2️⃣4️⃣ German Citizenship Record & What Changed for IWBies After Getting Their Passport + Weekly Events, IWB Highlights, Housing Offers & More!
Hello again, IWBies!
So… how was Karneval der Kulturen for you? 🎉 For us, it was amazing. Truly one of our favorite festivals in Berlin. And yes, that’s also why this newsletter is coming out a little (ok, a lot) late 😅
But you get it, right? We’ve said it before many times: We’re a small group of women putting this newsletter together. And we do it voluntarily because very few people support us financially, but we keep going because… We’re almost at 10,000 subscribers! 💥
Hope you enjoy this short week and this shorter newsletter 😜!
Your IWB Team 💖
As immigrants, it's important to stay informed about what's happening in Germany. Here are the most important news updates you should be aware of:
🚴♀️ Bye bye, Nextbike: Last month for publicly funded bike sharing
🇩🇪 Record number of people granted German citizenship in 2024
✈️ Nine injured after Ryanair flight from Berlin lands due to extreme turbulence
🚇 BVG to launch live, verbal travel updates in English using AI
👉 Week from June, the 10th to June, the 15th - Berlin is a city full with events to suit all tastes. Here are some highlights that we think you and your friends would enjoy:
❤️ Majur, one of the rising LGBTQIAP+ voices in Brazilian music - 11 Jun
🎧 "Open House. Tage der offenen Tür“ im Hamburger Bahnhof - 13-15 Jun
🎤 What's My Age Again?! Party (Rock - Indie - Poppunk - Karaoke) - 13 Jun
😍 Fast Friending - Make new friends! (20-40/Bring a Lady FREE) - 14 Jun
😎 FREE Rafiki Open Air | Festsaal Kreuzberg Biergarte - 15 Jun
❤️🔥 La PUTERIA - 13 Jun
☀️ Lululemon and Zalando present: Greet the Sun—A festival of movement with Kim Petras - 14 Jun
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IWB, with +40k members, is a very active community. Given that you might not have time to catch up on everything and some good posts may get overlooked, here are a few highlights from our group, from the last week:
🤰 “Wanted suggestions on what at home pregnancy test kits might have worked for you.”
😭 “I moved to berlin 1,5 years ago and i dont want to already give up but i really feel like this is not my kind of place…”
🧴 “Adult acne: Have you used something that helped for the spots/marks/scars?”
🌸 “Recommendations regarding florists and your favourite flower stores around Berlin”
We know finding a place to stay in Berlin is a hard tasks, sometimes. That’s why we gather, every week, some links that might help you - from women to women:
“I'm looking for a person to take my room in a WG starting from July”
“Theres a free furnished room in my 3er WG. We are close to Mauerpark”
“Private Room Available in Schönhauser Allee (WG). Anmeldung possible”
“I’ll sublet my 3rooms apartment in friedrichshain from September till January.”
“Free room in a WG with a friend (22) and me (25), in Sberg”
“We are looking for a flatmate from September in Charlottenburg.”
“SUBLET MY ROOM IN PBERG SHARED FURNISHED FLAT -NOW UNTIL END OF THE YEAR WITH POSSIBILITY TO EXTEND, ANMELDUNG POSSIBLE”
👉 Join our IWB Housing sister group to access more offers or to post your own
We are very happy and proud to get msgs like this, thank you! 💖
To run IWB, there’s a group of 6 women, mostly women of color, taking care of different tasks to keep the whole IWB project running. As we continue to grow, our responsibilities grow as well, and we are basically doing this job that takes a lot of our energy, time and mental health for free.
”You give a little, you take a little”
Our ✨dream✨ is to keep supporting the community of women* in Berlin as much as we can, with events, helpful resources, support groups… and in return, we would get at least 1€ from each member that got something positive out of IWB. We host over 36k people right now… even if we got 20k every month, we could hire immigrant women, pay them fairly and find a small whole in the middle of the patriarchal, capitalist system that usually underpays women.
Let's be the change we want to see and not reproduce outdated and harmful systems 💖
To motivate people to support our work, we are giving back some cool perks!
Check them out here:
For only 1€/Month Subscription:
✅ Facebook Anonymous post, as much as you want
✅Telegram Group divided by Kiez and other topics
✅ Your name on the new IWB “Thank you!” section
For 5€/Month Subscription:
✅ Facebook Anonymous post, as much as you want
✅Telegram Group divided by Kiez and other topics
✅ Your name on the new IWB “Thank you!” section
💖 Monthly discounts with bars, restaurants, services…
For 10€/Month Subscription:
✅ Facebook Anonymous post, as much as you want
✅Telegram Group divided by Kiez and other topics
✅ Your name on the new IWB “Thank you!” section
💖 Monthly discounts with bars, restaurants, services…
💖 Access to ALL our IWB events for free
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Wishing you a fantastic week ahead! 💖
Warm regards from the IWB Team
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