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Dr. Gerd Stehr
In the Autumn of Life
Respect, solidarity and a meaningful communal lifestyle enable personal and social growth and open up paths to a fulfilling life.
About me
I am 72 years old, happily married, father of two adult children, meanwhile multiple (step-)grandfathers and now retired.
I have completed several professional training courses and used to work as a social worker in various professional and fields of activity (self-help, community planning and work, help for the vulnerable, youth and family help, municipal health reporting and promotion).
I also worked as a lecturer in the social management major at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, department social pedagogy. As a political scientist, I researched municipal politics in Hamburg (self-help and unemployment movements, labor market policy, health situations, poverty in old age, senior citizen health and health policy as well as youth and family welfare and youth welfare policy). I completed my work in higher education in 2019 with my doctorate with Prof. Dr. Nils C. Bandelow and Prof. Dr. Claus Schubert at the Technical University of Braunschweig.
Worldview and Beliefs
Worldsight Individual striving for recognition, greed for money, thirst for power and political megalomania, irresponsible and unsolidarity actions of international corporations and finance capital (keywords financial speculation, banking crisis) continue to destroy our livelihoods. The consequences and effects are now visible and tangible for everyone: Man-made climate change, continued exploitation of resources, social violence and acts of war, increase in migration, unemployment and poverty and the spread of dictatorships. This and much more makes it difficult to develop confidence and to believe in a good future with a successful life to get or to receive.
In such a dilemma with highly problematic constellations, the development of future perspectives is indispensable in order to obtain orientation and a compass for current actions. Here are a few hypotheses to be discussed:
Local policy change
Despite all the adversities and fears of life spread by the mass media,
it is possible to orient ourselves towards concrete utopias of a
good life in the In harmony with nature, a fulfilling life will be possible.
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Experience has shown that starting points can be found in our
families, in our municipalities and cities and here in elections or participation in the shaping of local politics.
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Invitation
With this in mind, I hope to have given inspiring information. It is up to you to take action for your life gain.
I wish you interesting meetings and much success in your fight for survival.
Best regards