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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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Fellowship Vlog with David Limaverde
2019 Amsterdam Fellow Marilou Niedda interviews Brazilian-born, Amsterdam-based Art Educator, David Limaverde, on how art can be use as a tool of conflict resolution.
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The Dayton Accords and the Future of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kurt Bassuener of the Democratization Policy Council delivers a keynote address at the Third Annual Humanity in Action International Conference in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. June 28, 2012
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When Protest Counts: Poland's Struggle For Reproductive Freedom
After listening to journalist Zuzanna Radzik speak on the topic of abortion during the 2019 Warsaw Fellowship, Fellow Karyna Kolidych argues for the realization and legislation of the legal right to abortion.
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Fellowship Vlog: Community Day #1
The 2019 Amsterdam Fellows banded together to devote a day of their Fellowship to helping clean the plastic from Amsterdam's canals. Listen to why they are taking action to protect the environment.
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Let’s Meet at the Intersection of You and Me
In this essay, Fellow Katherine Feske-Kirby argues for the need to embrace intersectionality and through acceptance recognize that others' lives are just as nuanced.
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The Rainbow is Complicated
Fellow Hanna Jaśkiewicz reflects upon visits with LGBTQIAP+ rights activists during the 2019 Warsaw Fellowship.
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How to Fix Democracy with Sir Malcolm Rifkind
In a conversation that touches upon Brexit, the Cold War, and China’s rise, Sir Malcolm Rifkind frames the challenge to liberal democracy today as a battle between “rule of law” and “rule by law.”
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Political Correctness Is a Shot in One’s Foot
After hearing jarring words from successful marketer Marek Dorobisz, Fellow Natalia Grzankowska reflects on the need for activists to engage with wider audiences -- and take some risks in the process.
Humanity in Action Press
Discover some of the publications from our in-house publisher:
On People with Disabilities
What would happen if Hermiona 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, Transatlantic Perspectives on Diplomacy and Diversity is a collection of essays from the 2014 Diplomacy and Diversity Fellowship, which tackled international relations from a diversity perspective.
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.