{"id":677,"date":"2020-06-10T18:30:55","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T16:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.migration-macht-gesellschaft.de\/ueber-uns\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T10:12:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:12:48","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.migration-macht-gesellschaft.de\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='full_slider_1'  class='avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap fullsize' style=' '  ><div   data-size='no scaling'  data-lightbox_size='large'  data-animation='slide'  data-conditional_play=''  data-ids='69'  data-video_counter='0'  data-autoplay='false'  data-bg_slider='false'  data-slide_height=''  data-handle='av_slideshow_full'  data-interval='5'  data-class=' '  data-el_id=''  data-css_id=''  data-scroll_down=''  data-control_layout='av-control-default'  data-custom_markup=''  data-perma_caption='aviaTBperma_caption'  data-autoplay_stopper=''  data-image_attachment=''  data-min_height='160px'  data-src=''  data-position='top left'  data-repeat='no-repeat'  data-attach='scroll'  data-stretch=''  class='avia-slideshow avia-slideshow-1  av-control-default av-default-height-applied avia-slideshow-no scaling av_slideshow_full   avia-slide-slider '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 18.571428571429%;' ><li  class=' av-single-slide slide-1 ' ><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><img src='https:\/\/www.migration-macht-gesellschaft.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/testheader01.jpg' width='1400' height='260' title='testheader01' alt=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  style='min-height:160px; min-width:862px; ' \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><div class = \"caption_fullwidth av-slideshow-caption caption_bottom caption_bottom_framed caption_framed\"><div class = \"container caption_container\"><div class = \"slideshow_caption\"><div class = \"slideshow_inner_caption\"><div class = \"slideshow_align_caption\"><span  class='avia-caption-title  '  itemprop=\"name\" >informative. challenging. engaging<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id='after_full_slider_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize' style=' '  ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-677'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h1><strong>MIGRATION MACHT GESELLSCHAFT e.V.<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>MIGRATION MACHT GESELLSCHAFT (Migration Makes Society) is a non-profit association founded in 1988 and until 2020, was known as the \u2018Interkulturelles Forum\u2019 (\u2018Intercultural Forum\u2019).<\/p>\n<p>The renaming of our association is based on the understanding that SOCIETY is shaped by MIGRATION.\u00a0 Founded on this premise, we recognise Munich as just such a city. The inclusionary and exclusionary mechanisms that are inherent in a <em>migration <\/em>society can only be adequately addressed if action and initiative are given primary importance.<\/p>\n<p>Within a SOCIETY shaped by MIGRATION, we ACT in a developmental capacity with commitment to a more inclusive and cosmopolitan city in which all Munich residents can participate equally.<\/p>\n<p>Our work is based on a broad understanding of inclusion and our initiatives continuously aim to reduce various forms of discrimination and their manifestations, with a particular focus on Munich residents who experience racism on different levels.<\/p>\n<p>MIGRATION MACHT GESELLSCHAFT pursues this goal through the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Personal advice to people with migration backgrounds on a variety of issues<\/li>\n<li>Advice on residence and asylum law issues in the Rechtshilfe M\u00fcnchen (Legal Aid Munich) project<\/li>\n<li>The hosting of events (seminars, exhibitions, readings, music etc.) on socio-political issues, global as well as local<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The statutes of MIGRATION MACHT GESELLSCHAFT e.V. can be found here:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  av_inherit_color '  style='color:#378ce8; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.migration-macht-gesellschaft.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Satzung_Migration_macht_Gesellschaft_e.V_10.12.2025.pdf\">The statutes of MIGRATION MACHT GESELLSCHAFT e.V. can be found here<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  av_inherit_color '  style='color:#378ce8; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Migration macht Gesellschaft e.V. wird durch das Sozialreferat \u2013 Amt f\u00fcr Wohnen und Migration der Landeshauptstadt M\u00fcnchen gef\u00f6rdert.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-529\" src=\"https:\/\/www.migration-macht-gesellschaft.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/12S.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"163\" height=\"31\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-677","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.migration-macht-gesellschaft.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.migration-macht-gesellschaft.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.migration-macht-gesellschaft.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.migration-macht-gesellschaft.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.migration-macht-gesellschaft.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.migration-macht-gesellschaft.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12009,"href":"https:\/\/www.migration-macht-gesellschaft.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/677\/revisions\/12009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.migration-macht-gesellschaft.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}