Who we are
The W Stronę Dialogu Foundation, established in 2012, is a leading organisation working with and for the Roma community in Poland. We carry out advocacy work, we educate, we strengthen the Roma community and we promote dialogue between cultures. We run public campaigns and speak up in the media. We also work with the private sector, deliver training and publish. In Warsaw we run the Roma Community Centre. We are building the Poland of the future — diverse, open and multicultural, in which the Roma community is treated as equal.
Our values
- Dialogue
- Authenticity
- Courage
- Agency
- Responsibility
- Competence
Mission
We work towards real legal and systemic change that improves the situation of the Roma community in Poland. We place agency in the hands of Roma women and men, strengthening their position and autonomy. We create space for open social dialogue that fosters mutual understanding, community building and the removal of barriers between the Roma community and other groups that make up society in Poland.
Vision
The Poland of the future is a country in which the Roma community is aware, respected and empowered, and the human rights to which it is entitled are respected.
Awards, honours and nominations
The W Stronę Dialogu Foundation has received numerous awards and honours — both for the organisation as a whole and for the people behind it.
2026
Medal Wolności Słowa (Freedom of Speech Medal)
Nomination in the „Institution” category for the W Stronę Dialogu Foundation.
2026
Superbohaterki Wysokich Obcasów 2025
Nomination for the foundation’s president, Dr Joanna Talewicz.
2025
Diversity Charter Awards
Distinction in the „DEI outside the business sector” category for the W Stronę Dialogu Foundation.
2025
Konfrontacje Filmowe wokół NGO
Award in the „Shorty” category for the „Poznajmy się” campaign spot.
2025
Marek Edelman Award „Za ratowanie człowieczeństwa” (For Saving Humanity)
For the foundation’s president, Dr Joanna Talewicz.
2025
Superbohaterki Wysokich Obcasów 2024
Nomination for Olena Vaidalovych, member of the foundation’s team.
2024
Tadeusz Mazowiecki Award of the Mayor of Warsaw for young people working for civil society
For Rita Sorochynska, member of the foundation’s team.
2024
First Prize in the Council of Europe and EQUIROM Journalism Excellence Awards, „Global Event” category
For Anna Alboth, member of the foundation’s council.
2024
Award of Compassion of the Auschwitz Institute for Human Rights
For the foundation’s president, Dr Joanna Talewicz.
2023
Nomination for the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken „Award for Global Anti-Racism Champions”
For the foundation’s president, Dr Joanna Talewicz.
2022
Olga Kersten-Matwin Award
For the foundation’s president, Dr Joanna Talewicz.
Our history
Key moments in the history of the W Stronę Dialogu Foundation, from its founding in 2012 to the present day.
2026
- On the foundation’s initiative, to mark International Roma Day, key civic buildings in the capitals of seven voivodeships were lit up in the colours of the Roma flag.
2025
- The foundation runs „Rozjeżdżamy stereotypy o Rom(k)ach”, a nationwide public campaign aimed at young people — the first campaign of its kind in Poland.
2024
- Through the „Poznajmy się” campaign, large-format billboards featuring members of the Roma community appear in nine Polish cities.
- The foundation organises the international conference „We are nowhere. The situation of Roma children from Ukraine” in Warsaw, alongside the publication of a report.
2023
- The foundation publishes the report „They are not refugees, they are travellers” — an in-depth analysis of the situation of refugees of Roma origin in the Podkarpackie voivodeship.
2022
- The foundation moves its head office from Kraków to Warsaw, opens the capital’s first Roma Community Centre and extends its work to supporting refugees of Roma origin from Ukraine.
2021
- We launch the Misja Asystent project — an interactive educational platform, the first tool of its kind for learning about the Roma community.
2020
- The foundation responds to the COVID-19 pandemic by organising collections for Roma people in need in Gdańsk and Koszary.
2019
- The foundation changes its name from Dialog-Pheniben to the W Stronę Dialogu Foundation.
- It joins the Coalition for strengthening intercultural and Roma assistants as a founding organisation.
2018
- Together with the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews we publish „Roma. A guide for the police”.
2017
- The foundation publishes the Polish edition of „Johann Trollmann and Romani Resistance to the Nazis”.
- With the Auschwitz Jewish Center and the POLIN Museum we launch the first edition of the Anti-Discrimination Education Academy.
2016
- We publish the final issue of the „Dialog-Pheniben” quarterly. The Association of Roma in Poland takes over as publisher.
2015
- We run the international project „Towards the future — 25 years of freedom and the Roma”.
2014
- With the INTERKULTURALNI PL association we run „Hate Speech Alert — against hate speech in public space”.
2013
- The foundation creates the multimedia educational portal „Roma online”.
- We run a training project for psychological and educational counselling centres on culturally neutral testing.
2012
- On 12 April, Dr Joanna Talewicz and Dr Małgorzata Kołaczek found the Dialog-Pheniben foundation.
Our people
The foundation is made up of people who combine academic experience, civil-society practice and day-to-day work with the Roma community.
Management board
Dr Joanna Talewicz
President of the Management Board
Dr Małgorzata Kołaczek
Vice-President of the Management Board
Team
Iwona Kołodziejek
Managing Director
Magdalena Drożdżewicz
Director of Finance, HR and Administration
Cecylia Jakubczak
Communications Director
Ewelina Bosak
Project, Monitoring and Safeguarding Coordinator
Sabina Tkacz
Project Coordinator
Ada Omylak
Senior Social Media Specialist
Rajmund Siwak
Events Specialist, Roma Community Centre
Noemi Łakatosz
Education and Culture Specialist
Alicja Gołaszewska
Education, Integration and Direct Support Specialist
Roman Sikotsinsky
Case Management and MEAL Specialist
Natalia Yuzypchuk
Social Integration Assistant
Magda Szypowska
Coordinator for Relations with Social Support Institutions
Aliaksandr Zakharychau
Mobile Case Management Specialist
Kaja Szumilas
Mobile Case Management Specialist
Karolina Rudnicka
Office Coordinator, Administration and Procurement Specialist
Agnieszka Dziedzic
Administration and Finance Specialist
Foundation Council
Piotr Wójcik
Chair of the Council
Anna Alboth
Council member
Krzysztof Gil
Council member
Joanna Ostrowska
Council member
Monika Weychert
Council member
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Documents
- Foundation Statute (PDF)
- Activity report 2025 (PDF)
- Activity report 2024 (PDF)
- Privacy Policy (PDF)
- Child Protection Policy (PDF)
- Accessibility statement (PDF)
Financial statements are available at the office of the W Stronę Dialogu Foundation.