Anti-Discrimination Office Cologne / Public Against Violence eV
Short presentation
Public Against Violence (ÖgG) was founded in the fall of 1992 as a citizens' initiative, which 500 people spontaneously joined in response to the increasing racist violence in Germany. Since then, the association has been committed to peaceful and respectful coexistence and respect for human dignity. In 1995, the initiative evolved into the Anti-Discrimination Office (ADB) Cologne. The goal of ADB Cologne/ÖgG is to expose the various forms of discrimination—structural, institutional, racist, and individual—to publicize them, and to establish sustainable structures for equal treatment and against discrimination and racism.
The ADB Cologne is a complaints office operating at the municipal and regional level, with the following focus:
- Advice: Contact and advice centre for those affected by racist discrimination in individual cases of racist discrimination
- Documentation: Documentation center on manifestations and effects of discrimination
- Information: Information and public relations work to raise public awareness and make discrimination visible
- Qualification: Specialist office for human rights-related and empowerment-oriented educational work
- Networking: Specialist office for networking, development and anchoring of municipal, state and national anti-discrimination concepts
The ADB Cologne focuses on individual assistance in cases of racial discrimination in which people have been disadvantaged, excluded or harassed due to their actual or ascribed ethnic origin, nationality, physical appearance, language, religion or citizenship.
Consultations are only available by appointment. Please send consultation inquiries by email to beratung@oegg.de or by phone during our office hours.
Email for other inquiries: inquiries@oegg.de
consultation times
By arrangement; Telephone availability: Mon to Thurs 9:00-13:00 or by email / form on website
Provider of the advice center
Public Against Violence eV
Who we advise
People who experience racist discrimination in a specific racist incident, as well as witnesses of racist discrimination from Cologne and North Rhine-Westphalia.
Where we advise
National (e.g. federal state)
Regional (e.g. district)
municipal (urban area)
We offer these types of advice
Telephone advice
Face-to-face consultation
We advise on these areas of life
Work
offices and authorities (government agencies)
transactions, contracts and services
Health and care
Personal proximity
social services
advertising, media, internet
Home & Living
Accessibility
Communication in simple language
Access to the consultation location is barrier-free
Further
We strive to make infrastructure and premises barrier-free where necessary, but so far we can only offer barrier-free access.
We advise in these spoken and/or sign languages
German
English
Farsi
Polnisch
Russisch
Other
lettisch
Address
Berliner Straße 97-99
51063 Cologne
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