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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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Denying Genocide
Edina Bećirević (Center for Justice and Reconciliation and University of Sarajevo) leads a breakout session at the 2012 Humanity in Action International Conference in Sarajevo.
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Witnessing the War: A Correspondent’s Perspective
Noted Journalist Konstanty Gebert leads a breakout session in which he discusses the role of journalism and journalists during conflict, specifically the Bosnian War, at the 2012 Humanity in Action International Conference in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Perspectives from Social Psychology
Sabina Čehajić-Clancy of the Sarajevo School of Science and Technology leads a breakout session at the 2012 Humanity in Action International Conference in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Pink Spectacles of Polish Communism; Queer Cafe
Pink Spectacles of Polish Communism; Queer Cafe is a project aimed at telling untold stories of Homosexual, Bisexual and Transgender people during the time of the Peopl's Republic of Poland.
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Simulation Games: "Thawing the Freeze" & "Meeting of Perspectives"
In response to a need for modern civics education in post-Soviet Moldova, Humanity in Action teamed up with the U.S. Peace Corps, Moldovan university students and the Moldovan NGO MilleniuM for a conference designed to explore diversity and democracy and develop innovative simulation games to teach human rights and active citizenship in the small post-Soviet country.
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Stop le Contrôle au Faciès
Stop le Contrôle au Faciès added the issue of stop and frisk to the media’s agenda during a presidential campaign, paving the way for the first class action lawsuit of its kind and encouraging legislators to draft three proposed laws that would require police officers to record these stops, in an effort to collect official data on stop and frisk incidents.
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Justice, Reconciliation and Human Rights
Members of the Fetzer Advisory Council on Law Professions deliver the Keynote "Justice, Reconciliation and Human Rights" at the Third Annual Humanity in Action International Conference in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Hans Binnendijk's Remarks at the 2012 Humanity in Action International Conference
Hans Binnendijk, SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations and Chair of Humanity in Action, Inc., delivers remarks at the 2012 Humanity in Action International Conference in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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.