Story #6 To Noora Hammar, Rovaniemi was the place where she gained her first real exposure to diversity. She grew up in Salo- a busy small city located in the Southwest Finland region.
Her interest in Public Law and Human Rights motivated her to apply for an internship at the European Parliament in Brussels. “This internship rendered me with the skills to develop an intercultural competence first hand” she said of her first working experience abroad. She completed her bachelor’s degree in public law from University of Lapland while interning in Brussels. When her internship ended, Noora continued as a Parliamentary Assistant for the Vice-Chair of the Development Committee in the European Parliament, where she focused on sexual rights, women and children’s rights, and migration. In 2015, she left her position in the European parliament to focus on her master’s thesis for University of Lapland, where she graduated in 2016.
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Story #5 Minä olen Natalia Lebedeva. Olen kotoisin Venäjältä, Petroskoista. Kotikaupungissani valmistuin suomen ja venäjän kielen opettajaksi Petroskoin valtion yliopistosta ja olin töissä monissa oppilaitoksissa peruskoulusta yliopistoon. Pidin ammatistani ja opettajan työstä, joka kiinnosti minua, motivoi jatkuvaan kehitykseen ja antoi mahdollisuuden edetä urallani. Elämäni kuitenkin muuttui merkittävästi sen jälkeen, kun päätin muuttaa Suomeen. Vaikka osasin suomea ja tulin tänne paluumuuttajana, sopeutuminen uusiin oloihin ei ollut helppoa. Jouduin aloittamaan kaiken aivan alusta ja löytämään paikkani uudesta maasta jo aikuisiässä.
Story #4 My name is Paola, I was born in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico in 1979, a birth that was somewhat chaotic for my beautiful mother since she had to be hospitalized three months before because I already wanted to be born to see the world, although my mother says that in the end, it was like a much-needed calm and quiet vacation. I currently live in Somero, a small city situated in Southwest Finland coastal area. I never had in mind to make a home outside of Mexico, despite the problems that are happening today in my country. However, the chosen path has led me on an adventure where I live with migration and the experience of being an immigrant in a country very different from mine; an adventure that I took with my eyes closed and without prior research. I had no idea how challenging it could be, but in August 2019 my daughter and I moved to Finland.
Story #3 Oma kahden kulttuurin perheeni ei tämän määritelmän mukaan ole siis aivan tyypillisimmästä päästä, vaikka se toki itselleni se kaikkein tavallisin onkin. Minun kahden kulttuurin perheeni koostuu minusta, Suomessa syntyneestä ja kasvaneesta, kantasuomalaisesta äidistä; miehestäni, Suomeen Afrikan sarvesta Somaliasta nuorena aikuisena muuttaneesta perheemme isästä ja suomalais-somalialaisesta jälkikasvustamme. Tässä tarinassa keskityn kuvaamaan vanhemmuutta nimenomaan meidän kahden kulttuurin perheemme näkökulmasta.
Story #2 As we sit together in Tuula's cosy apartment in Lauttasaari, I feel very comfortable. Tuula prepared coffee and brought some delicious lemon pastries to the table. I feel welcomed, at home, safe. This is the primary thing that attracted many people to join Familia Club since the beginning - Tuula’s kind consideration for others.
At the age of 35 Tuula became a young widow and a single mother to her four children. As she felt the need to share her daily life with other adults, she found herself inviting some friends over. “My home became sort of a “Sewing Circle”, Tuula said. While they mended children’s clothes and knitted wool socks and shared experiences and listened to how things were in the rest of the world, the early beginnings of Familia Club were forming. “I opened the doors to my friends, who in turn brought their own friends” Tuula added cheerfully. There were also foreigners among the invited. “We soon realised this was a great way to bring together foreigners and Finns” Tuula said. |
Haluamme kertoa juhlavuotemme kunniaksi 35 tarinaa kahden kulttuurin perheistäJulkaisemme 35 viikon ajan 35 erilaista tarinaa, jotka kuvastavat monia haasteita ja mahdollisuuksia, joita kahden kulttuurin perheet jokapäiväisessä elämässään kohtaavat. Haluamme näiden tarinoiden heijastavan todellisuutta ja tarjoavan vertaistukea, voimaannuttavia kokemuksia ja inspiraation lähteitä sekä lisäävän tietoisuutta kulttuurienvälisyydestä ja monikielisyydestä Suomessa. For 35 weeks, we will be publishing 35 different stories that reflect the many challenges and opportunities intercultural families face in their everyday lives. We want these stories to reflect reality and serve as an accessible peer support, source of empowerment and inspiration, and increase awareness of Interculturalism and Multilingualism in Finland.
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