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Humanity in Action Appoints Azi Khalili as Executive Director
Humanity in Action is proud to announce the appointment of Azadeh “Azi” Khalili as its new Executive Director, effective today. Khalili steps into the role following a distinguished career across government, philanthropy, and social justice movements—bringing decades of experience advocating for human rights, gender equity, and systemic reform.
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Fellow Carolina Marques de Mesquita writes about traces of life of the Portuguese author Eça de Quierós and the legacies of colonialism
In the essay Why Does This Portuguese City Glorify the Author Who Hated It?, published by Literary Hub, Fellow Carolina Marques de Mesquita writes about the life of the Portuguese author Eça de Quierós and the legacies of colonialism as observed in modern-day Portugal.
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Making America sick again: How anti-immigrant measures will worsen the coronavirus pandemic
In an opinion piece for the New York Daily News, Senior Fellow Goleen Samari dissects how the Trump Administration's anti-immigrant policy measures are likely to worsen the COVID-19 public health crisis in the United States.
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Senior Fellow Laure Assayag mobilizes against provisional decrees in French Labor Code in times of COVID-19
To support people in understanding a new law and to show solidarity with French employees, Senior Fellow Laure Assayag founded the group 'Manifestons Au Balcon' to stand up against the social measures in France's provisional Labor Code degree.
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Hawaii Help is on the Way
In response to the growing upheaval surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, Senior Fellow Katherine Clifton returned home to Honolulu, HI to be with family. Noticing a critical need for vulnerable people in the state, she became a founding member of Hawaii Help is on the Way, a nonprofit mobilizing volunteers to delivery essential goods to kupunas (elders) in Hawai'i.
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Finovate Podcast: Octopus Ventures
Finovate Podcast hosts Senior Fellow Tosin Agbabiaka of Octopus Ventures to talk financial inclusion from a venture capitalist perspective, advice for startup, and the (hypothetical) self-serving bank agenda.
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Humanity Talks Podcast sa Dijanom Duvnjak
Najavljujemo prvo izdanje Humanity Talks Podcast-a. Sa Dijanom Duvnjak je razgovarao naš Senior Fellow Mahir Sijamija.
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Senior Fellow interviewed about the medical fake news
Medical fake news convictions. We recommend an interview on this subject in TOK FM Radio with Kamil Mamak Ph.D. (criminalfuture.com), Senior Fellow and HIA Poland activist network member.
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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.