11. DE – Germany – Saturday October 4, 2008 – Father demo in Fulda, a quiet provincial town in the middle Germany (VAfK)
German father demonstration organised by VAfK on Saturday 4 October in Fulda, a quiet provincial town in the middle Germany
Demonstration organised by German father organisation “Fathers in defense of children” – Väter Aufbruch für Kinder – VAfK
Translated and edited by Peter Tromp PhD, Father Knowledge Centre Europe, Netherlands
Original German text available at: http://fulda.vaeteraufbruch.de/DemoFulda2008Neu.htm
This is a 2003 picture of the yearly father’s day demo held in June in Berlin, Germany’s capital
“Only with both parents, I am a whole child!”
“Nur mit beiden Eltern bin ich ein ganzes Kind!”
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Demonstration on 4 October in Fulda > in the middle of Germany < |
(A) Fulda, a quiet provincial town in the middle of Germany
“We demand for our children the same right to both parents as well as to grandparents, siblings and relatives.
For this reason join us, for a new family policy, for the rights of the child to both parents immutable, as enshrined in the constitutional laws.
Horst Köhler, our Federal President once said:
“The raising of children is not a women’s issue, but a parents issue.”
But these parents issues can quickly turn into the exclusive woman’s domain, as practice in Germany has proved.
We demonstrate here for equality of men and women, we want those equal opportunities policies that are now applied for women for over decades to be applied for men as well.
“All children need both parents”, that is our message, here for Fulda.
On our first demo in Fulda, we want to mention these deficits. As previously announced, the demonstration in Fulda will take place on Saturday, October 4, 2008. The topics are important and have the focus attention of the media:
- Equal rights of the child to both its mother and father
- Joint custody also for non-marital fathers from birth
- Enforcement and protection of the contact and access rights of the child
- Observance of international law
- Human rights violations corrected
Bring friends and acquaintances with you and set out flyers everywhere.
- We will meet at 11:00 hours at Fulda main trainstation and from there we will then march with intermediate stations to Fulda Cathedral (Dom) and the Fulda Familycourt (Fulda Amtsgericht) to end our rally finally on the University Square.
- Both at Cathedral Square (Domplatz) and in front of the familycourt (Amtsgericht Fulda), speeches will given.
- At the end we will massively let our air balloons ascend.
- Trike’s will be available for our children.
- Finally we wiil meet at a barbecue joint to learn and exchange with each other.
The county association of Fulda / Osthessen will be our local host and organiser of the demonstration.
Full details, the latest info, downloads of templates for advertising and the press are available in the coming days on this page: http://fulda.vaeteraufbruch.de/DemoFulda2008Neu.htm
On the same page there will also be a journey exchange board for travelling to Fulda on reduced rates. Many members of Fulda offer accommodation options. Several of our local groups around Germany organise travel options to come to Fulda on favourable terms.
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Saturday, 04 October 2008 in Fulda |
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11:00 am at the square in front of Fulda railwaystation |
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Demo route (3,5 km): |
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Arrival
· Car-pooling in Germany
Participants from other regions, should be car-pooling or come by car or train. We offer mediational support. For online car-pooling Exchange (also for accomodation):
http://baseportal.de/cgi-bin/baseportal.pl?htx=/vafk/FahrtenboerseDemo2008 .
· German Federal Railways
In addition, a low-cost travel by train, using the savings rates of the German Railway company DB.
- Weekendtickets: only to be used on commuter trains, no purchase on the train, max. 5 persons, € 30.00
- Regional carnets
- Many other favourably priced options: BahnCard, EM-rail card, early booking rate, multipassenger discount.
- Many benefits can not be purchased in the train but have to be purchased on advance in the railway station.
- For more information, schedules, links and reservations also see www.bahn.de
Check-in time from 3 October 2008 onwards
Sleeping accomodation near Fulda
Cheap sleeping accommodation is made available on location:
To save you money, we have rented the gymnasium (http://www.arzell.de/) as possible sleaping accommodation. Foreign and nonlocal guests can sleap in the large gymnasium and will have breakfast served the next morning. Please bring sleeping bags and airmats with you yourselves.
In case of early registration (before September 15, 2008), the night in the gym is for free. The cost for breakfast amounts to about 4.00 euros. Since we have only a limited number of beds, we ask you for a quick registration. This allows us to plan and save your money.
Furthermore social gatherings are planned, on both the Friday before the Demo and the Saturday after the demo,. Costs (Barbecue, etc.) are based on current consumption.
For participants who like to stay in a guesthouse there is the opportunity to book a single room for 37.00 Euro or a double room for 35.00 euros per person including breakfast in close proximity: http://www.gasthof-zursonne.de
Planned activities for Friday 3 October 2008
For participants who will participate in the demonstration with their children and wish to combine that with a long father-child weekend, we will also offer a small activities program. For further details see this website the next few days: http://fulda.vaeteraufbruch.de/DemoFulda2008Neu.htm
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Come to Fulda on 4 October!
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Banners
Available copysamples in various sizes and file formats.
Other materials will be available at the demo.
- · Demo bannerlink for your website with the demonstration call for 4 October 2008 in Fulda
- · Flyer A4 black and white
The following press releases are available for download (left mouse button to open the right to download):
- Press Invitation
- Press Statement on the demo
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Contact |
Bertram Lange |
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Organisation |
KV Fulda / Osthessen Bertram Lange, 06672 – 5 11
Federal office Heike Dietrich 0162 – 9 32 77 47 |
This action is supported by the following organizations:
Fathers in defense of children – For joint physical custody and the protection of contact to secure the best interest of the child
Väteraufbruch für Kinder e.V. für gemeinsames Sorgerecht und gesicherten Umgang zur Sicherung des Kindeswohls – VAfK
Michael Pfennig
Parents for children in the area eV
(Eltern für Kinder im Revier eV – EFKIR)
All children, both parents!
Allen Kindern beide Eltern!
Amtsgericht Fulda
http://www.ag-fulda.justiz.hessen.de/irj/AMG_Fulda_Internet?cid=7e518055e84a517155731ecf7b9b295d
Amtsgericht Fulda
Königstraße 38, 36037 Fulda
Tel. 0661 / 924-23 00
E-Mail: poststelle@ag-fulda.justiz.hessen.de
Öffnungszeiten: Montag bis Freitag 09.00 Uhr bis 12.00 Uhr oder nach Vereinbarung. Saturday October 4, 2008 it will be closed ofcourse.
Amtsgericht Fulda – Familiengericht – Familycourt
http://www.ag-fulda.justiz.hessen.de/irj/AMG_Fulda_Internet?cid=6d8c7f2157605267b538a7b7164ef7c3
Familienrecht | German Family Law
Bundesministerium der Justiz BMJ | German Federal Department of Justice
http://www.bmj.bund.de/enid/8ec04de4451aed1c41344329fff03538,0/Zivilrecht/Familienrecht_6a.html
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