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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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Gender & Identity in the Global South Series: Week 1
The first installment of the Gender & Identity in the Global South series focuses on the nature of resistance for sexual and gender minorities.
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Remarks by U.S. Representative John Lewis
On July 31, 2015, U.S. Representative John Lewis spoke to the participants of the John Lewis Fellowship during the conclusion of the inaugural program at the Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Roman Medya - A Training for Roma NGOs
Roman Medya - A Training for Roma NGOs is an online communication platform for NGOs and activists to provide information addressing discrimination against Roma and anti-semitism in Europe.
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Video: The "Wave of Smears“ in 1959/1960
The “Wave of Smears“ in 1959/1960 in the city of Hamburg illustrated how latent Antisemitism can escalate in a democratic society within a few days. This project raises awareness of covert Antisemitism, educates about the history of hateful graffiti in Hamburg and develops teaching materials.
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Pull The Brake on Discrimination Against Roma
Pull the Brake Against Roma Discrimination is a large-scale awareness campaign fighting Antiziganism in Europe. The campaign deals with on- and offline methods and runs simultaneously in Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Slovakia.
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Reclaiming the Body Liberating the Mind: 21st century Black Activism
Reclaiming the Body, Liberating the Mind: 21st century Black Activism was a series of events created by Senior Fellow Denzel Caldwell at Duke University. The series gathered university students, particularly of African descent, to discuss and highlight the intersecting challenges the African Diaspora faces in the 21st century.
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Martin Luther King Day 2015
Humanity in Action Senior Fellows Nawal Mustafa and Sarah Asmelash partnered with Humanity in Action Netherlands in 2013 to create an annual event that not only commemorated the legacy of Dr. King, but also encouraged future activism in society’s most challenging issues.
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The Human Library with Refugees and Immigrants
“Human Library with Refugees and Immigrants” provided an opportunity for the local Polish and foreign populations to learn from one another through personal interactions and educational workshops.
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.