It took a dead child to change the discourse around the refugee crisis, and a series of sexual assaults to change it again

On 21 January, 2016 By Alison HaywoodIn Current Events2 Comments

It took a dead child to change the discourse around the refugee crisis, and a series of sexual assault to change it again.

Koln-Rapefugees-Not-Welcom — More than 3,000 PEGIDA demonstrators showed up to protest against the assaults in Cologne on New Year’s Eve 2016. Source: News Observer

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At a Wendepunkt … turning point

On 12 October, 201523 April, 2019 By Alison HaywoodIn City Life, Studying Abroad, work1 Comment

As the weather in Hamburg slowly shifts and is now firmly entrenched in fall, so, too, is my life changing, and instead of a supermarket warehouse worker, I’m starting to feel like a student again.

I grew up in Washington, the Evergreen State, so living somewhere with dramatic fall colors never ceases to awe me. If you like my photos, follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/alison_haywood/

I quit my job at the supermarket, which had been bringing me down and taking up a lot of time for a while now, and now have three new jobs – the most exciting of which is definitely teaching German to refugee children.

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