Michael Heinisch-Kirch

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Michael Heinisch-Kirch (born April 6, 1964 in Frankfurt an der Oder ) is a Protestant deacon , civil rights activist , actor of the Peaceful Revolution in the GDR dictatorship , social manager, founder of the association "Sozialdiakonische Arbeit Lichtenberg e. V. ”as well as the SozDia Foundation Berlin - Shaping Life Together , which emerged from this association , of which he is chairman. He is also a politician ( Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen ) and was, in this context, from 2006 to 2013 the parliamentary group chairman of the Greens in the district assembly of the Lichtenberg district .

Life

Growing up as the youngest child of a larger family of pastors and cantors in Frankfurt an der Oder, he experienced exclusion very early in the GDR dictatorship. His origins and the refusal of membership in the GDR organizations “ Pioneers ” and “ Free German Youth ” as well as his refusal to cooperate with the GDR State Security meant, among other things, that he was not allowed to attend secondary school.

In Protestant youth groups, he was made aware of social and political participation at an early stage. In the early 1980s he not only had his first experiences with the GDR peace movement, but also with repression by the GDR's state security.

Between 1980 and 1983 he trained as an electrician, graduated as a shunting worker and worked for the Deutsche Reichsbahn in Frankfurt an der Oder. Here he refused military service (total refusal). In 1983 he moved to East Berlin to train as a social deacon at the Stephanus Foundation in Berlin-Weißensee . During his apprenticeship, he began, initially on a voluntary basis, to work with so-called “difficult and endangered young people” in social diaconal youth work. During this time he also trained as a nurse.

Heinisch-Kirch was involved in various initiatives, including the circle of friends of total conscientious objectors, the “responsible citizens” and several peace circles that met in Protestant churches. The intention was to abolish the dictatorship and build a democracy.

In the years around the social upheaval in 1989, he opened church rooms for many people and groups who needed the shelter of the church.

After the fall of the Wall, he initiated and supervised projects for children, young people and families on behalf of the Evangelical Church and founded the social welfare youth work as an association, which developed its activities particularly in the Berlin districts of Lichtenberg and Treptow-Köpenick . The "Project for the personal and manual qualification of young people", which he initiated, became known.

In 2005 Michael Heinisch-Kirch graduated with a Master of Social Management degree.

Since 2004 he has been a member of the Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen party , for which he was parliamentary group chairman in the district assembly in Berlin-Lichtenberg from 2006 to 2013 .

Michael Heinisch-Kirch has been chairman of the foundation's board of directors since the establishment of the SozDia Foundation Berlin - Creating Living Together in 2013.

Michael Heinisch-Kirch is married, has eight children in a blended family and three grandchildren.

Awards

literature

  • Bick, Amet: Five men a year, Wichern (Verlag), 1989 ISBN 978-3-88981-383-1
  • Herfarth, Margit: One became a deacon because one was different - The history of the Church-Diaconal course in Berlin-Weißensee (1952–1991), Diakonat - Kirche - Diakonie Schriftenreihe des VEED, 2017
  • Passauer, Martin-Michael (ed.): Encounters with Gottfried Forck - companions report, Wichern (Verlag), ISBN 978-3-88981-394-7

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Individuals' right of first refusal Lichtenberg wanted to snatch a house away from an investor - some tenants shoot across , by Johanna Treblin Neues Deutschland August 30, 2018
  2. ↑ parliamentwatch.de The Green Candidate Berlin 2011-2016
  3. ↑ SozDia Foundation Berlin - Together life forms. In: sozdia.de. SozDia Foundation Berlin, March 28, 2018, accessed on March 28, 2018 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Heinisch-Kirch, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German deacon and civil rights activist
DATE OF BIRTH April 6, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt Oder