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Interview Ai WeiWei
Humanity in Action is pleased to share a 32 minute video of an hour-long conversation on the role of art and organizations like Humanity in Action in upholding civil democracies and humanity in our current, turbulent times with Judith Goldstein and the renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei at his studio in Berlin.
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2016 John Lewis Fellows Read "An Appeal for Human Rights"
The 2016 John Lewis Fellows Read "An Appeal for Human Rights" dedicated to Dr. Rosyln Pope.
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The Anne Frank Project - Poznań
The Anne Frank Project Poznań is a summer school of tolerance countering Antisemitism by addressing secondary school students in Poznań.
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Against Urban Anti-Semitism
Senior Fellow Jan Kirschenbaum aspires to combat nationalist prejudice and Antisemitism in Poland by stressing and making public the contributions of the Jewish community to the past and present of the country through his Action Project "Against Urban Antisemitism: Restoring the Local Jewish Presence".
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Space & Memory: The Presence of Jewish Absence in Poland's Contemporary Landscape
Space & Memory: The Presence of Jewish Absence in Poland's Contemporary Landscape examined alternative modes of remembering the Holocaust and Jewish life throughout the landscape of Poland.
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ROMA - A Discussion of Diversity and the Treatment of Minorities
“ROMA: A Discussion on Diversity and the Treatment of Minorities,” was an online course of lectures and discussions created by Humanity in Action Senior Fellow Sahra-Josephine Hjorth and CanopyLAB. The course focused on the treatment of the Roma people in Europe and drew important parallels to current migration crisis. CanopyLAB is a platform for NGOs to engage youth in online learning and activism.
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Gender & Identity in the Global South Series: Week 5
The fifth installment of the Gender & Identity in the Global South series focuses on the advocacy for LGBT rights in Kenya.
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Gender & Identity in the Global South Series: Week 4
The fourth installment of the Gender & Identity in the Global South series focuses on the persecution of LGBT youth in Uganda.
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Gender & Identity in the Global South Series: Week 3
The third installment of the Gender & Identity in the Global South series focuses on the transgender community in Pakistan.
Humanity in Action Press
Discover some of the publications from our in-house publisher:
On People with Disabilities
What would happen if Hermione Granger was a girl with a disability? Why is disability is rarely discussed in terms of diversity? Who are people with disabilities?
Pre-Genocide - Warnings and Readiness to Protect
An anthology of personal interpretations, by researchers and writers, about alarm bells and the readiness to protect prior to genocides. The essays in this volume focus on the 1930s before the Holocaust in Germany, Poland, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands and Denmark - as well as the years before the genocides in Armenia, Cambodia, Kurdistan, Rwanda and Bosnia.
Shifting Paradigms: Humanity in Action Senior Fellows on Policy and Pluralism Across Borders
Shifting Paradigms is a volume of diverse articles on cross-border policy and pluralism written by Humanity in Action Senior Fellows.
Two Trees in Jerusalem
Cornelia Schmalz-Jacobsen in her touching account "Two Trees in Jerusalem" tells about the resistance of her parents, Donata and Eberhard Helmrich, against the horrors of National Socialism.
Transatlantic Perspectives on Diplomacy and Diversity
Recognizing the intensification of transnational conflicts that both violently divide and intimately link our global communities, this book is a collection of diverse essays, which tackle international relations and migration.
Reflections on the Holocaust
The first book published by Humanity in Action, Reflections on the Holocaust is a collection of essays from Humanity in Action Fellows, Senior Fellows, Board members and lecturers from 1997 to 2010.