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80 years: The Flight and Rescue of the Danish Jews 1943 - 2023
In 2023, it will be 80 years since the flight and rescue of the Danish Jews. Humanity in Action marks this through a number of events in September and October. The memory is our shared responsibility and our only way to prevent repetition.
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Five Ways Telecommunications Companies Can Fight Internet Shutdowns
From telemedicine and online education to Zoom weddings and funerals, people rely on digital technologies like never before. And yet governments around the world continue to order internet and mobile network disruptions. These disruptions range from the yearlong blackout in Jammu and Kashmir, where connectivity is still being restored in dribs and drabs, to recent disruptions in response to unrest in Ethiopia and protests in Belarus.
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Experiential Learning Embedded in Higher Education
In this Interview, Senior Fellow Dr. Jessica Tollette speaks about her work as a mentor for her students and about the bachelor program in behavioral and social science.
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Humanity in Action Fellow Akilah Silke Güc invites to Feminist of Color Book Club in Heidelberg
Humanity in Action Fellow Akilah Silke Güc invites to a reading circle discovering the best feminist authors of color and celebrating them in a unique way.
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Your Voice Matters
Senior Fellow Jalyn Radziminski recently appeared in WRTV Indianapolis news. She is working on a project together with Myles Trowell. They are supporting people in the United States to register for the general elections. They want to achieve a more diverse and democratic election. Their message: #YourVoiceMatters and #countusindiana.
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From cancel culture... to collective accountability
Senior Fellow Brian Stout recently wrote an article on cancel culture and that it is a mistake to categorize this is as a fringe phenomenon in our digital discourse and that it will pass soon.
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What Can America Learn from Europe About Regulating Big Tech?
The New Yorker reports about the remarkable role of Senior Fellow and former member of the European Parliament Marietje Schaake in improving Big Tech regulations.
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A Day In The Life Of A Coronavirus Contact Tracer
Senior Fellow Oscar Baez was working as a foreign service officer in Jerusalem when the US State Department called him home in March. Now he serves the neighborhoods of Boston, where he grew up, as a contact tracer.
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Job Searching in 2020
Senior Fellow Ava Morgenstern wrote a blog post on job searching in 2020 that was published in the Washington Council of Lawyers. Job searchings in 2020 are incredibly stressful and because of that Ava Morgenstern wrote recommendations on how to handle this situation better.