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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Platform ṭahāra
Platform ṭahāra aims to take a leap towards transformation through mostly educational activities with the hope to foster a society in which humbleness becomes the new norm.
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Dilemmas of Non-EU Graduates/ Highly-Skilled Migrants in the Dutch Labor Market
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Roots & Routes
Roots and Routes is a newsletter dedicated to empowering, connecting, and celebrating Afro-Caribbean alumni and graduates. Its mission is to promote communication and cooperation among alumni graduates of Dutch Universities (WO and HBO) who are dedicated to the advancement of people of Afro-Caribbean descent. The Roots and Routes newsletter seeks to foster a network for personal and professional connections and gives alumni of color a sense of community and family.
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Women's Circle
Women's Circle is a space for openness and vulnerability that aims to nourish a community of womanhood and feminism through knowledge and artistic expression.
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Gerrit Reininghaus founds a community housing project “SieMensch”
Gerrit Reininghaus, a 2006 Berlin Senior Fellow, has co-founded a community housing project called SieMensch in Bonn-Dransdorf. The project is designed to house five families and is currently housing fourteen people between the ages of two and fifty-five. They live together based on solidarity, sustainability and personal well-being.
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At the Gates of Fort Australia: The Struggle for Compassion and Safety
Public screening of Eva Orner's documentary 'Chasing Asylum' with a panel discussion and Q&A on Australia's harsh refugee policies
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Solidarity Sunflowers
This action project involved making solidarity sunflowers, which are ceramic brooches that serve the dual purpose of raising funds and creating awareness about the war in Ukraine.
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Decoding Technocracy - the Digital Period
As her Action Project, Landecker Democracy Fellow Judith is producing "the Digital Period" podcast, telling the story about what happens behind the user interface of period tracking apps. The podcast series further examines the relation between autonomy and technology.
