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Tomorrow we'll be on the next round 🎮 @jakob_springfeld join me on my stream. We'll be on Twitch starting at 4:30 PM. You can find the link in my bio.

💚 One foot already in the upcoming budget week, my heart still in my constituency. My recent appointments in #Dresden show how this can be connected: ➡️ The Lieferando drivers' strike was about something very fundamental: fair wages, safe working conditions, and the right to co-determination. Without the drivers, our city would come to a standstill – which is why they deserve not only thanks, but above all respect and justice. 🌻 During my consultation with our city councilor @moritzknobel, we discussed the concerns and issues from the neighborhood. This direct feedback is essential to me because it shows that good politics emerges from conversation. 🏠 And the opening of the exhibition "You in the Mirror" focused on an issue that often remains invisible: homelessness. Half a million people in Germany don't have their own home – that's a scandal in a wealthy country. We must take the voices of those affected much more seriously. One thing is clear: we need more affordable housing, better support, and policies that leave no one behind. 💭 I'm taking these impressions with me to Berlin, where the #federalbudget for 2025 is finally set to be approved this week. Here, too, the question ultimately comes down to the same thing: What are we prioritizing as a society? Are we investing in social cohesion, fair work, and affordable housing? Or are we cutting costs in the wrong places? 💪🏽 I believe that politics must be made for the people who keep our cities and communities running and who are in danger of being overlooked.

✊🏽 Diversity unites – cohesion in a society drifting apart. At the ELBE 2025 Eastern Congress, I was able to participate in the panel moderated by @pegaheda, together with @helbienchen @gruene_sachsen, Britta Borrego @queeres.netzwerk.sachsen, and Quyên Vo @jugendstilprojekt, discussing how we can strengthen social cohesion in times of polarization, hate speech, and prejudice. Daniel Kubiak @kubiakda from the @dezim.institut provided academic input on the topic beforehand. 💚 One thing is clear: Diversity is not an imposition – it is a strength in our society. Especially in Saxony, there are strong alliances that counteract homophobia, racism, and exclusion – alliances in which people from different backgrounds organize themselves. 🌻 The @die_gruenen Eastern Congress also creates precisely the space for this: exchange, networking, and new perspectives – East German, all-German, in solidarity. #ELBE2025 #DiversityAllied #EasternCongress #Solidarity

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📌 The public hearing on #BauTurbo took place today. For us at the @gruenebundestag, it is clear: This draft law must be withdrawn and urgently revised.   ⚠️ Architects, urban planners, municipalities, and churches warn of land sealing, loss of control in planning, and rising land prices.   🌱 Our demand: a fundamental reform of the German Building Code (BauGB) that accelerates procedures, creates housing in existing buildings, advances climate adaptation through more green and blue spaces in cities, and prioritizes affordable housing.   🙏 Many thanks to Andrea Gebhard, President of the Federal Chamber of Architects, and Thomas Dienberg, Mayor of Leipzig for Building, for their important contributions. #Housing #Construction #UrbanDevelopment #LivingSpace #ClimateAdaptation

✍🏽 May I introduce myself: My name is Kassem Taher Saleh – without the hyphen!   It sounds like a small thing, but it was a bureaucratic nightmare for me for years: My passport listed "Kassem Taher Saleh" as my first name and then "Saleh" again as my last name. 🤦🏽‍♂️   Why? Because in Germany, you weren't allowed to have two last names until now. Only last year did the "traffic light" government modernize naming laws – finally making it possible to bear your name as it truly is.   This is more than just a formality. It's about identity. It's about the right to live with your own, real name – the way you've borne it since birth.   A special thank you to @helgelimburg, who fought for this reform in the Bundestag. 🙌🏽 And thanks to the registry office of @landeshauptstadt_dresden 🙏 Now I can finally be called what I am: Kassem Taher Saleh.

Starting next week, I'll be on Twitch too! Look forward to a round with @ricardalang. Let's see which game it will be 🤔🫢 #twitchgirls #kassemzocktmit

Who do you think my first guest could be? Let us know in the comments. #twitch #kassemzocktmit

No summer tour without #Görlitz! From the effects of border closures to urban development to football: This day was once again particularly diverse, and I'm taking many exciting ideas from #Saxony back to Berlin for federal politics 🙌🏽💚

The 5th Intercultural Festival is just around the corner 🤩 I thank you for the invitation and am delighted to be able to open the 5th Intercultural Festival in Meissen. The organizers have prepared a fantastic program – lots of great music, but also workshops and delicious food. Here you can set an example of openness, happiness, and curiosity. Come, meet up, and celebrate colorful Meissen! ➡️ All information is also available at @buntesmeissen 📌 International Garden Meissen 📅 September 12th – 13th