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SUMMARY:Listening Across the Threshold – A Social Witnessing Event on Migration and Cultures of Welcome
DESCRIPTION:Hosted in English with simultaneous translation in German \nThe 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. \nAcross 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. \nListening 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? \nTogether\, 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. \nRooted 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. \nIn this event\, we will explore: \n\nDeep 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.\nBridging 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.\nTrauma and Resilience: Sensing how our own histories shape our ability to welcome others\, and how healing happens in relationship.\nCo-Creating Cultures of Welcome: Exploring what becomes possible when arrival is met not just with procedures\, but with genuine human presence and care.\n\n 
URL:https://pocketproject.org/event/listening-across-the-threshold-a-social-witnessing-event-on-migration-and-cultures-of-welcome/
CATEGORIES:Cultures of Welcome,Featured,Global Social Witnessing
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