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Asiya Sabadash, 2024/25 Voluntary Social Year in Culture Department at vh Ulm, currently a freelance staff member in the Public Relations
My connection to vh Ulm began in 2022, when I had to flee to Ulm because of the war in Ukraine. While searching for a place to learn German, I was fortunate to enrol in a course at the vh—this is where my new life in Ulm began. After all the chaos of fleeing, the vh was, from the start, a place of calm — a haven full of life, activities, and encounters. Through programmes like the German Meetup and the Theatre Meetup, I met many people and experienced the Adult Education Centre as an open, inclusive community space. I also took part in the exhibition Bring Your Thing, where I shared my migration story with my scout neckerchief, alongside others. These positive experiences encouraged me to do a Voluntary Social Year in Culture (FSJ Kultur) at the vh in 2024/25. During that year, I met many inspiring people, helped organise events, and completed my own video project about the vh. Today, I continue to work here part-time—mainly in video production. With my own cinematic style, I help shape the vh’s current visual identity. What I especially appreciate is the freedom and trust I was given from the very beginning, which allowed me to put my knowledge into practice. I wish the Adult Education Centre continues to preserve its unique character while also evolving for the future.
»Eine Phase des unstrukturierten Machens und Ausprobierens«: Der »Offene Samstag« in den 1970er Jahren.
© Archiv vh Ulm
Das EinsteinHaus als Treffpunkt der Ulmer Jugend, 1970er Jahre.
© Archiv vh Ulm
Being involved at vh Ulm means participants do not just watch — they become active players. Club Orange explicitly invites people at events to engage in conversation and exchange perspectives. Panel discussions and participatory exhibitions create spaces where individuals can contribute, discuss, and make their own viewpoints visible. Course participants regularly present their work—whether creative writing, artistic projects, or musical performances—to an audience. vh Ulm sees itself as an enabling space. Whether someone is completing a secondary school certificate, starting again with basic education, or taking their first creative steps at the children’s art school kontiki, they develop a sense of self-efficacy. Here, it becomes clear that every voice matters and that learning can create change. The vh Ulm programme emerges through dialogue with the people who learn, work, and engage here. Ideas flow in from civil society, as well as from the academies, where participants actively help shape content. ‘Interference desired’ is not just a slogan, but a lived practice. In this way, vh Ulm remains a place where education, culture, and involvement come together — and where people actively shape their own adult education centre.
»For me, the vh is a haven of calm full of life, activities, and encounters.«
Asiya Sabadash, 2024/25 Voluntary Social Year in Culture Department at vh Ulm, currently a freelance staff member in the Public Relations
