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Being Seen and Building Confidence with Discovery Writing By Maggy Navin There is power in writing your creative vastness into form. You surprise yourself at how vast you really are. The glimpses that you catch—and the lucky folks you share it with—are changed as a result. If you consider yourself a writer, a non-writer, an
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Starting a business can be both exciting and scary, especially living abroad or in a country where you're not considered part of the majority. On Jul 15, you can hear from 4 founders what this has been like as a Black person or person of color in Germany.
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I am inviting you, the reader, to participate in a “global silent protest” to free Armenian POWs (prisoners of war). It’s happening this Tuesday, 6 p.m., at Augustusplatz in Leipzig. Have no clue what I’m talking about? Unfortunately, you’re not alone. Last year, I wrote here on The Leipzig Glocal about my experience being in
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Uni Leipzig students Sophie, Carina, Christoph and Marie delve deep into the upcoming mega project Stadtraum Bayerischer Bahnhof. They share their vision of an open and sustainable approach to such a development as well as insights into the project as it is planned.
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Shafagh Aghaei is running for the Leipzig Migrants' Council second pillar selection process. Here, she shares her aspirations and the goals of her candidacy as well as her background and motivations to run.
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Carmen Olaru is a candidate for the second pillar in the selection process of Leipzig's Migrants' Council. She will be among the candidates of whom six are picked by the City Council to have a seat in the new Migrants' Council. Here, she shares her ambitions and goals for the candidacy.
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