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Senior Fellow Helps Coordinate COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution in Ghana
Senior Fellow Owusu Akoto was on hand to help receive and distribute the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines in Accra, Ghana.
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Senior Fellow Christina Antonakos-Wallace's film to debut in Germany at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival
FROM HERE, formerly Senior Fellow Christina Antonakos-Wallace's With Wings and Roots, is a hopeful film set in Berlin and New York of four young artists and activists with migrant backgrounds redefining belonging in a time of increasing nationalism.
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Golden Dawn Watch
Senior Fellow Daphne Karagianni is a member of the Golden Dawn Watch Observatory. In a recent video she talked about her experience and work as an observer during the trial against Golden Dawn.
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Interview on more transparency in politics
Senior Fellow and network journalist Arne Semsrott interviewed his brother, Nico Semsrott (Member of the European Parliament) on how more transparency in politics can be achieved.
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Freedom of information: abolish the press offices!
Senior Fellow and network journalist Arne Semsrott wrote an article about press offices. Arne Semsrott says press offices are a waste of time as there is often a danger of blackout instead of clarification.
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How can groups of people born into an unfair starting point in society thrive?
Senior Fellow Fabrice Guerrier launched a podcast that explores the future and the biggest ideas that will impact humanity in the next 20-30 years of our lives. He will interview experts, visionaries and the most creative minds of the generation.
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Democrats introduce legislation to strengthen anti-sexual harassment/ assault protocols at State Department
Senior Fellow Zachary D. Kaufman's proposed language was incorporated into SHAPE, the Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention and Eradication Act. This act, which was introduced by three Democrats in Congress, aims to address sexual harassment and assault in the State Department.
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Tietz Lecture on Addressing Antisemitism
Antisemitism never went away in Germany. Now, it resurges – both covertly and increasingly in public. The intensifying antisemitic hate speech is also followed by acts of violence: In Germany, between 2017 and 2019, the antisemitic acts of violence doubled (Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution; 2020). The pianist Igor Levit and the author Lena Gorelik will discuss about Antisemitism in Germany today – and the actions that need to be taken now.
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National trends in drug payments for PrEP, 2014-2018
Nathan Furukawa recently published an article on “National Trends in Drug Payments for HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis in the United States” in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.
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Humanity in Action selected as a Top Summer Fellowship of 2020
ProFellow has selected the Humanity in Action Fellowship as one of its Top 10 Summer Fellowships of 2020.
Humanity in Action Fellowship Named Among 10 Fellowships for Human Rights
Humanity in Action was named by Human Rights Careers among 10 of the top Fellowships for human rights.
Humanity in Action Fellowship Named among 5 Fellowships to Keep an Eye on
The Humanity in Action Fellowship has been named by College Magazine among five Fellowships to keep an eye on, joining the ranks of Fulbright, the Watson Fellowship and Princeton.