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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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Monuments of Slave Traders, Genociders and Imperialists Are Becoming Flashpoints in Global Anti-Racism Protests
Senior Fellow Adeola Aderemi is quoted in this article from TIME on the recent protests and removals of monuments of slave traders across Europe.
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Supreme Court Expansion of Transgender Rights Undercuts Trump Restrictions
Featured in the cover photo of this New York Times article on the ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court to extend civil rights protections to LGBTQ persons is Senior Fellow Ibrahim Baig, wearing their father's prayer hat and waving a pride flag.
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"White Danes must actively distance themselves from racism," says Senior Fellow Mary Consolata Namagambe
White Etiquette - Senior Fellow Mary Consolata Namagambe speaks in the Danish national newspaper Weekendavisen about the need for a greater emphasis on anti-racist practices in Denmark.
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The Fierce Urgency of Now Microgrants
The Creative Sanctum, founded by Senior Fellow Sharon M. Chin, is offering microgrant financial support to artists who are creating in response to the fierce urgency of the current moment.
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Organizing the Brooklyn Liberation Protest: A March for Black Trans Lives
Senior Fellow Ianne Fields Stewart was recognized by Out Magazine as one of the organizers and speakers of the Black Trans Lives Matter/Brooklyn Liberation protest that drew over 15,000 individuals.
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An Interview with the Founder of The Okra Project
Senior Fellow Ianne Fields Stewart, founder of The Okra Project, discusses how the program combats food insecurity in the Black transgender community with Out Magazine.
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Senior Fellow Christina Antonakos-Wallace's film to debut 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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Aisha Fukushima Joins The Board Of The Lewis Prize For Music
Senior Fellow Aisha Fukushima recently joined the Board of the Lewis Prize for Music.
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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.