wearedoingit e.V.

wearedoingit e.V. stands for our future not our background, for courage instead of fear, humanity instead of hatred, pragmatism instead of populism. We view migration as a chance to create an open and pluralistic society.

ABOUT US

Annika Reich

is one of the founders of WIR MACHEN DAS and now heads the team as Artistic Director. Apart from spearheading both the association and Weiter Schreiben, Annika is an author of novels and children’s books and a columnist for Zeit Online.

Caroline Assad

WIR MACHEN DAS' Executive Manager. Clear and efficient work processes, evaluation, fundraising and teambuilding – those are topics close to Caroline’s heart.

Dima AlBitar Kalaji

is a journalist currently heading the editorial team for the WIR MACHEN DAS magazine. At Weiter Schreiben she handles the coordination and editing of Arabic texts. She enjoys long walks and talks and dancing.

Patrick Kennedy

is Head of Communications at WIR MACHEN DAS. His aim is to foster the NGO's visibility by ensuring vivid interaction with the public without losing our sense for poetry on our way. Likes black tea.

Julia Kuepper

takes care of bookkeeping and the association’s administration. She likes coffee and spreadsheets with functioning formulas.

Maritta Iseler

Art historian and photo editor Maritta studied at OKS for Photography in Berlin. She also curated international exhibition catalogues and has supervised art domestic art exhibitions. In her spare time, Maritta enjoys roller skating.

Juliette Moarbes

works as a picture editor for both WIR MACHEN DAS and Missy Magazine. She studied photography and media management and has a vocational training as a picture editor.

Christiane Kühl

Christiane Kühl lives in Berlin as an author, editor and theatre maker. She is the project manager of Writing On and works as an editor for W(O)rtwechseln. Occasionally she also presents events or writes texts online for Writing On.

Elisabeth Wellershaus

lives and works as an author and editor in Berlin. She's part of the editorial team behind the WIR MACHEN DAS magazine. Elisabeth enjoys reading about different perspectives on life between the North Sea and the Alps.

Lama AlHaddad

is our event manager and also supports WIR MACHEN DAS with her fabulous social media skills. She is a team member of the "Demokratie? Eine Frage der Verfassung!" project. In her free time, Lama likes to do yoga and visit flea markets.

Uta Rüchel

Uta Rüchel is the project manager for our constitution project „In bester Verfassung“. She organises citizen dialogues all over Germany in the hope of bringing those together who normaly tend to solely talk about other people. She prefers good questions to ready-made answers.

Ramy Al-Asheq

is a poet, journalist and curator. He is heading the Alliance of Fann Magazine, Baynatna (the Arabic library in Berlin), and the Arabisch-deutsche Literaturtage Festival. He finds his joy in cooking, eating, reading, writing, plant caring and Berghain. He doesn’t like when people make noise while eating.

Dana Haddad

is an architecture student and co-founder of the Baynatna Library.
She is in charge of communication and event management.
She also supports Baynatna with her social media and graphic design skills.

Muhannad Qaiconie

is one of the founders of Baynatna, The Arabic Library in Berlin. Studied Ethics and Politics at Bard College, and is now doing a masters degree in Public Policy at Hertie School Berlin.

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