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Humanity in Action in the Midst of COVID-19
The idea behind our web conversations series is to take a topic critical to our democracies and ask the members of our community to share reflections, actions and observations that deal with the subject.
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My car is my safe space
Senior Fellow and journalist Esra Karakaya presents her TV shows wearing a headscarf. In a recent interview published in the German daily Der Tagesspiegel, she talks about omnipresent prejudices, stigmatisation and everyday racism in Germany.
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Humanity in Action Senior Fellow Ufuk Topkara speaks at Jewish Museum Berlin livestream event
This coming Sunday at 7pm EST, Humanity in Action Senior Fellow Ufuk Topkara will be part of a Jewish Museum Berlin livestream discussion on "Non-Transcendental Morality: Judaism, Islam, and Atheism."
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Supporting refugee women during COVID-19
COVID-19 has hit refugee camps in Berlin-Brandenburg and conditions there are worsening. To support Women in Exile e.V., Senior Masha Burina is raising funds for the organization to continue their critical health, legal and advocacy services to refugee women in the region.
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A British Crisis of Confidence: COVID-19 in a post-Brexit Britain
In "A British Crisis of Confidence" published by the Heinrich Böll Foundation, Senior Fellow Julia Himmrich analyses the Coronavirus crisis against the backdrop of a crisis of confidence in post-Brexit Britain's political leadership.
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Senior Fellow Tim Schleicher launches Data Science Task Force to support organizations impacted by COVID-19
Senior Fellow Tim Schleicher's team of data scientists and organizational development specialists commit at least one day per week to help out. The idea is for organizations to leverage data in order to master the challenges COVID-19 imposes on them!
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As hundreds of food banks are closing in Germany, social needs are on the rise
Around half of the 949 food banks across Germany have stopped operations since the outbreak of the Corona pandemic, reports Senior Fellow Lena Kampf. Many of the volunteers at the food banks are elderly people belonging to those who are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19.
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Senior Fellow Tim Hoff publishes article in Claussen Simon Stuftung about Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner in time of Corona
Senior Fellow Tim Hoff, together with his running group was preparing for the Vienna Marathon in April. The cancellation of the marathon due to Coronavirus gave him moments of frustration as all the plans and goals had to be thrown overboard.
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Senior Fellow Leon Schettler publishes book "Socializing Development"
Senior Fellow Leon Schettler's book "Socializing Development" was published earlier this week. Based on his dissertation, the book investigates the tactics of transnational social movements to enhance the human rights accountability of multilateral development banks in light of the declining hegemony of the United States.
