and communities. Collective Resilience: Sensing how shared regulation and mutual support can nourish grounded, responsive, and life-giving systems.