Action Projects
Action Projects are civic ventures led by Humanity in Action Fellows designed to drive change in their communities.
Action Projects are a core and required component of a Humanity in Action Fellowship. Each Action Project transforms Fellowship insights into tangible community impact and embodies three core tenets—facilitating dialogue, cultivating understanding, and inspiring action. They are implemented in communities across Europe, the United States, and beyond, addressing local challenges with global perspectives. The projects span diverse focus areas—from educational initiatives and artistic interventions to policy advocacy and community organizing—reflecting Fellows’ unique expertise and local needs. Humanity in Action equips Fellows with project development mentorship and networking opportunities through a dedicated support program. A completed Action Project is the entry point to the Humanity in Action Senior Fellows network.
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A figurative mapping: archiving dancefloors as sites of change
Culminating a poetic exploration of those temporary autonomous moments felt through the body, the dancefloor, and the closed-eyes.
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Haar Minaret: An online community platform, network and archive
As her Action Project, Landecker Democracy Fellow Alina is creating an online platform that gives answer to the needs of various Muslims in the Netherlands for a more inclusive Islamic community where experiences can be shared, language to articulate these is created, conversations are ongoing, and home within a Muslim community is an option again.
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Digital.Truth
As her Action Project, Landecker Fellow Nicole is building "Digital.truth," aiming to give adults the opportunity to have a critical look on disinformation and conspiracy theories online. It strengthens media literacy, builds up resilience towards conspiracy theories and encourages the participants to be part of a digital civil society.
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Comapping
As their Landecker Action Project, Jo is creating "Comapping," looking at how maps can be used as a tool for democracy. Through running workshops and building open-source software, the project supports communities to use participatory mapping to share who they are, where they live and what's important to them.
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Progressive Cafe: Designing a Pluralistic Digital Public Space in The Netherlands
As his Action Project, Landecker Democracy Fellow Kiza aims to fight affective polarization and promote a pluralistic culture in the digital public space in The Netherlands.
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Immersive Audio Tour of San Francisco's Western Addition
As her Action Project, Senior Fellow Gabrielle Santas built "Returning to the Harlem of the West", an app-based audio tour exploring Japanese Americans' return to San Francisco after internment.
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Privacy Issues on Dating Apps
Privacy Issues on Dating Apps project is an action plan within the Humanity in Action Mapping Democracy Fellowship 2023, which aims to raise young people's awareness of the dangers that these applications can carry with them, as well as ways on which they can protect their privacy in the online space and in addition to dating apps.
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Sustainable living practices: A path towards the SDGs
The project "Sustainable Living Practices" addresses our way of life, specifically the impact of everyday life on the environment, and recommends Practices for sustainable living which are conceived as suggestions for changes in our daily habits, and a non-radical approach to radical changes in our daily life.
